Judge Sides with Acumen: Malpractice Proven
After an eight-day bench trial in November 2024, the court ruled decisively in June that Troutman Pepper Locke and several attorneys—including Donald Readlinger, Jeffrey Carr, Jeffrey Goldman, and former lawyer John Shasanmi—had committed multiple acts of malpractice.
The firm was ordered to repay the full $758,967.71 in fees Acumen had paid from 2011 to 2018, plus prejudgment interest, bringing the total to $1,036,561.55. The court also dismissed Troutman Pepper’s counterclaims and its third-party complaint against Rangone.
Who’s Representing Whom
Acumen and Rangone are represented by Dominic J. Picca, Seth R. Goldman, and Todd Rosenbaum of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC.
Troutman Pepper Locke’s defense team includes A. Christopher Young, Angelo A. Stio III, Mia S. Marko, and Erica H. Dressler, representing the firm in-house.
