Dixon Odom Loses Forensics Unit
Blame Sarbanes-Oxley, says Ralph Summerford, head of the group that has broken away from Dixon Odom PLLC, a 16-office firm based in High Point, N.C.

"Anytime you have a large organization, there is the potential for conflicts of interest," Summerford tells the Birmingham, Ala., local business weekly. "Some of the cases we would normally work on we couldn't. We were starting to have problems accepting clients because of their relationship with Dixon Odom."

Summerford was blocked from working in the Enron bankruptcy because the law firm had once been involved in a malpractice case against Dixon Odom.

Both sides say the split was amicable.

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