Mitchell, Brewer, Richardson, Adams, Burge & Boughman, PLLC v. Brewer

STROUD, Judge.

An old saying declares that “the cobbler’s children have no shoes.” Lawyers may suffer from the same problem, if they are too busy dealing with their clients’ legal affairs to address their own. This case arises because the members of a law firm organized as a PLLC did not adopt an operating agreement or any other documents governing the operation of the PLLC. In their actions and communications relevant to the individual plaintiffs’ cessation of practice with the individual defendants, the parties at times seem to treat their business as a partnership and at other times as a…