Adams, Kleemeier, Hagan, Hannah & Fouts, PLLC v. Jacobs

LEVINSON, Judge.

Plaintiff (law firm of Adams, Kleemeier, Hagan, Hannah & Fouts, hereafter ‘Adams, Kleemeier’) appeals from an order granting a motion by defendants (David Queller and Ira Born) to dismiss plaintiff’s suit for lack of personal jurisdiction. We affirm.

The pertinent facts are summarized as follows: Born and Queller, both residents of Florida, are two of eleven defendants named in New Horizon of NY, LLC v. Robert Jacobs, et al., 5:97-CV-126-BR(2) (EDNC). During the course of litigation, the New Horizon defendants hired the law firm of Patton Boggs, LLP, which at that time had…