AmeriFirst Trustee Refiles Law Firm Negligence Suit

By Jocelyn Allison

Law360, New York (November 20, 2009, 2:00 PM ET) -- The special receiver for defunct AmeriFirst Funding Inc. is taking a third crack at a negligence suit against the law firm Godwin Ronquillo PC and one of its former partners over their securities law advice.

Special receiver Ronald Reneker filed a second amended complaint Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas against the law firm and its former partner Phillip W. Offill.

Reneker alleges Godwin Ronquillo, which provided legal representation to AmeriFirst and its top executives, made misrepresentations to the Texas...
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