Overview
- The complaint was filed on Nov. 17 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division.
- Barnes & Thornburg says the unpaid balance totals $164,285.55, including $10,967.91 in interest on services billed from May 1 to Aug. 26, 2024.
- The firm alleges it performed work related to a Dallas personal-injury case as well as Sanders' bankruptcy matters.
- According to the filing, Sanders ended the firm's representation after his attorney Victor Vital moved to Haynes Boone, leaving the prior invoices outstanding.
- The fee suit proceeds alongside a Chapter 7 case tied to an approximately $11 million default judgment from the John Darjean lawsuit, and no public response from Sanders has been reported.