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Lawyer Sold Contingency Fees Then Got Sued
Now Wants Summary Judgment
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 9– A former lawyer named
Jeremy Alters, described as
"disbarred and disgraced," has
been sued for selling tens of
millions of dollars in
contingency fees he said he
was owed.
The Morelli
Firm, which bought, has now
sued.
On January
26, U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge Gregory H. Woods
held a proceeding. Inner City
Press covered it.
Alters has
moved to dismiss - and for
sanctions. The Morelli Firm
replies that this is a tactic
disfavored in the SDNY.
On April 9, Judge
Woods held another conference,
and Inner City Press again
covered it. Now Alters wants
to move for summary judgment,
arguing that Plaintiffs
suffered no cognizable or
compensable legal damages.
This
is what
happens, it
seems, when
lawyers sue
each others.
This case is
Morelli v. Alters, 19-cv-10707
(Woods)
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