Legal Opinion
Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C. v. Seay
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided June 10, 2010No. 2008-IA-00768-SCT, 2008-IA-00999-SCTPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RANDOLPH, Justice, for the Court:
¶ 1. Sam Seay and William Reed began a lifelong friendship at age eight. In January 2003, following termination from his employment with BancorpSouth, Sam alleges that Reed, an attorney and then-president and chief operating officer (“COO”) of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C. (“Baker Donel-son”), undertook legal representation of Sam in the ensuing conflict. Reed acknowledges that Sam “asked me to look at some specific [legal] issues.... ” In late October or early November 2003, Reed participated in an extramarital affair with Sam’s…
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