Cotton v. Mississippi Bar
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
809 So.2d 582 (2000)
Clencie L. COTTON
v.
The MISSISSIPPI BAR.
No. 1998-BA-01488-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
July 27, 2000.
Rehearing Denied October 5, 2000.
Jack F. Dunbar, Thomas J. Suszek, Walter Alan Davis, Saltillo, Attorneys For Appellant.
Michael B. Martz, Christina Jacqueline Kelsey, Jackson, Attorneys For Appellee.
EN BANC.
PRATHER, C.J., for the Court:
INTRODUCTION
¶ 1. Attorney Clencie L. Cotton represented Phyllis Evans in a personal injury case arising out of an automobile accident, and this case was eventually settled. From the settlement money, Cotton deducted both his attorney's fee…
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