For nine years, Michael Kelley and James Ferraro ran one of the most profitable plaintiffs’ law firms in Cleveland-so profitable that they were able to buy three jets, million-dollar mansions and an arena football team.

In 2003, a Cleveland business magazine put Kelley on the cover, labeling him “The King of Torts” for his “billion-dollar asbestos practice.” Both partners were prominent political contributors and even lent their planes to Democratic heavyweights like Hillary Clinton.

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