Fen-Phen Lawyer Disbarred in KY

Last week, the Kentucky Supreme Court upheld the disbarment of attorney Stanley Chesley for his role in a “scheme to skim millions of dollars in excess attorney’s fees from unknowing clients.”  Chesley is the latest lawyer to join a “rogues’ gallery of disgruntled plaintiffs-bar giants” writes Paul Barrett in Businessweek, which could swell further as allegations of questionable conduct by plaintiffs’ lawyers in Ecuador – including fabricated evidence and ghostwritten court documents – are investigated