Carbis Walker, LLP v. Hill, Barth and King, LLC

OPINION BY

ORIE MELVIN, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, Hill, Barth and King, LLC (hereafter HBK), appeals from the trial court’s June 21, 2006 order which granted a motion for protective order filed by Appellee, Carbis Walker, LLP (hereafter CW). HBK asserts that the document which the trial court ruled was discoverable by CW is protected by the attorney-client privilege. After careful review, we affirm.

¶ 2 The facts which are necessary to understand the issues on appeal are essentially not in dispute and may be summarized as follows. CW and HBK are competing accounting/consulting firms with offices in…