Lawyer - News

A maritime lawyer's misconduct, including his flight from New York to avoid arrest on contempt charges, has disqualified him from sharing in a contingency fee for work performed prior to his disbarment, a federal bankruptcy judge ruled last week. Disbarred lawyer Kenneth Heller's refusal to turn over files in a matter that ultimately was resolved with a $3.7 million settlement was "symptomatic" of a 24-year record of "utter contempt for the judicial system," Judge Stuart M. Bernstein wrote.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 at 12:31 pm and is filed under Lawyer - News.