Baker McKenzie offices in Washington, D.C. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM Kellogg Hansen Joins Plaintiffs Team in Long-Running Baker McKenzie Legal Malpractice Suit
A Spanish businessman who alleges that the firm had ties to a Russian criminal group is beefing up the trial team after an appellate ruling ensures the case stays in U.S. court.
October 02, 2024 at 03:20 PM
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Legal Malpractice
What You Need to Know
- Two lawyers from Washington, D.C.-based Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick joined as plaintiffs co-counsel in a legal malpractice case against Am Law 200 firm Baker McKenzie.
- The Illinois Supreme Court in late September ruled that the litigation could play out in the U.S.
- Baker McKenzie continues to assert that the matter belonged in an overseas court because the alleged malpractice had no ties to the U.S.
Attorneys from elite trial litigation shop Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick have joined the plaintiffs' team in a long-running malpractice suit over Baker McKenzie's alleged ties to a Russian criminal group, after the Illinois Supreme Court last week rejected a final bid to have the case moved out of the U.S.
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