The well-chronicled fall of famed plaintiffs lawyer Stanley Chesley took yet another plunge Thursday when a warrant was issued for his arrest in Kentucky. The one-page warrant, obtained by The Am Law Daily and signed by Boone County Circuit Court Judge James Schrand II in Burlington, Kentucky, cites a charge of “contempt” against Chesley.
According to The Courier-Journal of Louisville, which first reported the news, the warrant was issued when Chesley did not appear at a hearing stemming from his refusal to pay a whopping $42 million judgment—ordered by Schrand in August 2014—to former clients he represented in class action litigation over the diet drug fen-phen.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]