Leech Tishman Shakes Malpractice Claim Tied to Phony CEA Funds

Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl LLC convinced a federal judge in Tennessee to dismiss legal malpractice claims related to the unwinding of the Clean Energy Advisors ponzi scheme, but must continue to defend claims it misrepresented the legitimacy of the funds to investors.

Plaintiffs JRS Partners GP invested in Clean Energy Advisors’ fake solar farms and investment funds, according to Judge Eli J. Richardson’s opinion for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. They claim that Leech Tishman and a former partner, Brett Mankey, were closely tied to the false funds and misrepresented the funds’ legitimacy and ...