Murder, money and mayhem.

D was convicted and sentenced to prison for murder after his long time girlfriend told the police where to find the body and served as the star witness at trial. As he sat in prison, D came up with a way to use the legal system to exact revenge. He hired an attorney and sued her. When D was still a free man, he used his girlfriend’s account to deposit check's he received. Although she’d given him back all of his money after they broke up, D’s lawsuit accused her of withholding $36,000. When she was hit with the lawsuit, she was terrified because she could not afford an attorney and had no idea how to fight the case. Working by day and attending college at night, she needed help. Luckily, she found CVLS where Jed Rosenkrantz, a Sidley Austin deferred associate, was more than happy to represent her. D’s attorney, naive at best, tried to breeze through the case, apparently convinced that it was an open and shut contract action. At the first court hearing, he told the judge that the case was a no brainer and asked for a pretrial conference to settle it. Jed responded that there was actually a lot behind this case and asked for time to develop it through discovery procedures. When the judge granted the request, Jed sent out interrogatories and document production requests. After a thorough investigation, reading through the criminal trial testimony, sifting through the financial matters at issue and extensive legal research, Jed prepared a thorough answer and exhaustive list of affirmative defenses, ranging from defenses grounded in solid legal principles to more nuanced public policy arguments. The comprehensive list of defenses presented an overwhelming argument in our client's favor. Once opposing counsel saw the extremely strong case CVLS had, they decided to voluntarily drop the entire matter with prejudice.  With the case dropped, our client can put this nasty chapter of her life to rest and move on.