Sixth Circuit affirms convictions of two lawyers for bilking clients of fen-phen settlements

May 4, 2012

The Sixth Circuit has affirmed the convictions of disbarred lawyers Shirley Cunningham Jr. and William Gallion for bilking clients of settlement money in the fen-phen diet drug litigation. Cunningham and Gallion were two of three lawyers who represented about 431 clients in a Kentucky fen-phen case against American Home Products.