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Law Practice

Dec. 24, 1998

Pillsburys Firing Of a Passionate Partner Is Upheld

As affairs between lawyers in the same office go, it wasn't the most chivalrous breakup. Besides calling his ex-lover a "gutter slut," James A. Magee, then a partner in the Los Angeles office of Pillsbury Madison & Sutro, allegedly ignored management's instructions and phoned her repeatedly.

By Anna Marie Stolley
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        As affairs between lawyers in the same office go, it wasn't the most chivalrous breakup.
        Besides calling his ex-lover a "gutter slut," James A. Magee, then a partner in the Los Angeles office of Pillsbury Madison & Sutro, allegedly ignored manag...

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