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Litigation

Apr. 28, 2016

Quinn Emanuel attorneys claim client dropped them due to attorney's lawsuit

A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP attorneys alleges an attorney was out of line when he filed a suit against them, which he allegedly did in order to get the firm dropped by its client.

By Justin Kloczko
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP is alleging that Los Angeles attorney Hillel Chodos filed a malicious complaint against its attorneys in an attempt to get a client to drop them, according to a lawsuit filed against his estate.

Chodos, who died last May, is accused of causing severe economic and non-economic damage to the plaintiffs, who lost the Beverly Hills Un...

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