Hunton Beats Oil Company Financier's $124 Million Malpractice Suit
A New York judge said part of the suit boiled down to “dissatisfaction with ... strategic choices” made by the law firm.
April 09, 2019 at 05:19 PM
3 minute read
A predecessor firm of Hunton Andrews Kurth has beaten a legal malpractice suit brought by an oil company financing firm that sought more than $124 million,
The suit against Hunton & Williams was brought by Bison Capital Corp., which blamed bad lawyering for a poor result in Bison's contractual dispute with a Texas oil and gas company.
In an April 5 decision, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Saliann Scarpulla said part of the suit boiled down to “dissatisfaction with … strategic choices” made by the law firm. Scarpulla concluded the firm had valid reasons to make the decisions that Bison had questioned and said the former client's suit could not go forward.
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
Trending Stories
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250