The conviction of former Mayer Brown partner Joseph P. Collins for helping Refco Inc. executives defraud investors of more than $2 billion was overturned on Jan. 9 by a federal appeals court.
The failure of the trial judge, Southern District Judge Robert P. Patterson (See Profile), to disclose to the parties the contents of a jury note suggesting that one juror was attempting to barter his vote, and the judge’s subsequent ex parte conference with that juror, deprived Mr. Collins of the right to be present at his own trial, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled.
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