SHUTTLEWORTH, RULOFF & GIORDANO v. NUTTER

Record No. 962538.

493 S.E.2d 364 (1997)

SHUTTLEWORTH, RULOFF AND GIORDANO, P.C. v. R.J. NUTTER, II.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 31, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grover C. Wright, Jr., Virginia Beach, for appellant.

Michael W. Smith (J. Tracy Walker, IV; Christian & Barton, on brief), Richmond, for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, LACY, HASSELL, KEENAN, and KINSER, JJ., and POFF, Senior Justice.


KINSER, Justice.

At issue before this Court is the enforceability of a provision in an addendum to an employment contract entered into between Shuttleworth, Ruloff and Giordano, P.C. (Shuttleworth), a law firm, and R.J. Nutter, II (Nutter), who was both a stockholder and an employee of Shuttleworth. Because we find that the disputed addendum provision does not violate the Virginia Code of Professional Responsibility, we will reverse and remand for proceedings consistent...

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