Trevor Law Group
The Trevor Law Group was a three-member Beverly Hills law firm notable in California and nationally for their heavy-handed tort law abuse. In 2002, it was alleged that they engaged in a form of extortion by threatening to sue thousands of businesses for violating a now defunct provision of the Business & Professions Code, then offering to "settle" for a few thousand dollars apiece.[1] They were investigated for this action and three principals of the firm were recommended for disbarment. They eventually gave up being lawyers.[2]
The Trevor lawyers appear to have gone further than many other law firms accused of similar abuses. The Group is now often cited in discussions of tort law abuse.
References
- ↑ Glater, Jonathan D. (April 5, 2003). "California Says State Law Was Used as Extortion Tool". New York Times. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ↑ Lawyers sued by attorney general - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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- Altheimer & Gray
- Arter & Hadden
- Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison
- Burleson LLP
- Coudert Brothers
- Dewey & LeBoeuf
- Dickstein Shapiro
- Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine
- Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Underberg, Manley, Myerson & Casey
- Halleck, Peachy & Billings
- Heller Ehrman
- Hill and Barlow
- Howe and Hummel
- Howrey
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- Jenkens & Gilchrist
- Keck, Mahin & Cate
- Lord Day & Lord
- Lyon & Lyon
- Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon
- Myerson & Kuhn
- Pennie & Edmonds
- Rider Bennett
- Shea & Gould
- Steven J. Baum P.C.
- Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault
- Thacher Proffitt & Wood
- Thelen LLP
- Tillinghast Licht
- Trevor Law Group
- Waesche, Sheinbaum & O'Regan
- Washington, Perito & Dubuc
- WolfBlock
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- Baker & Daniels
- Bell, Boyd and Lloyd
- Bingham McCutchen
- Brown & Wood
- Community Rights Council
- Dewey Ballantine
- Dow Lohnes
- Faegre & Benson
- Gardner Carton & Douglas
- Graham & James
- Hall Dickler Kent Goldstein & Wood
- Hopkins & Sutter
- LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae
- Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps
- Parker Chapin Flattau & Klimpl
- Preston Gates & Ellis
- Robinson, Silverman, Pearce, Aronsohn, and Berman
- Rogers & Wells
- Rosenman & Colin
- Shea & Gardner
- Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
- Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Sheinfeld
- Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman
- Walter, Conston, Alexander & Green
- Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts
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