Legal Opinion
Barrett v. Jones, Funderburg, Sessums, Peterson & Lee, LLC
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided November 12, 2009No. 2008-IA-00421-SCT, 2008-IA-00788-SCTPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHANDLER, Justice,
for the Court.
¶ 1. The Circuit Court of Lafayette County imposed sanctions against all members of the Scruggs Katrina Group (SKG), a joint venture, along with Don Barrett and Richard Scruggs individually, based upon the misconduct of Richard F. Scruggs, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bribe the trial judge in the underlying lawsuit over attorneys’ fees. The SKG co-venturers, including the Scruggs Law Firm, P.A. (the Scruggs Firm); Nutt & McAllister, PLLC (the Nutt Firm); the Barrett Law Office, P.A. (the Barrett Firm); and the Lovelace Law Firm (the Lovelace Firm), along…
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