STOCK v. SCHNADER HARRISON

651250/13.

142 A.D.3d 210 (2016)

35 N.Y.S.3d 31

KEITH STOCK, Respondent, v. SCHNADER HARRISON SEGAL & LEWIS LLP et al., Appellants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided June 30, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York City ( Frederick B. Warder III and Jesse A. Townsend of counsel), for appellants.

The Roth Law Firm, PLLC, New York City ( Jordan M. Kam of counsel), for respondent.

Stone Bonner & Rocco LLP, New York City ( Ralph M. Stone of counsel), Amar D. Sarwal , of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, and Wendy E. Ackerman , of the District of Columbia bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel, for Association of Corporate Counsel, amicus curiae.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York City ( Francis J. Menton, Jr. of counsel), David Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York City ( Paul Spagnoletti of counsel), Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York City ( James M. Bergin of counsel), Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, New York City ( David G. Keyko of counsel), and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York City ( Irwin H. Warren of counsel), for Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and others, amici curiae.

MAZZARELLI, J.P., RICHTER, MANZANET-DANIELS and GISCHE, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

The primary issue on this appeal is whether attorneys who have sought the advice of their law firm's in-house general counsel on their ethical obligations in representing a firm client may successfully invoke attorney-client privilege to resist the client's demand for the disclosure of communications seeking...

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