• Coe et al. v. Proskauer Rose, LLP

    Publication Date: 2022-10-04
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Legal Malpractice | Tax
    Industry: Accounting | Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Barrett Belinfante, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, Jeven Robinson Sloan, (Loewinsohn Deary Simon Ray LLP), Dallas, Harry W. MacDougald, (Caldwell, Carlson, Elliott & Deloach, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harold David Melton, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Mark G. Trigg, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, Shari Lynn Klevens, (Dentons US LLP), Washington, David M. Lederkramer, (Proskauer Rose), New York Lisa S. Blatt, (Williams & Connolly LLP), Washington, for appellee; Johannes S. Kingma, Jeffrey Charles Hoffmeyer, (Stites & Harbison PLLC), Atlanta, Laurie Webb Daniel, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.

    Case Number: S21G1250

    Material Factual Dispute Existed as to When Clients Learned Law Firm Was Not Independent of Client's Accounting Firm