Claiming a calculated plan existed to "destabilize and destroy" its firm, Chicago's Holleb & Coff Thursday filed suit against Philadelphia firm Duane Morris & Heckscher, chairman Sheldon Bonovitz and partners who moved from Holleb to Duane this summer. The lawsuit alleges the 11 partners participated in a premeditated defection and breach of fiduciary duty. Duane Morris partner Gene Pratter denies the allegations and said the 11 defectors acted honorably at all times during the transition period.
September 10, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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Claiming a calculated plan existed to “destabilize and destroy” its firm, Chicago’s Holleb & Coff yesterday filed suit against Duane Morris & Heckscher, Duane Morris chairman Sheldon Bonovitz and partners who moved from Holleb to Duane this summer.
Filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, the lawsuit alleges the 11 partners participated in a premeditated defection and breach of fiduciary duty designed to damage Holleb & Coff both professionally and financially.
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