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SWIFT, CURRIE, McGHEE & HIERS v. HENRY

No. S02G1248.

581 S.E.2d 37 (2003)

276 Ga. 571

SWIFT, CURRIE, McGHEE & HIERS et al. v. HENRY et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

May 19, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hawkins & Parnell, LLP, H. Lane Young II, Debra E. LeVorse, Atlanta, for appellant.

Regina M. Quick, Christopher L. Casey, Athens, for appellee.

THOMPSON, Justice.

Pursuant to our grant of certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Henry v. Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, 254 Ga.App. 817, 563 S.E.2d 899 (2002), we are called upon to resolve a question of first impression in this state: Who owns the documents in a legal file, the attorney or the client?

J. Hue Henry, an attorney, represented a client in a Gwinnett County...

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