Jacobson v. Knepper & Moga, P.C.

706 N.E.2d 491 (1998)

185 Ill.2d 372

Alan P. JACOBSON, Appellee,

v.

KNEPPER & MOGA, P.C., Appellant.

No. 84740.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

December 31, 1998.

Edward A. Burmila, Jr., Burmila & Thomas, P.C., Joliet, for Knepper & Moga, P.C.

Richard J. Lofgren, law Offices of Richard J. Lofgren, Chicago, for Alan P. Jacobson.

Dennis A. Rendleman, Illinois State Bar Ass'n, Springfield, for Illinois State Bar Ass'n.

We are asked here to consider the issue of whether an attorney who has been discharged by his law firm employer should be allowed the remedy of an action for retaliatory discharge. We hold that…