Washington Group International, Inc. v. Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

While the technical issue before us concerns the relation between this litigation and an earlier bankruptcy proceeding, the underlying dispute alleges that the firm of Bell, Boyd & Lloyd (Bell Boyd) committed legal malpractice in conjunction with a mechanic’s lien. Washington Group, the successor to Raytheon Engineers & Constructors, Inc. (Raytheon), claimed that Bell Boyd negligently handled both the drafting of certain liens and the litigation related to those liens. In response, Bell Boyd claimed that all the issues Raytheon was raising in this case had been…