Friday, May 21, 2010
Fen-Phen Lawyer Disbarred
KENTUCKY...
A Kentucky attorney acquitted in criminal court of stealing millions from clients in a diet drug settlement but held liable in civil court has been disbarred. The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday banned Melbourne Mills of Lexington from working as an attorney and ruled that he cannot reapply for his license. Mills was acquitted in 2009 of taking part in a scheme to bilk clients out of the majority of a $200 million settlement over the diet drug fen-phen. Two other attorneys, William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham, were convicted, sentenced to prison and disbarred.
A Kentucky attorney acquitted in criminal court of stealing millions from clients in a diet drug settlement but held liable in civil court has been disbarred. The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday banned Melbourne Mills of Lexington from working as an attorney and ruled that he cannot reapply for his license. Mills was acquitted in 2009 of taking part in a scheme to bilk clients out of the majority of a $200 million settlement over the diet drug fen-phen. Two other attorneys, William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham, were convicted, sentenced to prison and disbarred.
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