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JACOBSON v. KNEPPER & MOGA, P.C.

No. 84740.

706 N.E.2d 491 (1998)

185 Ill.2d 372

Alan P. JACOBSON, Appellee, v. KNEPPER & MOGA, P.C., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

December 31, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Burmila, Jr., Burmila & Thomas, P.C., Joliet, for Knepper & Moga, P.C.

Richard J. Lofgren, law Offices of Richard J. Lofgren, Chicago, for Alan P. Jacobson.

Dennis A. Rendleman, Illinois State Bar Ass'n, Springfield, for Illinois State Bar Ass'n.

Justice NICKELS delivered the opinion of the court:

We are asked here to consider the issue of whether an attorney who has been discharged by his law firm employer should be allowed the remedy of an action for retaliatory discharge. We hold that an attorney may not maintain such an action.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff, Alan P. Jacobson, filed a one-count complaint in the circuit court of Cook County against the...

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