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Posted on 08/09/2024 1:58:36 PM PDT by hiho hiho
Two years ago, Conner Slevin learned from a Facebook friend about out-of-state attorneys who were said to specialize in disability access law and were looking to expand into the Pacific Northwest.
Slevin got the Tennessee lawyers’ contact numbers and reached out.
And so began a lucrative relationship that targeted dozens of Portland metro businesses for alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, netted thousands for Slevin and untold thousands for his attorneys.
Slevin on Tuesday sued his Portland attorney Jessica Molligan for $4 million, alleging malpractice. One business filed a motion in court Tuesday seeking sanctions against her. Another of the businesses separately sued her as well.
Court records say Molligan filed more than 40 “cookie cutter” lawsuits against businesses in Oregon, and the Tennessee-based lawyers filed more than 200 nationally in what one federal judge likened to a “shakedown.”
(Excerpt) Read more at oregonlive.com ...
"He would “cooperate” with the lawyers in pursuing the claims and grant them a power of attorney so they could negotiate “any and all” settlements, according to the agreement. Slevin shared a copy of the signed pact with the news organization."
Jeez. Nobody is nice anymore...
New condo development. I knew of an atty. who moved into one. His purpose was to find defects he could sue for on behalf of all the new owners. SOP.
Smells like barratry.
This type of activity first made the news a few years ago.
Happy to see both that our suspicions were spot-on and that action is being taken against at least the local culprit.
Can’t find the story for all the pop-ups.
Guys a pig for money. Would sell out the country to line his own greedy pockets.
Government buildings have the worst handicap access.
“Jeez. Nobody is nice anymore...”
Lawyers never were. I still remember the debate over the Wheelchair Law that Bush Sr. wound up signing into law. The opposition (Republicans who weren’t ‘kind and gentle’, LOL) said it would result in tons of lawsuits - of course they were right and now it’s a pain in the ass to find a decent parking spot...not to mention that there are likely HUNDREDS of these Shakedown Operations. After all, why behave like the Mafia in New York, when you can do it LEGALLY throughout the US?
Definitely should be!
(un) Lucky Number Sleven
Well, you can think what you like about lawyers; but a good one, when you need them, is a very valuable resource to have.
Among other things, liberals are bullies.
Dick the Butcher. The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers.
Henry VI, Act 4, Sc 2.
As good an idea now as it was then.
That’s how the law was written.
People sue.
It’s a cash cow for lawyers.
“Well, you can think what you like about lawyers; but a good one, when you need them, is a very valuable resource to have.”
No argument there, obviously I’m referring to a subset of lawyers, the ones who seem friendly and nice during Undergrad, but then mean an nasty after getting into Law School, as they smell the BIG BUCKS just around the corner.
ADA making low-life chislers rich thanks to GHW Bush who gleefully signed the small business killer into law.
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