Last week, Senior U.S. District Judge David Hittner dismissed with prejudice the disciplinary and sanctions proceeding against a Fort Worth attorney, his former co-counsel and a former client.

In January, U.S. District Judge John McBryde of Fort Worth sanctioned Brackett & Ellis partner Joseph F. Cleveland; his former client John Gillig; and Cleveland’s former out-of-state co-counsel Melvin Silverman, according to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ April 4 opinion in In Re Joseph F. Cleveland, et al.

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