A lawsuit accusing high-flying plaintiffs attorney Willie Gary and his law firm of legal malpractice and racketeering was dismissed in 2016. Maria Sperando, one of the attorneys named in the suit, sought more than $560,000 in sanctions against her accusers after leaving Gary’s firm. 

U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg in Atlanta agreed to award sanctions to Sperando, who claimed she was smeared with baseless accusations and online “rants.” But the judge awarded only $2,000, saying the amount she wanted was “unduly harsh and unreasonable.”

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