Sanctions: Lawyer, client ordered to pay other party’s fees

By Peter Vieth
Published: July 2, 2010

Tags: Fairfax Circuit Court, Judge Jonathan C. Thacher, Lawyer Discipline, Real Estate

A Fairfax County circuit judge has ordered both a lawyer and his real estate broker client to pay $272,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs, finding they pursued “vindictive” litigation all the way to trial without any possible chance of success. In a 13-page opinion, Circuit Judge Jonathan C. Thacher approved most of the defendants’ requested ...

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