Ex Parte Burr & Forman, LLP

MURDOCK, Justice.

Burr & Forman, LLP, petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus ordering the St. Clair Circuit Court to dismiss the underlying action or, in the alternative, to transfer it to the Jefferson Circuit Court. For the reasons stated herein, we grant the petition.

I. Background

This mandamus petition arises from an action filed in the St. Clair Circuit Court by A. Dwight Blair, William Trussed, and their law firms, respectively, Blair and Parsons, P.C., and Trussell & Funderburg, P.C. (collectively referred to herein as “Blair and Trussed”), against the law firm of Burr & Forman,…