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Little Rock law firm witnessed by judge in dispute over legal fees
A federal judge on Wednesday barred a Little Rock attorney and the law firm he heads from practicing in federal court in the Eastern District of Arkansas for two years, citing their efforts to collect what the judge described as inflated attorneys fees in a class-action lawsuit settlement and drag out litigation over the issue.
The order by US District Judge Billy Roy Wilson sanctioning attorney Josh Sanford and the Sanford Law Firm was followed almost immediately by a notice of appeal.
The law firm won a class-action lawsuit filed in 2018 on behalf of Anthony Vines and Dominique Lewis,…