An Alabama law firm has accused three of its former Washington-office attorneys of stealing confidential client information from the firm and using it to establish a competing firm with poached clients, according to a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Slocumb Law Firm, which specializes in personal injury cases, filed suit on Wednesday against Zeke Roeser, Morgan Whitlock and Kevin Gracie of Roeser & Whitlock, seeking $4.5 million in damages. Founding partner Michael Slocumb also filed a motion for a temporary restraining order.

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