Wrigg v. Junkermier, Clark, Campanella, Stevens, P.C.

¶1 Dawn Wrigg (Wrigg) appeals from a declaration of the First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County, that Junkermier, Clark, Campanella, Stevens, P.C. (JCCS) could enforce its covenant not to compete against Wrigg. We reverse.

¶2 Wrigg raises a dispositive issue that we rephrase as follows:

¶3 Can an employer enforce a covenant not to compete when the employer ends the employment relationship?

¶4 Wrigg is a certified public accountant. JCCS is an accounting firm. JCCS hired Wrigg as a staff accountant to work in JCCS’s Helena office in 1987. JCCS promoted Wrigg to a JCCS shareholder in…