PIERCE v. HAND, ARENDALL, BEDSOLE, GREAVES & JOHNSTON

1940876, 1940919.

678 So.2d 765 (1996)

Donald F. PIERCE v. HAND, ARENDALL, BEDSOLE, GREAVES & JOHNSTON, a partnership. HAND, ARENDALL, BEDSOLE, GREAVES & JOHNSTON, a partnership v. Donald F. PIERCE.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 10, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Pratt III of Hare, Wynn, Newell and Newton, Birmingham, Richard F. Ogle of Schoel, Ogle, Benton and Centeno, Birmingham, for appellant/cross appellee Donald F. Pierce.

A. Danner Frazer, Jr. of Frazer, Greene, Philpot & Upchurch, Mobile, for appellee/cross appellant Hand, Arendall, Bedsole, Greaves & Johnston.


SHORES, Justice.

This case involves a dispute between Donald F. Pierce and the law firm of Hand, Arendall, Bedsole, Greaves & Johnston ("Hand-Arendall"), of which Pierce was formerly a partner. After he withdrew from the firm, Pierce sued for a declaratory judgment, asking the court to define his rights to deferred compensation under Paragraph 13 of the partnership agreement. The trial court held that Pierce was not entitled to deferred compensation because, it...

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