Legal Opinion
Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers v. Henry
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 19, 2003No. S02G1248PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
Pursuant to our grant of certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Henry v. Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, 254 Ga. App. 817 (563 SE2d 899) (2002), we are called upon to resolve a question of first impression in this state: Who owns the documents in a legal file, the attorney or the client?
J. Hue Henry, an attorney, represented a client in a Gwinnett County case against Quorum Health Resources (“Quorum”), which was represented by Wade Copeland. In that case, Copeland brought a motion for attorney fees on behalf of Quorum against Henry.
Henry retained Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers…
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