Washington, D.C., litigator Michele Roberts is seemingly infallible in front of a jury, but there is one case she has not been able to win. What began nearly six years ago as a simple matter she agreed to handle as a favor to a federal judge has given rise to a $5 million legal malpractice claim. Vaughn Stebbins, grandson of the late U.S. District Court Judge William Bryant, claims Roberts botched his chance to recover damages for injuries he received after being shot nine times by a D.C. police officer.
August 30, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Renowned Washington, D.C., litigator Michele Roberts has the kind of reputation that makes other attorneys salivate with envy.
“She mesmerized juries,” says Wiley Rein partner Barbara Van Gelder, who worked for the U.S. Attorney’s Office when Roberts was arguably one of the best public defenders in D.C. “She was, to me, one of my most feared adversaries.”
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