PHILLIP H. TAYLOR AND GARY, WILLIAMS, PARENTI & TAYLOR, P.A., F/K/A GARY, WILLIAMS & PARENTI, P.A., APPELLANTS,
v.
SEARCY, DENNEY, SCAROLA, BARNHART & SHIPLEY, P.A., APPELLEE
PHILLIP H. TAYLOR AND GARY, WILLIAMS, PARENTI & TAYLOR, P.A., F/K/A GARY, WILLIAMS & PARENTI, P.A., APPELLANTS,
SEARCY, DENNEY, SCAROLA, BARNHART & SHIPLEY, P.A., APPELLEE
596 So. 2d 1287
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (1992)
Positive Treatment
Cited by 3 cases
Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED.
LETTS and GARRETT, JJ., concur.
ANSTEAD, J., dissents with opinion.
Dissent
ANSTEAD, Judge,
dissenting.
This is an appeal from an order enjoining a lawyer from any contact with clients of his former law firm. While there may be substantial questions involved as to the ethical propriety of the lawyer’s conduct, as well as questions of the lawyer’s potential civil liability for interference with the former firm’s relationship with its clients, I do not believe those matters are sufficient to bar all communications between the lawyer and the clients, especially since the clients have a right to choose counsel, regardless of the wisdom of that choice. Cf. State ex rel. Branch v. DuVal, 249 So. 2d 468 (Fla. 3d DCA 1971).
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Taylor v. Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., 651 So. 2d 97 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994)…nition excessive. We remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. HERSEY, J., concurs. MAGER, GERALD, Senior Judge, concurs in part, dissents in part with opinion. . See Taylor v. Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley P.A., 596 So. 2d 1287 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992). We have been asked on this appeal to recede from the decision in that earlier appeal on the grounds that it is itself clearly erroneous. We decline to do so even though if we had been assigned to the panel we might have joined J…
Authorities Cited
- State of Fla. ex rel. Lanell N. Branch v. Honorable Harvie DuVAL, 249 So. 2d 468 (Fla. 3d DCA 1971)