After a lawsuit accusing high-flying Florida defense lawyer Willie Gary and his firm, Gary Williams Parenti Watson & Gary, of malpractice and racketeering was dismissed in 2016, one of the attorneys named in the suit sought more than $560,000 in sanctions against her accusers, who she said had smeared her with baseless accusations and online “rants.”
Judge Amy Totenberg of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia agreed that some sanctions were in order on behalf of attorney Maria Sperando but only awarded $2,000, saying the half-million she wanted was “unduly harsh and unreasonable.”
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