February 12, 2021
The Seventh Circuit has granted a bid for sanctions against attorney Tim Jon Semmerling — who claimed a former colleague outed his sexuality to his client, an alleged al-Qaida member — for filing a "frivolous" appeal the court described as "incomprehensible [and] completely insubstantial."
January 06, 2021
An attorney who claimed a former colleague outed his sexuality to an alleged Al-Qaida combatant client lost his chance to appeal the dismissal of his $26 million lawsuit after the Seventh Circuit blasted his "woefully deficient" brief challenging the decision.
August 19, 2020
An attorney who claims a former colleague outed him as gay to their alleged al-Qaida client will get a chance to salvage his appeal of a ruling dismissing a $26 million defamation suit, after a Seventh Circuit judge declined to rule on the merits of the case.