Bishop v. International Paper Co.

Carley, Judge.

Appellant-plaintiff is an attorney. He was engaged to perform certain legal services for appellee-defendant International Paper Company (International). Subsequently, International discharged appellant and retained the legal services of other attorneys, who are the remaining appellee-defendants. A dispute arose concerning the amount of compensation that International owed appellant. This dispute resulted in International’s filing an action against appellant in federal court. Appellant, in turn, filed an action against appellees in the Superior Court of Fulton County.

Thereafter,…