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Litigation

Apr. 25, 2017

Verbally abusive attorney should be barred from depositions, motion says

An attorney who was sanctioned for alleged verbal abuse of a female opponent last month has now been accused of leaving a retaliatory threat on her work phone, prompting a motion to bar him from participating in future depositions in the case.

By Joshua Sebold
Daily Journal Staff Writer

An attorney sanctioned for alleged verbal abuse of a female opponent last month has been accused of leaving a retaliatory threat on her work phone, prompting a motion to bar him from participating in future depositions in the case.

Reed Smith LLP attorneys wrote in a motion for sanctions Friday that, while investigating the voicemail incident, they uncovered a history of abusive conduct again...

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