A federal appeals court in Washington on Tuesday upheld a trial judge’s injunction freezing a solo practitioner’s assets pending the outcome of a legal malpractice suit.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, in a four-page per curiam judgment (PDF), said the trial judge did not overstep authority in freezing the lawyer’s assets and ordering the money placed in the registry of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle issued the injunction in litigation between attorney Wade A. Robertson and a former business partner named William Cartinhour Jr., described in court papers as an “elderly physician.”
A jury in February found in favor of Cartinhour, who won (PDF) $7 million in compensatory and punitive damages. Robertson is challenging the jury’s verdict. He was not immediately reached for comment this afternoon.
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