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Friday, July 28, 2006
Courts - Kentucky bar group wants fen-phen lawyers suspended
Another story today from the Louisville Courier Journal, this one related to the fen-phen case scandal, about which the ILB has had many entires in the past - access the list here. Today's report:
Three Lexington lawyers accused of taking millions in excessive fees in Kentucky's fen-phen case should have their licenses to practice law suspended, a Kentucky Bar Association commission has concluded.The Kentucky Supreme Court, which disciplines lawyers, will hold a hearing Aug. 17 on a request by the bar association's Inquiry Commission for temporary suspensions of lawyers Melbourne Mills, Shirley Cunningham Jr. and William Gallion, according to the court's calendar. * * *
In a lawsuit filed against the lawyers in 2004, the plaintiffs claim that up to $64.4 million of the $200 million settlement was misappropriated.
The suit is pending in Boone Circuit Court.
Cunningham, Gallion and Mills paid themselves more than $20 million each and paid $20.5 million more to Cincinnati lawyer Stan Chesley, whom they hired to negotiate the fen-phen settlement.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 28, 2006 09:17 AM
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