Zanders v. Jones

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

WILLIAM T. HART, District Judge.

Plaintiff Kelly B. Zanders filed this action against Linzey Jones, an attorney, and against Sidley & Austin, defendant Jones’s firm, seeking to recover for allegedly false and defamatory statements made about plaintiff in the course of a legal proceeding. Count I of the complaint purports to state a cause of action for defamation; Count II purports to state a claim for this same wrong by alleging that the statements made by defendant Jones violated the standards of professional responsibility applicable to attorneys and thus…