WHEN FRANK J. BELTRAN started suing other lawyers in the early 1980s, some colleagues were aghast. He recalled a case in Valdosta around that time where the defense lawyer leaned over in the middle of a deposition and whispered, “Frank, what’s it like suing a lawyer”
Times have changed and the stigma of suing other lawyers has lessened, he told me over grilled chicken breast and arugula at Veni Vidi Vici. Even so, he still gets a lot of referrals from lawyers in small Georgia towns who don’t want anyone to know they’re helping someone sue one of their own. In Atlanta, this isn’t an issue, Beltran said: “Nobody cares here. It’s too big for that.”
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