Larry Birkhead has settled a long-running dispute over fees with celebrity attorney Debra Opri.

Birkhead sued Opri in dispute of legal fees she charged him after driving his defence in a paternity claim involving the daughter of Anna Nicole Smith who died in 2007.

Opri travelled with Birkhead to the Bahamas to make the brave claim, but he later fired her. When she sent her fee, which included a US$2,467.75 dinner, Birkhead disputed the amount and filed suit. The fiesty Opri countersued.

TMZ said it obtained legal documents which show the case has been dismissed with prejudice, amounting to an out-of-court settlement. The amount was not disclosed.

Birkhead’s paternity was proved and he has taken custody of the child, Dannielynn Hope Marshall Birkhead, 3.