March 07, 2024
The so-called pro se litigation "expert" suing retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner for $170,000 has hit back at Posner's bid to have him sanctioned for gratuitous "personal attacks" — by accusing Posner of "hypocrisy," calling the former judge's friend a murdering "deranged societal misfit," and alleging that Posner hired a "serial liar" attorney to bolster his case.
February 20, 2024
Retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner is asking an Indiana federal judge to impose "the most severe sanctions" against a noted pro se litigant who claims Posner reneged on a promise to pay him to run a short-lived pro bono services organization, saying the man has repeatedly lied during litigation and improperly accused opposing counsel of perjury.
September 26, 2023
Retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner can't escape a lawsuit alleging he stiffed a man out of a six-figure salary after hiring him to run a now-defunct pro bono legal services organization.
June 22, 2023
A man who claims retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner hired him to run a now-defunct pro bono legal services organization should be allowed to pursue his breach of contract claim accusing Posner of stiffing him out of a six-figure salary, an Indiana magistrate judge said Wednesday.
July 12, 2022
Retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner urged an Indiana federal court to dismiss a suit from a man who claims the former judge stiffed him out of a six-figure salary to run a now-defunct pro bono legal services organization for pro se litigants, arguing Monday that their alleged agreement was too indefinite to form a binding contract.
May 06, 2022
Retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner promised to pay an Indiana man $120,000 per year to run a now-defunct pro bono legal services organization for pro se litigants, but, after a year and a half, he never paid up, the man alleged in a pro se complaint filed in federal court Thursday.