Respondent counsel for an Atlanta attorney accused of attempting to extort “$24 million within two business days” from a real estate developer client is now seeking to have the $3.7 million arbitration judgment awarded against John Da Grosa Smith vacated.

In new court filings, Smith’s counsel alleges petitioners in the breach-of-fiduciary-duty and contract matter are “attempting to scam [the] Court [by] asking it to confirm an arbitration award and enter a judgment in favor of parties that do not exist.”

‘Seeking an Exorbitant Amount’

Mark G. Trigg of Dentons, left, and Maxwell R. Jones of Fellows LaBriola, right. Courtesy photos Mark G. Trigg of Dentons (left) and Maxwell R. Jones of Fellows LaBriola. (Courtesy photos)