Duane Morris

Claim Form and Particulars of Claim alleging breach of fiduciary duty resulting in losses in excess of £1.3 million in Towerbridge Group Limited, domiciled in the British Virgin Islands, based in Cyprus v. Duane Morris, a London-based law firm, at the High Court of Justice for England and Wales.

Offshore promoter Jerome Schneider has a new attorney to handle his defense against criminal fraud charges after his previous one resigned over allegedly unpaid legal fees totaling $350,000. Permission for Joseph M. Burton, of Duane Morris law firm, to withdraw as Schneider's counsel was granted on December 12, 2003 at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

California-based attorney Eric John Witmeyer has received a non-custodial sentence in return for helping prosecutors with their case against his co-defendant and former business partner Jerome Schneider.Witmeyer was sentenced to one-year of probation and a $10,000 fine at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California on October 31, 2003.