About 4,000 asbestos clients of disbarred attorney Louis Robles will have to find another way to recoup the $13.5 million their former lawyer stole from them now that a federal judge has thrown out their claim against the Florida Bar. In an unusual class action, the plaintiffs claimed a security fund used by the Bar to compensate clients victimized by dishonest attorneys applied to them. But on Dec. 22, Judge Willis B. Hunt Jr. denied the plaintiffs' claims with prejudice, barring them from re-filing.
January 05, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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About 4,000 asbestos clients of disbarred attorney Louis Robles will have to find another way to recoup the $13.5 million their former lawyer stole from them after a federal judge threw out their claim against the Florida Bar.
In an unusual class action suit filed last January, the plaintiffs claimed a security fund maintained by the Bar to compensate clients victimized by dishonest attorneys applied to them, and their claims should be paid in full.
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