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JACOB v. NORRIS, McLAUGHLIN & MARCUS

128 N.J. 10 (1992)

607 A.2d 142

CYNTHIA M. JACOB AND RICHARD F. COLLIER, JR., EACH INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SHAREHOLDERS OF NORRIS, MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS, A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS AND CROSS-RESPONDENTS, v. NORRIS, MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS, A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION; RICHARD A. NORRIS; G. ROBERT MARCUS; PETER D. HUTCHEON; HERBERT S. FORD; PETER R. KNIPE; JOEL N. JACOBSON; BRUCE E. MANTELL; WILLIAM C. SLATTERY; WALTER G. REINHARD; VICTOR S. ELGORT; BRUCE P. MCMORAN; KEVIN T. O'BRIEN; M. KAREN THOMPSON; JOHN J. EAGAN; STEPHEN M. ASPERO AND JAMES H. LASKEY, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SHAREHOLDERS AND OFFICERS OF NORRIS, MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS, A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, AND AS PARTNERS OF SOMERSET LEASING ASSOCIATES, A NEW JERSEY PARTNERSHIP, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS AND CROSS-APPELLANTS. BRUCE P. MCMORAN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS A SHAREHOLDER OF NORRIS, MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS, A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, DEFENDANT-CROSS-CLAIMANT AND THIRD-PARTY PLAINTIFF, v. NORRIS, MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS, A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION; RICHARD A. NORRIS; THOMAS P. MCLAUGHLIN; G. ROBERT MARCUS; PETER D. HUTCHEON; CYNTHIA M. JACOB; HERBERT S. FORD; PETER R. KNIPE; JOEL N. JACOBSON; BRUCE E. MANTELL; WILLIAM C. SLATTERY; WALTER G. REINHARD; VICTOR S. ELGORT; RICHARD F. COLLIER, JR.; KEVIN T. O'BRIEN; M. KAREN THOMPSON; JOHN J. EAGAN; STEPHEN M. ASPERO; JAMES H. LASKEY; KENNETH R. SCHAEFFER; DAVID R. STRICKLER AND JOHN L. MESROBIAN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SHAREHOLDERS AND OFFICERS OF NORRIS, MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS, THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANTS. NORRIS, MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS, A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION, FOURTH-PARTY PLAINTIFF, v. MCMORAN & PALMIERI, P.C., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION; WILLIAM BEHAN AND FRANK PALMIERI, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SHAREHOLDERS AND OFFICERS OF MCMORAN & PALMIERI, P.C., FOURTH-PARTY DEFENDANTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 28, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick L. Whitmer argued the cause for appellant and cross-respondent Cynthia M. Jacob (Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch, attorneys).

James F. Keegan argued the cause for appellant and cross-respondent Richard F. Collier, Jr. (Bendit, Weinstock & Sharbaugh, attorneys).

Laurence B. Orloff argued the cause for respondents and cross-appellants (Orloff, Lowenbach, Stifelman & Siegel, attorneys).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by GARIBALDI, J.

RPC 5.6 of New Jersey's Model Rules of Professional Conduct prohibits lawyers from making employment agreements that restrict the practice of law. Plaintiffs, Cynthia M. Jacob and Richard F. Collier, Jr., attorneys at law, were shareholders and employees of the defendant law firm Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus (NMM), prior to their departure to establish their...

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