Legal Opinion
Prout v. Vladeck
District Court, S.D. Illinois
Decided June 10, 2018No. 18 Civ. 260 (JSR)PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JED S. RAKOFF, U.S.D.J.
*791Before the Court are the motions of defendants to dismiss the Second Amended Complaint and to disqualify Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP ("Sanford Heisler") as counsel for plaintiff Alexander Prout. ECF Nos. 15, 18, 23, 37. Prout brings claims for legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty against individual defendant Anne C. Vladeck and against Vladeck & Vladeck, Raskin, Clark, P.C. (the "Vladeck Firm"). He alleges that defendants agreed to represent him in a dispute with his then-employer, Invesco, Ltd., advised him to reject a settlement offer of over $1 million in…
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