Philadelphia Lawyer Charged With Diverting Clients From His Firm, Pocketing Fees

A longtime lawyer with Gay Chacker & Mittin of Philadelphia has been charged with diverting clients from the plaintiff personal injury firm for a decade to outside attorneys in exchange for a cut of their fees, reports Philadelphia Business Journal.

Neil I. Mittin, 64, was a name partner with the firm for 38 years. The firm name is called Gay & Chacker.

Prosecutors, who charged him with mail fraud, said Mittin engaged in a 10-year-long scheme to steal cases from his longtime firm by referring them to outside attorneys. Prosecutors said the impacted clients did not know he was referring the cases, nor did they ask for referrals, writes the Journal‘s Jeff Blumenthal.

Read the Business Journal article.