Two Manhattan personal injury lawyers, once partners, are now facing each other in a bitter court fight over their firm's breakup. Seth Rotter is seeking $40 million from former partner Alan Ripka; Ripka's new firm, Napoli Bern Ripka; and its lead partners, alleging that Ripka abandoned his former firm but misinformed clients so they would switch to Napoli Bern. Rotter's lawyer says his client launched Ripka's career, while Napoli's Marc Bern says Ripka was carrying the Ripka Rotter firm.
March 09, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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Two Manhattan personal injury lawyers, once partners, are now facing each other in a bitter court fight over the breakup of their firm.
Seth R. Rotter claims in a lawsuit filed late last month that his former partner Alan S. Ripka abandoned their small firm, Ripka Rotter King & Tacopina, in January and then misrepresented the situation to the firm’s clients in order to get them to switch to Ripka’s new firm, Napoli Bern Ripka.
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