Firm Sues Ex-Associate for Soliciting Clients
A Florida law firm has sued a former associate for allegedly soliciting its clients before jumping to a new firm.
The suit by Rosenthal & Levy of West Palm Beach claims associate Andrew Frisch failed to negotiate a joint letter announcing his departure, as required by Florida ethics rules, the Daily Business Review reports. Instead, the letters Frisch drafted on his own “caused Rosenthal’s clients confusion, anxiety and frustration,” the suit says (PDF posted by the Daily Business Review).
The suit claims that after Frisch joined his new firm, Morgan & Morgan, he used its letterhead to continue to solicit clients from his ex-firm, zeroing in on cases “in which either liability could be easily proven and/or damages were significant.”
Frisch told the legal publication he followed Florida’s packet of ethical guidelines “to a T” when he left the firm, and he has done nothing wrong.
