Glenn Armentor Law Corp. v. Counts

In March 1991 Roselynn Presley of Lafayette, Louisiana, and Jane Vincent of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, were involved in an automobile accident in Baldwin County, Alabama. Andrew Schnatz was the operator of the other automobile involved in the accident.

Presley and Vincent retained the Glenn Armentor Law Corporation, a Louisiana professional law corporation, to represent their interests. The parties agreed that the firm would be entitled to a 33 1/3 contingent fee. Marshall Stockstill, a member of the firm, was primary counsel.

On March 14, 1993, Stockstill telephoned Braxton Counts, an attorney…