A lawyer found to have filed a malpractice counterclaim in bad faith against a firm suing him for fees has been hit with sanctions of $60,000 on top of the $18,748 in legal fees fees he owed. A New Jersey appeals court upheld the ruling against attorney Robert Silverman, whom firm Cuyler Burk had represented in two ethics matters. Stephen Cuyler of the firm said it was ironic because in the ethics matters Silverman was convicted of "filing frivolous litigation against one of his former clients."
October 17, 2007 at 12:00 AM
1 minute read
The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A lawyer found to have filed a malpractice counterclaim in bad faith to harass and delay a firm suing him for fees has been hit with sanctions of $60,000 on top of the fees he owed.
“The counterclaim has all the earmarks of a pleading meant simply to intimidate an adversary and to delay entry of judgment on the complaint,” a New Jersey appeals court said last week in upholding the sanctions award in Cuyler Burk v. Silverman, A-208-06.
Presented by BigVoodoo
Law firms & in-house legal departments with a presence in the middle east celebrate outstanding achievement within the profession.
The premier educational and networking event for employee benefits brokers and agents.
The Legal Intelligencer honors lawyers leaving a mark on the legal community in Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Atlanta s John Marshall Law School is seeking to hire one or more full-time, visiting Legal WritingInstructors to teach Legal Research, Anal...
Shipman is seeking an associate to join our Labor & Employment practice in our Hartford, New Haven, or Stamford office. Candidates shou...
Evergreen Trading is a media investment firm headquartered in NYC. We help brands achieve their goals by leveraging their unwanted assets to...
MELICK & PORTER, LLP PROMOTES CONNECTICUT PARTNERS HOLLY ROGERS, STEVEN BANKS, and ALEXANDER AHRENS
