KEYES LAW FIRM, LLC v. NAPOLI

No. 23-1835.

120 F.4th 139 (2024)

KEYES LAW FIRM, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paul J. NAPOLI, individually; Napoli Shkolnik PLLC; Napoli Shkolnik & Associates, PLLC; Paul Napoli Law PLLC; Napoli Law PLLC, Defendants-Appellants, and Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, LLP; Napoli Bern, LLP; Napoli, Bern & Associates, LLP; Napoli Bern Ripka, LLP; Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik & Associates, LLP; Pasternack Tilker Napoli Bern LLP; Napoli, Kaiser, Bern & Associates, LLP; Marc J. Bern & Partners LLP, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: October 24, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Henry Willett, III, CHRISTIAN & BARTON, LLP, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellants. David Jonathan Shuster, Louis Paul Malick, KRAMON & GRAHAM, P.A., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Timothy C. Lynch, OFFIT KURMAN, PA, Timonium, Maryland, for Appellants. Jean E. Lewis, KRAMON & GRAHAM, P.A., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge Diaz and Judge Berner joined.


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