(clockwise from top left) Rachel Berlin Benjamin, Milinda Brown, Brian J. Sutherland and Drew Beal, of Beal Sutherland Berlin & Brown in Atlanta. (Courtesy photos)
After successfully leveraging Georgia’s anti-SLAPP, or anti-strategic lawsuits against public participation statute to protect their client from allegations of defamation launched by a shaman accused of sexual assault, litigators with Beal Sutherland Berlin & Brown are still waiting to collect about $10,000 in attorney fees for their handling of the “frivolous” litigation.
With plaintiffs Jeffrey Glattstein and The EAST Institute Inc.’s deadline to remit the funds approaching, a potential $400-per-day assessment hangs in the balance if the plaintiffs’ former employee, Nat Brown, doesn’t receive all fees owed in less than a week.
