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Publication Date: August 2002
Publisher: Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. Center for Legal Policy
Author(s): Lester Brickman
Research Area: Law and ethics
Keywords: Schuppert v. Down; abusive settlement; Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole; class action
Type: Report
Coverage: Illinois United States
Abstract:
The Manhattan Institute released today a case study by Professor Lester Brickman of Cardozo Law School on how class action litigation in state courts allows attorneys to profit at the expense of their clients. Professor Brickman shows how the law firm of Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole ('Ness Motley') struck a settlement agreement with a convicted felon for a $2 million dollar attorneys' fee and woefully failed to protect the interests of its clients--hundreds of thousands of elderly Americans.