Norman v. Norman

R AY THORNTON, Justice.

This action stems from an earlier appeal. Norman v. Norman, 334 Ark. 225, 970 S.W.2d 270 (1998) (Norman I). In that case, we were asked to determine whether C. Burt Newell, an attorney with Bachelor, Newell & Oliver, had a conflict of interest that would require him to disqualify from representing appellee, Josephine Norman, in an action seeking to enforce an alimony provision contained in a 1978 divorce decree dissolving the marriage between herself and appellant, Robert Norman. The alleged conflict of interest resulted from the fact that Latt Bachelor, a partner along…