Donald Bryant claimed that Bryan Cave partner Lawrence Brody failed to factor in the capital gains tax on the martial estate that Bryant shared with his former wife, Barbara.
“What Bryan Cave failed to do is properly account for the for the appreciation of the marital estate, and a large part of that is the artwork,” said Matt Donohue, an attorney at Markowitz, Herbold, Glade & Mehlhaf in Portland, Ore. “They failed to write clearly in the agreement whether [Barbara Bryant's settlement payment] was based on the gross value or the net. They kind of blew it on the taxes.”
