Civil Procedure – Settlement Conference – Authorized Representative

Civil Procedure – Settlement Conference – Authorized Representative – Sanctions

By Deborah Elkins
Published: October 23, 2008

A Roanoke U.S. District Court declines to sanction ALPS for failing to have an authorized representative appear in person at a settlement conference ordered by the magistrate judge, where the court had granted summary judgment days earlier to the defendant law firm and the “parties remained light years apart in settlement.”
Hinkle Oil & Gas Inc. v. Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love LLP (USDC-WD) (VLW 008-3-473) (6 pp.)