The Patterson Law Firm defeated an appeal by Dentons US of a $32.2 million legal malpractice jury verdict the firm obtained for a small technology company, Revolaze, LLC, in Cleveland, Ohio. The jury verdict was the largest legal malpractice verdict an Ohio court has ever awarded.
Dentons US is part of the self-proclaimed largest law firm in the world, Dentons. was unanimously affirmed by the Ohio Court of Appeals for the 8th District on April 28, 2022. The case, RevoLaze v. Dentons US, involved claims from the Ohio-based technology company Revolaze LLC that Dentons committed malpractice in a patent infringement case in which it was disqualified from continuing to represent Revolaze due to a conflict of interest.
The three-judge Ohio appellate panel found that Dentons US committed malpractice, resulting in it being disqualified from continuing to represent Revolaze in a patent infringement case due to a conflict of interest with Dentons Canada’s representation in other matters of one of the defendants. Revolaze, LLC v. Dentons US LLP, 2022-Ohio-1392.
The appellate court held that Patterson Law Firm adequately proved Revolaze’s “case-within-a-case” by proving Revolaze would have obtained the relief sought before Dentons US was disqualified.
