Legal Opinion
Kevin So v. Leonard Suchanek
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 20, 2012No. 10-7071, 10-7087, 10-7113PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RANDOLPH, Senior Circuit Judge:
This case is here on appeal and cross-appeal from the judgment of the district court ordering attorney Leonard Suchanek to pay his former client Kevin So $455,933.52, an amount representing a portion of the legal fees Suchanek collected from So, plus interest.
So is a citizen of the People’s Republic of China, a resident of Hong Kong, and the general manager of his family’s cosmetics company. He does not speak, read, or write English. So met Lucy Yan Lu in 2004 through a business partner. Convinced of Lu’s expertise, So granted her written authorization to serve…
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