Barrett Law attorney switches jobs, drops Katrina suits
Marshall Smith Jr. filed motions Monday asking to withdraw as counsel in the high-profile McIntosh v. State Farm, as well as Shows v. State Farm. The insurance company has asked the federal judges in those cases to disqualify anyone who worked in the SKG while indicted trial lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs was heading it.
Smith, though, has simply left his job at the Barrett Law Office to work with his father at Holmes County Bank and Trust Co., a short walk down Court Sq. in Lexington from his former office.
“My resignation has been planned since mid-September, 2007, well before State Farm’s motions to disqualify were filed,” Smith said.
Smith cited health reasons as motivation for leaving. His resignation was effective Dec. 31.
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