Angelos Firm Sues Former Associate for Taking Asbestos Clients to New Firm

EASTON, Pa. - A prominent asbestos plaintiffs' firm has sued a former associate in an attempt to stop him from representing clients the firm alleges he stole before setting up his own law offices in Philadelphia. The Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos v. Edward V. Reeves, Esq., No. C0048CV2001006629 (Pa. Comm. Pls., Northampton Cty.).

By complaint filed Aug. 20 in Northampton County Court of Common Pleas, attorneys for The Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, are seeking an injunction barring attorney Edward V. Reeves from representing any of the firm's former clients and from using files and proprietary information …