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MORRIS v. MARGULIS

No. 88685.

754 N.E.2d 314 (2001)

197 Ill.2d 28

257 Ill.Dec. 656

Edward MORRIS, Appellee, v. Arthur MARGULIS et al. (Bryan Cave, L.L.P., et al., Appellants).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

July 19, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago (Hugh C. Griffin, David R. Reed and Stevie A. Kish, of counsel), for appellants.

Morris B. Chapman, Granite City, for appellee.

Cheryl I. Niro, Dennis A. Rendleman and Mary T. McDermott, Springfield, for amicus curiae Illinois State Bar Association.

Justice FITZGERALD delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a federal jury trial, Edward Morris was convicted of mail fraud and wire fraud for his involvement in a public note offering by a now-defunct St. Louis savings and loan association. After his conviction was affirmed on appeal, Morris filed a breach of fiduciary duty complaint in the St. Clair County circuit court against, among others, a St. Louis law firm, which had represented Morris in several unrelated...

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