Jacobson v. Knepper & Moga
Case Date: 12/31/1969
Court: Supreme Court
Docket No: 84740
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Jacobson v. Knepper & Moga, No. 84740 (Ill. S.Ct.) Docket No. 84740-Agenda 27-September 1998. ALAN P. JACOBSON, Appellee, v. KNEPPER & MOGA,P.C., Appellant.Opinion filed December 31, 1998. JUSTICE NICKELS delivered the opinion of the court: We are asked here to consider the issue of whether an attorney who has been discharged by his law firm employer should be allowed the remedy of an action for retaliatory discharge. We hold that an attorney may not maintain such an action. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, Alan P. Jacobson, filed a one-count complaint in the circuit court of Cook County against the law firm of Knepper & Moga, P.C. (hereinafter, the firm), alleging that he had been wrongfully discharged in retaliation for reporting the firm's illegal practices to a principal partner of the firm. In his complaint, plaintiff made the following factual allegations. In July 1994, plaintiff was hired as an associate attorney of the firm. Shortly thereafter, plaintiff discovered that the firm was filing consumer debt collection actions in violation of the venue provisions of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. |