A Southern District judge has ordered partners in a law firm he sanctioned to attend a legal education program, after one of the attorneys improperly removed a suit from state to federal court.
William Grae, a partner of 90-attorney Chartwell Law Offices and former defense counsel in a personal injury suit, “acted in subjective bad faith” by removing the suit to federal cout, said Judge P. Kevin Castel (See Profile) in Rivas v. Bowling Green, 13-cv-7812. Castel said the removal “may have serious consequences” for the plaintiffs.
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