Kentucky

From Bluegrass Politics Blog is a post on Angela Ford and Fen Phen Crusade earning her a top ten lawyer award for 2009!  Pretty heady stuff.  Interestingly enough, Angela did not make the "Super Lawyers" or "Best Lawyers" lists for Kentucky.  Keep in mind Angela has been fighting this good fight for 5+ years against the "diet drug lawyers"; so this is not a recent development.  Pretty much says it all about these so called peer-rated and large-firm biased marketing programs that seem more like the old "who's who in high school" vanity stuff of my youth.

If Angela does not make the list year, then you know the jig is up for those other lists.  But, of course, Angela probably does not need those vanity lists in her resume now that she has the Lawers USA placement!

In any event, Angela.  Here's a thumbs up for a job well done.

Lexington lawyer named one of 2009?s top lawyers

By Beth Musgrave on KY Courts

LEXINGTON -- A Lexington lawyer who fought for five years to uncover one of the largest legal frauds in Kentucky history has been selected as one of the best lawyers of 2009 by a legal publication. Lawyers USA, an online and monthly legal news publication, named Angela Ford as one of 10 top lawyers for 2009. Ford is named along with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson. Ford was named for her five-year, ongoing struggle to recover millions of dollars for more than 430 former clients of William Gallion, Shirley Cunningham Jr., and Melbourne Mills. The three men represented the clients in a 2001 settlement over damages caused by the diet drug fen-phen. Ford filed a civil lawsuit on behalf of the former clients in 2004 that led to a civil judgment against the former lawyers and federal criminal charges. Cunningham and Gallion were convicted earlier this year of conspiracy and wire fraud charges. Cunningham was sentenced to 20 years. Gallion was sentenced to 25 years. Mills was acquitted but still faces a civil judgment and possible disbarment. Gallion and Cunningham were disbarred last year. -- Beth Musgrave