Attorney Allen Kent figures it was his ex-boss's fault that he lost thousands of dollars unsuccessfully fighting a contempt charge last year -- and he wants to be paid back.
In a complaint filed in San Francisco Superior Court on Friday, Kent demanded that Raul Aguilar, his employer of nearly 11 years, indemnify him for more than $250,000 in expenses and attorney fees.
"In direct consequence of his discharge of his duties," Kent's lawyers contend in the complaint, "[Kent] incurred expenses and attorneys fees and suffered additional losses because of the need to defend himself in connection with the investigation by the [state] Supreme Court and the State Bar of California."
The Supreme Court held both Kent and Aguilar, a partner in San Francisco's Aguilar & Sebastinelli, in contempt in September for missing oral arguments before the high court on Feb. 10, 2004.
Details here from The Recorder via Law.com.