Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Oct. 23, 2015
Who owns unfinished business?
In mergers and firm dissolutions, who has rights to "unfinished business?"
J. Randolph Evans
Partner
Dentons US LLP
303 Peachtree St NE #5300
Atlanta , Georgia 30308
Phone: (404) 527-8330
Email: randy.evans@dentons.com
In a legal environment filled with merger mania, musical chairs for attorneys, and continued firm dissolutions, determining who has rights to "unfinished business" is a constant issue for managing partners.
The unfinished business issue arises when attorneys leave existing law firms and join new law firms, taking business and clients with them. Jewel v. Boxer, 156 Cal. App. 3d 171 (1994), provides guidance in California. Jewel effectively asked whether an existing law firm ...
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