Legal Opinion
Jacobsen v. Oliver
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 8, 2006No. Civil Action 01-1810 (PLF)PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.
This legal malpractice lawsuit arises out of the successful representation of plaintiff David Jacobsen by his former attorneys, James J. Oliver, Carla E. Connor, and Barbara A. Barnes, and their law firm, Murphy Oliver Caiola & Gowen, P.C. (collectively “defendants”), in two actions against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ja-cobsen sued Iran in this Court, alleging that it had provided material support and resources to the terrorists who kidnaped him in Beirut, Lebanon in May 1985 and held him captive for 532 days. After Iran failed to appear, through…
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