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Jump to full article: Southeast Texas Record, 2007-12-19
Author: Marilyn Tennissen
Intro: Two of the biggest names in civil litigation in Southeast Texas have filed suits against each other over the mega-billion dollar tobacco settlement.
Brent Coon, once a partner in the Provost Umphrey Law Firm, claims he has not received his share of the more than $3 billion in attorneys' fees from the $17.3 billion tobacco settlement with the State of Texas.
On Nov. 2, Coon filed a Complaint to Compel Arbitration in federal court in the Western District of Texas. As defendants, the complaint names the Provost Umphrey Tobacco (PUT) Partnership and the following individuals or their professional corporations: Umphrey, Bryan Blevins, Paul "Chip" Ferguson Jr., Keith Hyde, Greg Thompson, Mike Ramsay, Glenn Steele, Jr., Robert Giblin and David Brandon. . . .
Beaumont's own "King of Torts," Walter Umphrey, and his tobacco settlement partners have fired back at Coon, filing their own petition alleging that Coon is violating an arbitration agreement established in the event disputes arose over the settlement and Coon's withdrawal from the PUT partnership.
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