Legal Opinion
Blackwell v. Gorman
Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Franklin County, Civil Division
Decided March 8, 2007No. 06CV A09-12617PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Frye, Judge.
I. Introduction
{¶ 1} In the wake of his federal conviction for insider trading of securities, Roger D. Blackwell, Ph.D., brought this legal-malpractice case against his trial lawyer Thomas 0. Gorman. Also sued was Gorman’s law firm of Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, L.L.P. (“Porter Wright”).
{¶ 2} Plaintiffs criminal jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio lasted five weeks. His 2005 conviction was sustained in posttrial rulings by District Judge James L. Graham and upheld on appeal. United States v. Blackwell (C.A.6, 2006), 459 F.3d 739.…
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