Legal Opinion
ACF 2006 Corp v. Timothy Devereux
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 23, 2016No. 15-3037 & 15-3048PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Attorney William F. Conour stole more than $4.5 million from clients’ trust funds, was convicted of fraud, and is serving ten years in prison. Shortly before these crimes came to light, attorney Timothy Devereux left Conour Law Firm, LLC, and took 21 clients with him to Mark Ladendorfs law firm. These clients ultimately produced attorneys’ fees aggregating some $2 million. This appeal presents a three-corner fight about who gets how much of that money. The contestants are Devereux and the Ladendorf Firm (collectively the Lawyers), several persons from whom Conour…
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