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Chicago law firm asks justices to dismiss $103M fraud verdict

Associated Press — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:57:01 +0000

JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court is to hear arguments today from a Chicago-based law firm seeking dismissal of a $103 million jury verdict to businessman Lavon Evans Jr. who claimed the firm defrauded him. Evans sued in 2008 claiming the Baker & McKenzie firm defrauded his oil and gas business. In 1999, Evans began [...]

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Chicago law firm asks Court to toss fraud verdict

Associated Press — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:58:01 +0000

JACKSON — A Chicago-based law office has asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to throw out a jury’s verdict saying it owes $103 million to a businessman who claimed the firm defrauded him. Oral arguments are scheduled for July 17 in Jackson. The case is among dozens the court will take up during its July-August term. [...]

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Bank tries to prove Valley committed fraud

Amy McCullough — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 06:00:54 +0000

The long-awaited trial of the Evans brothers began last week in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and was still continuing at press time. Judge Neil Olack will rule in the non-jury trial. Heritage Bank and the Bank of Forest are suing Mississippi Valley Title Insurance Company (MVT) on contractual claims and [...]

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Evans brothers plead guilty to money laundering, fraud

Associated Press — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:24:16 +0000

JACKSON — Authorities say two Mississippi lawyers, who are also brothers, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and bank fraud. U.S. Attorney John M. Dowdy says in a news release that 57-year-old Charles H. Evans Jr. and 53-year-old Jon Christopher Evans pleaded guilty yesterday. Both are from Jackson. Prosecutors say the brothers [...]

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Criminal charges filed in Evans real estate fraud case

Amy McCullough — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:06:06 +0000

Charles H. Evans Jr. and his brother Chris Evans have each been charged with two felonies by the U.S. District Attorney. On Dec. 16 the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi charged each of the brothers with conspiracy to commit money laundering and bank fraud. The punishment for bank fraud is a fine [...]

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Laurel man awarded $103M in suit against lawyer

Associated Press — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:56:16 +0000

LAUREL — A Mississippi businessman has been awarded $103 million in a lawsuit against the Chicago-based law firm that he accused of defrauding his oil and gas business. Lavon Evans Jr. filed the lawsuit in Jones County Circuit Court in Mississippi in 2008. It sought $150 million in damages from attorney Joel Held, who worked [...]

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Investment group sues Mississippi Valley Title

Amy McCullough — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 06:00:03 +0000

A year into the Evans scandal, a creditor in the case has sued Mississippi Valley Title Insurance Company for damages, alleging negligence. Previously, all lawsuits targeted the Evans brothers, who were originally sued by MVT for allegedly running a commercial real estate scheme that used banks as investors. Ridgeland-based G&B Investments alleges that after the [...]

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Evans Exam Re: Trust Account Delayed Until July

Amy McCullough — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:00:38 +0000

See prior post. JACKSON-Charles Evans Jr. was set to be questioned this week about his trust account, but a federal judge ruled Monday that the exam will be delayed until July in order to allow time for the examination of a significant amount of documents recently found in a storage facility. For months creditors have tried [...]

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Evans Seeks to Postpone Exam Re: Trust Account

Amy McCullough — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:48:24 +0000

JACKSON–Charles Evans Jr. is set to be questioned this week about his trust account, but he is trying to postpone the exam, claiming that he cannot comply with bankruptcy court wishes because he is currently jailed on felony charges for resisting arrest by U.S. Marshals. According to a bankruptcy court document filed today (June 3), [...]

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Charles Evans Jr. to Remain in Jail

Amy McCullough — Fri, 28 May 2010 15:38:02 +0000

JACKSON–A federal district court judge ruled Tuesday (June 1) that Charles Evans Jr. would stay in jail until his next hearing on felony charges. Evans has been accused of resisting arrest by U.S. Marshals when he was taken in to custody last Wednesday. He was also in possession of a firearm. Evans, along with his [...]

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