ATTORNEY-CLIENT CONTINGENT FEE AGREEMENTAttorney-Client Contingent Fee Agreement • December 9th, 2008 • BPI Energy Holdings, Inc. • Crude petroleum & natural gas
BPI ENERGY HOLDINGS, INC. f/k/a BPI INDUSTRIES INC. and BPI ENERGY INC f/k/a BPI INDUSTRIES (USA), INC. (hereinafter “BPI” or “Client”), a corporation, hereby agrees to retain the law firms of Bolen Robinson and Ellis, LLP of Decatur, Illinois and Holland, Groves, Schneller & Stolze, LLC of St. Louis, Missouri, both of which firms are collectively known hereinafter as (“Attorneys”). BPI hires the Attorneys to advise and represent it for the claims and damages set forth in litigation already pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, which litigation is captioned BPI Energy, Inc., Plaintiff v. IEC (Montgomery), LLC, et al., Defendants (Case No. 07-cv-186-DRH.) The parties understand that Attorneys named herein are expected to substitute as counsel for BPI in the place of BPI’s existing attorneys, Van Winkle and Van Winkle of McLeansboro, Illinois and Thompson Hine LLP of Cleveland, Ohio. The parties understand that the Thompson Hine law firm has already fi
