Ex-Major Lindsey Employee Fails to Nix Firm Award in Bankruptcy

A former Major Lindsey & Africa employee isn’t allowed to discharge a $2.9 million arbitration award through bankruptcy because she was found to have embezzled information that she then gave to competitors.

Sharon Mahn, a former litigator and legal recruiter, was hired by MLA in 2005 and terminated three years later. She and the firm brought competing motions for summary judgment related to the dischargeability of the award.

Mahn’s motion was denied in full and MLA’s was affirmed, except on the matter of attorney’s fees, which could be discharged because they were awarded on a contractual basis.

“The factual findings ...