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Jump to full article: Beaumont (TX) Enterprise, 2007-12-21
Author: RYAN MYERS, The Enterprise
Intro: A financial squabble between prominent Beaumont plaintiffs' attorneys Walter Umphrey and Brent Coon has reached a Jefferson County civil court.
When Big Tobacco lost big in 1998, Beaumont law firm Provost Umphrey was awarded about $660 million in fees to be paid over 30 years.
Attorneys in the Beaumont firm entered a partnership for sharing the settlement payments.
Coon, who left Provost Umphrey in 2001, said he is not receiving his share of the take.
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