Johnson & Bell Shareholders, Joseph R. Marconi and Victor J. Pioli, received a defense verdict on behalf of their clients -- an attorney and his law firm -- charged with negligently representing a start-up company and its incorporators in setting up business and pursuing a corporate opportunity of one of incorporator’s former employer. Plaintiff sought $19 million in damages in a trial that lasted three weeks. The jury’s verdict for the defense was later affirmed on appeal. Victory Energy Operations, LLC v. Connelly, Illinois Appellate Case No. 1-09-1116 (1st Dist. 2010).
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