Hunton & Williams

After seven years of defending litigation, law firm Greenberg Traurig has agreed to pay $65 million to settle a complaint that it helped fraudster Allen Stanford's offshore bank swindle thousands of investors out of $7 billion.

Second Amended Complaint in Ralph S. Janvey, as court-appointed receiver for the Stanford receivership estate; Sandra Dorrell, Samuel Troice, and Michoacan Trust, individually and on behalf of a class of all others similarly situated, v. Greenberg Traurig LLP, Greenberg Traurig PA, and Yolanda Suarez at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

First Amended Complaint in Ralph S. Janvey, as court-appointed receiver for the Stanford receivership estate; Sandra Dorrell, Samuel Troice, and Michoacan Trust, individually and on behalf of a class of all others similarly situated, v. Greenberg Traurig LLP, Greenberg Traurig PA,  and Yolanda Suarez at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

In objecting to a proposed $34 million settlement with law firm Hunton & Williams, of which 25% is slated to go to attorneys, victims of Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme have accused Receiver Ralph Janvey and his professional advisers of self-enrichment at their expense.

Virginia-based law firm Hunton & Williams has agreed to pay $34 million to settle litigation brought on behalf of victims of offshore fraudster Allen Stanford's Antigua-domiciled Stanford International Bank.

Motion to Approve Settlement with Hunton & Williams in Ralph Janvey, as Court-appointed Receiver for the Stanford Receivership Estate; The Official Stanford Investors Committee, Pam Reed, Samuel Troice, Michoacan Trust v. Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Hunton & Williams, LLP, and Yolanda Suarez at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Former Lancer Offshore boss Michael Lauer may soon be incarcerated and fined for breaching court orders freezing his assets and requiring his co operation with the SEC's investigation into his affairs.In a report dated March 22, 2005, U. S. Magistrate