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Prominent entrepreneur sues prominent judge
If you think a 1/3 contingency fee is painful for plaintiffs, or "ouch" as you wrote, try being a plaintiffs' attorney investing $100,000 of your time, and perhaps $50,000 in costs such as filing fees, depositions, and expert witness fees, and at the end of the day lose the case because of some rogue judge or jury. If you think a 1/3 contingency is too much, then pay for the attorneys' fees as you go, even if you have to borrow money from a friend or relative, either of whom I am sure you can sell them on your dead bang winner of a case. Then you won't have to split any verdict with an attorney.— July 18, 2016 7:07 p.m.
Prominent entrepreneur sues prominent judge
P.S. There appears to be a pattern here with the Fourth District Court of Appeal using its taxpayer-funded website to tout former justices and their current six-figures or more commercial endeavors with JAMS. Just last week, in another Fourth District Court of Appeal case against JAMS and one of its neutrals/former Fourth District justices - who happens to be a founder and owner of JAMS - John Trotter, the plaintiffs in that case filed a motion to disqualify the entire Fourth District Court of Appeal because, in part, of the laudatory tributes and advertisements for Trotter and JAMS on the Fourth District's taxpayer-funded website and at least the appearance of bias because of this and other facts alleging a conflict. You may want to look into this recently filed, very similar motion to disqualify the Fourth District in Case Numbers G051731 and G052301.— July 17, 2016 12:11 p.m.
Prominent entrepreneur sues prominent judge
I don't think I wrote anything that was contrary to or inconsistent with the article. It appears Kinsella's lawsuit against McConnell in federal court is related to Kinsella's earlier filed, and still pending lawsuit he filed against JAMS and Sonenshine in California state courts. Because McConnell allowed her Court of Appeal to publish “laudatory tributes to JAMS and Sonenshine” on the court’s official website, and she then refused to disqualify herself or her Court of Appeal from hearing Sonenshine’s appeal despite this conflict, Kinsella has sued McConnell in federal court for denying Kinsella his right to an impartial tribunal - that impartial tribunal being McConnell's Fourth District Court of Appeal.— July 17, 2016 10:15 a.m.
Prominent entrepreneur sues prominent judge
Let me see if I have this right. A former California Superior Court judge and Court of Appeal justice, Sheila Sonenshine, is a defendant, along with her current employer JAMS, in a false advertising lawsuit for allegedly lying to potential customers about her qualifications. Sonenshine’s case is currently under appeal before current Court of Appeal Justice Judith McConnell after Sonenshine and JAMS lost at the trial court. McConnell, as the Presiding Justice of this Court of Appeal, not only allowed “laudatory tributes to JAMS and Sonenshine” to be published on the court’s official website, but she then refused to disqualify herself or this Court of Appeal from hearing Sonenshine’s appeal despite what appears to be an obvious, albeit alleged, conflict. If I got this right, this reads like the local version of the Hillary Clinton/Loretta Lynch sisterhood, wherein the laws only apply to the little people.— July 16, 2016 7:03 p.m.