Judge Reprimands Five Class-Action Lawyers for Alleged Forum Shopping
A federal judge has reprimanded Texarkana attorney and University of Arkansas System Trustee John Goodson, his law partner and three other lawyers for ethics violations and abuse of the court system, according to a report on Arkansas Online.
Chief U.S. District Judge P.K. Holmes III’s also included Goodson’s Texarkana partner Matt Keil, Jason Roselius of Oklahoma City, and Richard Norman and Martin Weber Jr. of Houston.
The judge had earlier accused Goodson and 16 other lawyers of forum-shopping a class-action lawsuit all were involved in, reports Lisa Hammersly.
The judge wrote in his order that the lawyers “engaged in improper mid-litigation forum shopping in a manner calculated to evade federal review and prevent the court from carrying out its obligation” to class members.
