Abner Louima's first group of attorneys do not deserve any fees for work on his civil rights lawsuit, and one of them is guilty of misconduct so egregious he should be barred from federal practice in the Eastern District of New York, according to a magistrate judge.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Cheryl L. Pollak said Wednesday that attorney Brian Figeroux "overstepped the bounds of both ethical and moral conduct" by accusing Louima of perjury in an affidavit "in order to enhance his position in this fee dispute."
Ouch! Details here from the New York Law Journal via Law.com.