News - 01/07/2016

Lawyer who Sued Led Zeppelin for "Stairway to Heaven" suspended from practicing law

Lawyer who Sued Led Zeppelin for "Stairway to Heaven" suspended from practicing law

Francis Malofiy, the lawyer who represented the estate of Randy Wolfe in the trial for "Stairway to Heaven" (the classic song by British legends Led Zeppelin), has been suspended from practicing law for his behavior as an attorney: during the lawsuit, indeed, he violated various rules of conduct and an appellate panel decided he won't be able to do any lawyering until the fall. It's not a surprise, since during the six-day "Stairway" trial, Malofiy collected more than a hundred sustained objections and multiple admonishments from Judge R. Gary Klausner.

It's not the first time Malofiy is suspended from lawyering; previously he got three months and one day of suspension, during a copyright infringement lawsuit over Usher's "Bad Girl". In 2015, a three-judge district court panel found Malofiy tricked unrepresented co-defendant William Guice into signing an affidavit without consulting a lawyer by hiding that their relationship was adversarial in nature. The prior year, Judge Paul Diamond issued sanctions and ordered Malofiy to pay $28,000 in court costs.

 

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