A Pennsylvania firm argued before the state Supreme Court on Tuesday that a lawyer who brought a case from his former employer was not a partner at his old firm, so no breach of contract occurred between the old and new firm.
The justices heard arguments in Pittsburgh in Meyer Darragh Buckler Bebenek & Eck v. Malone Middleman to address whether a valid contract existed between Meyer Darragh Buckler Bebenek & Eck and its former lawyer, William Weiler Jr., when Weiler left the firm to join Malone Middleman. They also addressed whether the Superior Court erred by creating a duty to a third party, in this case, Weiler’s new firm, when Weiler was a nonpartner attorney at his former firm.
