Ex Parte Parr

Jo Karen Parr, one of the defendants in an action pending in the Montgomery Circuit Court, petitioned this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the trial judge, the Honorable Charles Price, to grant her motion seeking his recusal. We deny the petition.

I. Background

Parr and Alan E. Rothfeder were shareholders in the law firm Kaufman Rothfeder, P.C. (now known as Kaufman Gilpin McKenzie Thomas Weiss, P.C.) ("the firm"). Rothfeder and Parr left the firm on May 31, 2007, because of a dispute over distribution of more than $2 million of income. On August 31, 2007, the firm sued Rothfeder and…