Insurance companies striving to control litigation costs should always review how well their outside attorneys perform and not just how much they charge, according to experts. Though billing is easy to measure, it may not accurately reflect the true cost …
A South Texas attorney has pleaded guilty to being a middleman and arranging a payment to a corrupt judge. Federal prosecutors say 54-year-old Jose Martin “Joe” Valle of Harlingen pleaded guilty Wednesday afternoon in Brownsville to aiding and abetting extortion …
Illinois’ Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission has filed a complaint against a lawyer who represented a state trooper injured in a wreck he caused that killed two sisters. The commission contends attorney Kerry O’Sullivan exchanged emails with former Workers’ Compensation …
The Kentucky Bar Association Board of Governors is preparing to decide the fate of class-action legal specialist Stan Chesley, the Cincinnati attorney known as the “Master of Disaster.” The board is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday at a Lexington hotel. …
An injury attorney from Maryland pleaded guilty Wednesday to an insurance-fraud conspiracy in which he teamed up with a Virginia chiropractor to submit bogus claims. Amir Ryan Lahuti, 45, of Bethesda faces up to 20 years in prison when he …
A former Twin Cities attorney has been ordered to pay $15 million to the trust of a teenager he sexually assaulted. Forty-eight-year-old Aaron Biber is serving an 18-year prison sentence for assaulting his son’s friend, who was a neighbor. Court …
The Wyoming Supreme Court has issued a formal public censure of a Rock Springs attorney. The Wyoming State Bar says Clark D. Stith was censured over his representation of a company that had been sued for damages. It says Stith …