A Texas law firm engaged in a fee dispute stemming from a $44 million settlement last year should be allowed to proceed on counterclaims of misrepresentation and constructive fraud against the Philadelphia law firm leader who hammered out the multimillion-dollar accord, a federal judge has ruled.

U.S. District Judge Joshua Wolson of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied efforts by Thomas Sheridan and his law firm Sheridan & Murray to dismiss Tyler, Texas-based Roberts & Roberts’ counterclaims in the case Sheridan v. The Roberts Law Firm. The ruling allows claims to go forward against both the Sheridan & Murray law firm and Sheridan, a principal in the firm, who is currently president of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association.

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