An ex-partner of Holland & Knight who unsuccessfully sued the firm after he was expelled in 2002 has been ordered to pay the firm more than $182,000 in compensation and fees owed to the firm. Coupled with a 9 percent interest, the total award against John Weir is expected to be above $300,000, said Renee Phillips, the firm’s attorney and an associate at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.
Weir sued Holland & Knight in 2007 in Manhattan Supreme Court for age discrimination and fraud. Ruling on a summary judgment motion last December, Justice Marcy Friedman (See Profile) in Weir v. Holland & Knight, 603204/07, dismissed Weir’s entire complaint (NYLJ, Dec. 15, 2011). She also granted summary judgment on the firm’s breach of fiduciary counterclaim against Weir, writing he “refused to cooperate with billing in the nine months prior to his expulsion, and in fact collected fees that would otherwise have been due the firm.” She ordered an accounting and assessment of damages for all fees or other compensation Weir earned during a period in 2002.
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