Jury Hits Ogletree With $1.8M Legal-Malpractice Verdict
The jury found the law firm and an associate forged a signature on a documentary filmmaker's work visa for National Geographic.
March 21, 2018 at 08:02 PM
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The jury in a legal-malpractice case against Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart and a former lawyer there awarded nearly $1.8 million to a British wildlife filmmaker who lost her job with National Geographic over forged signatures on visa documents prepared by the law firm.
Because the Fulton County jury also ruled that the firm should face punitive damages, another trial on those will convene Thursday. The award includes $550,000 in attorney fees.
“We are very pleased with the verdict and look forward to the punitive damages phase,” said Linley Jones, lead counsel for plaintiff Karen Bass.
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