Four months after withdrawing from litigation in an East Texas federal court due to their former client's alleged falsification of evidence, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld partner Sanford Warren Jr., senior counsel R. Scott Rhoades and counsel Joshua Hedrick are starting their own firms in Dallas. Akin incurred roughly $5.4 million in legal fees by taking on a case for a company whose principals are now under criminal investigation.
September 24, 2014 at 06:28 PM
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UPDATE: 9/25/14, 6:16 p.m. EDT. A comment from Joshua Hedrick has been added to the 13th paragraph of this story.
Four months after withdrawing from a breach of contract case in Texas due to a former client’s alleged falsification of evidence, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld partner Sanford Warren Jr., senior counsel R. Scott Rhoades and counsel Joshua Hedrick are starting their own firms in Dallas.
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