Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Franklin County, Civil Division March 8, 2007, No. 06CV A09-12617 (Blackwell v. Gorman)

Frye, Judge.

I. Introduction

{¶ 1} In the wake of his federal conviction for insider trading of securities, Roger D. Blackwell, Ph.D., brought this legal-malpractice case against his trial lawyer Thomas 0. Gorman. Also sued was Gorman’s law firm of Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, L.L.P. (“Porter Wright”).