This case involves a plaintiff who was hired by a major paper manufacturer as a senior tax attorney back in 2007. Becoming a senior tax attorney requires many years of experience in an industry that is extremely complex, requires a deep understanding of how tax laws work and how to represent clients who have serious and potentially life-altering legal issues. Becoming a senior tax attorney requires extensive legal and accounting education, but most of all, it entails gaining an extremely high level of trust. Unfortunately, sometime after his hiring, the plaintiff reported several instances of fraudulent activity, at which point he was terminated by the company. Though the plaintiff and the company both drafted and signed a separation agreement at the time of his hiring, that agreement was subsequently breached upon his termination. Because of the company’s actions, the high level of trust he had established during his career was suddenly gone. As a result, the plaintiff finds himself blacklisted as a tax attorney and unable to secure a position in the industry he had chosen for his career.