Winston & Strawn got played.
The firm all but admitted as much in the saga of ex-client James P. McLean Jr., who allegedly refused to pay a cent of his $500,000 bill.
Hold on. You can't even get a smartphone without a credit check. How did two of the biggest, most sophisticated law firms in the nation do $800,000 worth of work without ensuring that they were actually going to get paid? Blame “a very convincing fraudster,” said Thomas Buchanan, the managing partner and head of litigation for Winston & Strawn's D.C. office.
December 11, 2016 at 10:33 PM
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Winston & Strawn got played.
The firm all but admitted as much in the saga of ex-client James P. McLean Jr., who allegedly refused to pay a cent of his $500,000 bill.
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