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Law.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Two lawyers accused of defrauding their clients in a diet-drug settlement of $65 million were sent back to jail Thursday after a jury deadlocked and a federal judge declared a mistrial. The jury had considered the case against suspended lawyers William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr. for eight days, and twice in two days sent out notes indicating it was stumped. A third defendant,...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last updated July 8, 2008 1:11 p.m. PTAttorney in diet drug case seeks Curlin saleTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSLOUISVILLE, Ky. -- An attorney wants a judge to force the public auction of 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin.Lexington attorney Angela Ford asked a state judge Tuesday to force the sale to settle a $42 million civil judgment against attorneys Shirley Cunningham Jr. and William Gallion. They...
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
| Attorney wants public auction of 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin to settle diet drug judgmentAssociated Press Last update: July 8, 2008 - 3:11 PM More from LOUISVILLE, Ky. - An attorney wants a judge to force the public auction of 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin.Lexington attorney Angela Ford asked a state judge Tuesday to force the sale to settle a $42 million civil judgment against attorneys Shirley...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lexington attorney Angela Ford asked a state judge Tuesday to force the sale to settle a $42 million civil judgment against attorneys Shirley Cunningham Jr. and William Gallion. They own a minority stake in the horse.
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The Washington Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lexington attorney Angela Ford asked a state judge Tuesday to force the sale to settle a $42 million civil judgment against attorneys Shirley Cunningham Jr. and William Gallion. They own a minority stake in the horse.
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Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday
COVINGTON - A decision on when to retry two of the defendants in the fen-phen case could be made as early as next week.A scheduling conference in the case is set for July 16 at the federal courthouse in Covington.Defendants Shirley Cunningham Jr. and William Gallion face up to 20 years in prison if found guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Federal prosecutors allege that the defendants...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
... three partners in buying a majority interest in the chestnut colt from lawyers William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr. Jackson later bought out his partners. Gallion and Cunningham retain a 20 percent interest in the 2007 Horse of the Year.Gallion and Cunningham are awaiting a second trial on charges that they conspired to illegally take $65 million from clients in...
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MSNBC.com: Horse Racing (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jackson headed a group with three partners in buying a majority interest in the chestnut colt from lawyers William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr. Jackson later bought out his partners. Gallion and Cunningham retain a 20 percent interest in the 2007 Horse of the Year.
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
... three partners in buying a majority interest in the chestnut colt from lawyers William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr. Jackson later bought out his partners. Gallion and Cunningham retain a 20 percent interest in the 2007 Horse of the Year.Gallion and Cunningham are awaiting a second trial on charges that they conspired to illegally take $65 million from clients in...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
... three partners in buying a majority interest in the chestnut colt from lawyers William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr. Jackson later bought out his partners. Gallion and Cunningham retain a 20 percent interest in the 2007 Horse of the Year.Gallion and Cunningham are awaiting a second trial on charges that they conspired to illegally take $65 million from clients in...
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Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday
... to U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves of London.A date for the retrial of suspended lawyers Shirley Cunningham Jr. and William Gallion has not been set.• The defendants face up to 20 years in prison if found guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Federal prosecutors allege that the defendants illegally kept more than half of the fen-phen settlement they negotiated on behalf of 440...
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Kentucky Law Review (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
In a trial known for odd twists and developments, here is another as the trial judge, William Bertlesman, recuses himself in Herald Leader story entitled "Fen-phen judge recuses himself from case" According to an order entered Monday, U.S. District Judge William Bertelsman will step down as the judge in the criminal case against William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr. Bertelsman, in...
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Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
The order comes the first Monday following the end of the eight-week fen-phen trial.Federal prosecutors said they will retry defendants Shirley Cunningham Jr. and William Gallion after a jury couldn’t reach a unanimous decision on their guilt or innocence.If found guilty, the once- prominent Lexington lawyers face up to 20 years in prison and forfeiture of $65 million.Jurors found the...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
... he would no longer hear criminal cases.Bertelsman presided over the trial of suspended lawyers Shirley Cunningham Jr., William Gallion and Melbourne Mills Jr. The three were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Mills was acquitted.The case has been closely watched in the horse racing industry because Gallion and Cunningham are part-owners of 2007's Horse of the Year,...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Bertelsman presided over the trial of suspended lawyers Shirley Cunningham Jr., William Gallion and Melbourne Mills Jr. The three were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Mills was acquitted.
