POOLE v. GWIN, LEWIS & PUNCHES, LLP

No. 1999-IA-01633-SCT.

792 So.2d 987 (2001)

Rhonda Lopez Drouet POOLE v. GWIN, LEWIS & PUNCHES, LLP, A Partnership.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 30, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alex A. Alston, Jr., Richard L. Jones, Jackson, Attorneys for Appellant.

William C. Griffin, Jackson, Attorney for Appellee.

Before BANKS, P.J., WALLER and COBB, JJ.


WALLER, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. We granted this interlocutory appeal under M.R.A.P. 5 to review an order denying transfer from chancery court to circuit court of a civil action filed by Gwin, Lewis & Punches, LLP (the Gwin firm), a law firm in Natchez, Mississippi, seeking recovery of attorneys' fees from its former client Rhonda Lopez Drouet Poole. The Gwin firm performed services under a contingent fee arrangement to protect Poole's interest in her husband...

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