McKnight, Gary v. Dean, Kenneth A.

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit No. 00-3007 Gary McKnight, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kenneth A. Dean, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 97 C 8939--Paul E. Plunkett, Judge. Argued April 9, 2001--Decided November 2, 2001 Before Posner, Evans, and Williams, Circuit Judges. Posner, Circuit Judge. In this extraordinary case an individual who obtained a $765,000 settlement in a suit for legal malpractice is suing--for legal malpractice--the lawyers who obtained the…