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Ill. Firm Says Ex-Client s $111K Sanctions Her Own Doing
Law360 (July 7, 2021, 8:16 PM EDT) A Chicago-area general practice firm has urged an Illinois federal judge to dismiss malpractice claims alleging it made baseless forgery accusations in a former client s probate case, arguing she caused the $111,000 in sanctions she s now trying to blame on her former counsel.
The firm B. George Oleksiuk & Associates PC said U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow should toss former client Francine Kokenis claim that it committed negligence that resulted in $111,000 in personal sanctions because records from her underlying probate case demonstrate that she has no claim for relief. The firm also said Judge Lefkow should toss allegations that it.