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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft v. Beasley
Citation:
728 So. 2d 253 (1998)Facts
James Beasley joined CW&T’s Palm Beach office as a lateral partner in 1989. By 1994, the office was operating at a loss, prompting the firm’s management committee to consider terminating up to 30 partners nationwide, including those in the Palm Beach office. In August 1994, the committee decided to close the Palm Beach office by year-end. After this announcement, Beasley obtained a legal opinion that CW&T lacked authority under the partnership agreement to expel him. The firm responded by offering Beasley relocation to New York or Washington D.C., or a compensation/severance package. Beasley, who had practiced in South Florida for 22 years and built a substantial client base there, rejected these options as impractical. After settlement negotiations failed, Beasley sued the firm on November 9, 1994. The next day, CW&T sent Beasley a letter ordering him to vacate the premises and prohibiting him from representing himself as associated with the firm.
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