Attorney trio in trouble
State inspector general blasts three lawyers for multiple conflicts of interest, double billing
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State inspector general blasts three lawyers for multiple conflicts of interest, double billing
EAST ST. LOUIS – Lawyer Martin Plute no longer works for Illinois attorney general Kwame Raoul, according to a substitution motion in a suit against Chester mental health hospital.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Assistant Illinois attorney general Martin Plute took over a case after his colleague Thomas Ewick was sanctioned for discovery violations, and Plute managed to make matters worse.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Assistant Illinois attorney general Thomas Ewick, whose misconduct in a suit against Chester mental health hospital cost the state in cash and strategy, was removed from the case.
EAST ST. LOUIS – Chief U. S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel struck all affirmative defenses of assistant Illinois attorney general Thomas Ewick on Feb. 23 for violating her orders in a civil suit against Chester Mental Health hospital.