Convicted Weiss wants back pay
From Times Wire Services
Convicted class-action lawyer Melvyn Weiss asked a court to authorize his old firm, now called Milberg, to pay him for his work there.
Weiss, 72, co-founder of the firm previously known as Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman, filed papers Monday in state Supreme Court in New York saying an agreement entitles him to the payments.
Company spokeswoman Gina Rivera didn’t return calls for comment after hours.
Weiss was sentenced last month to 2 1/2 years in prison for illegally paying clients to file shareholder suits that prosecutors said earned $251 million in lawyer fees.
