Attorney accuses Pierce Bainbridge partner of misconduct in fee-sharing litigation, seeks to re-open case
Pierce | Pierce Bainbridge PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia attorney alleges that improper conduct on the part of Pierce Bainbridge founder John M. Pierce, in the form of threatening an unauthorized legal malpractice suit, was done in an attempt to notch a dismissal in a fee-sharing dispute matter. The saga starts with a 2017 lawsuit filed by Lenwood Hamilton, a former professional wrestler and football player, which claimed that the Augustus “Cole Train” Cole character featured in the Gears of War video game series unfairly appropriated his likeness. Hamilton...