Tamman

Facts Leading to Tamman’s Complaint. In February 2007, Tamman joined appellant as a partner and executed a counterpart of appellant’s written partnership agreement, captioned Amended and Restated Articles of Partnership (February 1, 2004) (Partnership Agreement), which set forth the terms and conditions of his partnership. Section 1.15 of the Partnership Agreement provided in part: “The Firm shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Partners and the Principals and former Partners and Principals (each, an ‘Indemnitee’), from and against all liabilities, obligations, claims, damages, penalties, fines, causes of action, judgments, costs and expenses (including reasonable experts’ and consultants’ fees and expenses and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) imposed upon or incurred by or asserted against the Indemnitee or otherwise arising out of, (i) the practice of law by such Indemnitee on Firm matters and/or the practice of law by other Firm personnel, including, without limitation, professional malpractice and/or breach of contract to provide legal services, (ii) the Indemnitee’s status as a Partner or a Principal, (iii) without limiting the generality of clause (ii) above,…