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Law Practice

Oct. 16, 2009

Mogul Wants to Ice Jones Day Suit

Supermarket titan George Torres says a trial on the law firm's claim he hasn't paid his legal bills would jeopardize a re-trial of his criminal case.

By Rebecca U. Cho

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Supermarket titan George Torres is hoping to postpone a lawsuit against him over unpaid legal fees by law firm Jones Day on the claim that it would jeopardize him in a possible re-trial of his criminal case, lawyers for the mogul said in court filings.

Jones Day sued Torres in May alleging the businessman owed the law firm nearly $4 million in attorneys fees for work in connection w...

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