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JOHNSON v. BREWER & PRITCHARD, P.C.

No. 00-0081.

73 S.W.3d 193 (2002)

Nick JOHNSON and James W. Chang, Petitioners, v. BREWER & PRITCHARD, P.C., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided March 21, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Maines, Thomas R. McDade, McDade Fogler Maines & Lohse, Robert Lee Galloway, Grant Cook, Thompson Knight Brown Parker & Leahy, Houston, for petitioners.

Russell Starbird, Houston, G. Steven Ruprecht, Niewald, Waldeck & Brown, Kansas City, MO, Patrick E. Gaas, J. Mark Brewer, Brewer & Pritchard, Houston, for respondent.

Justice OWEN delivered the opinion of the Court in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice HECHT, Justice ENOCH, Justice BAKER, Justice HANKINSON, Justice JEFFERSON and Justice RODRIGUEZ joined.

The primary issue in this case is when an associate of a law firm may refer a matter to another firm or lawyer without breaching a fiduciary duty to his or her employer. Brewer & Pritchard, P.C. sued its former associate and another lawyer with whom that associate formed...

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