Upright Law, ‘Partners’ Sanctioned for Unauthorized Law Practice

A Chicago firm claiming to have a “nationwide” network of partner lawyers—and two such local attorneys—were sanctioned by a Virginia bankruptcy judge for a number of violations, including practicing law without a license.

Judge Paul M. Black, of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Virginia, ordered Upright Law LLC Feb. 12 to pay $250,000 and barred it from practicing in the district for five years.

Two Virginia lawyers, Darren T. Delafield and John C. Morgan Jr., were sanctioned $5,000 each and barred from practicing before the court for a year and 18 months, respectively.

“Upright preyed upon ...