Ex-Toyota Lawyer Explains Split with His Counsel: I Wanted to Go to Trial
A difference of opinion about how his whistle-blower case against Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. should be handled prompted a pending divorce with his trial counsel, says a former in-house lawyer for the company.
His lawyers recommended settlement after the validity of his severance agreement, which included a $3.7 million payment, was upheld in arbitration. But he still wanted to go to trial, Dimitrios Biller tells the National Law Journal.
“I’m interested in getting a verdict and proving my case and clearing my name,” he tells the legal publication.
His lawyers, Jeff Allen and Joseph Wohrle of Allen + Wohrle in Santa Monica, Calif., last week moved to withdraw from the case. Allen did not respond to a request for comment from the NLJ.
Biller now operates LDT Consulting in Los Angeles.
Earlier coverage:
ABAJournal.com: “Lawyers Ask to Exit Toyota Whistle-Blower Case Brought By Former In-House Counsel”
