Legal Ethics

Suspended Kentucky Lawyer Liable for $3.2M for ‘Reprehensible’ Conduct

By Debra Cassens Weiss

Nov 4, 2009, 12:59 pm CST

A suspended Louisville, Ky., lawyer and a financier have been found liable for $3.2 million as a result of “inexcusable” conduct in a bankruptcy case.

The judgment against lawyer Bruce Atherton and financier Randall Scott Waldman includes $2 million in punitive damages, the Louisville Courier-Journal reports.

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