Weiss v. Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

STEIN, J.

In Jacob v. Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, 128 N.J. 10, 607 A.2d 142 (1992), we held that a law firm’s “Service Termination Agreement” that withheld termination compensation only from those firm members who within one year of termination represented clients of the firm or solicited employees of the firm to engage in law practice violated Rule 5.6 of the Rules of Professional Conduct (RPCS). Id. at 22, 607 A.2d 142. At issue in this appeal is the enforceability of a provision in a law firm’s partnership agreement that withholds the right to…