A Fulton County jury has awarded $4.7 million to a longtime Alston & Bird client after finding the law firm’s erroneous tax advice and subsequent cover-up of the error constituted legal malpractice.

The jury issued the Dec. 13 verdict for MSouth Equity Partners after deliberating about seven hours following a two-week trial, said David Pernini, a partner at Atlanta’s Wargo French. French was part of the team that represented MSouth Equity Partners and nearly a dozen other minority shareholders.

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