HOFFMAN v. LEMLE & KELLEHER

No. 2001-CA-1633.

824 So.2d 1253 (2002)

Mitchell J. HOFFMAN v. LEMLE & KELLEHER, A Partnership (formerly known as Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Dennery, Hunley, Moss & Frilot).

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

July 31, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Gregory Odom, Charles F. Zimmer II, Stuart E. DesRoches, Odom & Des Roches, LLP, New Orleans, LA, For Plaintiff/Appellant.

John J. Weigel, Madeleine Fischer, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee.

(Court composed of Judge JOAN BERNARD ARMSTRONG, Judge TERRI F. LOVE, Judge MAX N. TOBIAS, JR.).


TERRI F. LOVE, Judge.

This appeal involves a dispute concerning the distribution of certain partnership assets precipitated by the withdrawal of one of the partners of a law firm. The issue presented for review is whether the departing lawyer is entitled to a percentage share of the firm's total assets in addition to the net profits specifically referred to in the partnership agreement between the lawyer and the firm. The subissue is whether the Louisiana Civil Code...

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