Ex Parte Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom

Miller, Hamilton, Snider Odom, LLC ("the law firm"), and three of its attorneys, Ben H. Harris III, John C.H. Miller, Jr., and Giles G. Perkins, the defendants in an action pending in the Blount Circuit Court, petition for a writ of mandamus directing the circuit court to vacate its order denying their motion to transfer the action to the Baldwin Circuit Court and directing the circuit court to transfer the action to Baldwin County. We grant the petition and issue the writ.

In November 2001, Harris and Perkins filed a lawsuit on behalf of Community Bank and its holding company, Community…