Judge allows malicious prosecution claim in attorney’s countersuit against McElroy Deutsch

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Decide permits malicious prosecution declare in legal professional’s countersuit towards McElroy Deutsch

By Debra Cassens Weiss

October 2, 2024, 2:48 pm CDT

A lawyer who countersued McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter for defamation and retaliation could add a malicious prosecution declare to the motion, a New Jersey choose has dominated.

Lawyer Nicole Alexander, McElroy Deutsch’s former director of enterprise {and professional} improvement, countersued after the regulation agency filed a lawsuit towards her and her husband, former McElroy Deutsch chief monetary officer John Dunlea. MeElroy Deutsch accused the couple of “business-card abuse” and Dunlea of paying himself unauthorized bonuses.

Law360 coated the Sept. 27 resolution and spoke with Jeffrey Pollock of Fox Rothschild, who’s Alexander’s lawyer.

“It could be nice sport for McElroy to destroy a former worker’s life, however this declare was wrongful when it was filed, and it’s tortious to keep up it,” Pollock advised Law360.

Dunlea pleaded responsible in Could to embezzling greater than $1.5 million from the agency over a six-year interval and failing to pay greater than $22,000 in state earnings taxes. He was sentenced to 5 years in state jail in July.

Alexander has mentioned she was unaware of wrongdoing. She filed a separate go well with arguing that the agency engaged in marital-status discrimination as a result of it fired her primarily based on her marriage to Dunlea. The 2 instances have been consolidated, Regulation.com beforehand reported.

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