Legal Opinion
Jacob v. Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided May 28, 1992PublishedCited by 248 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
GARIBALDI, J.
RPC 5.6 of New Jersey’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct prohibits lawyers from making employment agreements that restrict the practice of law. Plaintiffs, Cynthia M. Jacob and Richard F. Collier, Jr., attorneys at law, were shareholders and employees of the defendant law firm Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus (NMM), prior to their departure to establish their own law firm. NMM had a Service Termination Agreement that barred plaintiffs from collecting termination compensation if they continued to represent firm clients or solicit firm…
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