Illinois Lawyer Must Pay Fees, Costs for ‘Incoherent’ Brief

Sanctions are appropriate for an Illinois attorney who failed to recognize his client had a “hopeless” employment case and allowed her to write and submit her own appellate brief under his name, the Seventh Circuit said Dec. 16.

Jordan T. Hoffmann must pay the defendants, Kenco Logistics Services and Mars Inc., their reasonable attorneys’ fees for the appeal, and double their costs, the court said. It asked the companies to submit a statement of their fees and costs by Jan. 3, 2020.

Hoffman represented Edith McCurry in the appeal of her employment case against her employer, Kenco, and Mars, which ...