Litigating Partnership Disputes

Event Details:

Senior Associate Brent Turman is presenting "Litigating Partnership Disputes" to the Oklahoma Bar Association Litigation Section.

Dates/Times:

Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
5:30 - 6:30 PM

Tom Tom Room at The Vault
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
5:30 - 6:30 PM

Locations:

Oklahoma City Museum of Art
415 Couch Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73102

Tom Tom Room at The Vault
620 S Cincinnati Avenue
Tulsa, OK 74103

Overview:

Senior Associate Brent Turman provides a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of working closely with others without a written agreement in place. When informal ventures succeed beyond measure, best friends can turn into worst enemies. Turman explains how that exact scenario took place years ago, leading to a fight over royalties stemming from three books from the New York Times Best Sellers list.

Turman talks about how his trial team secured a $13.2 million judgment for the client after the jury found she was a partner in the original publishing company. The jury’s findings were based not on a fully-executed agreement, but on all of the founders’ conduct in operating the business.