Two Texas Lawyers May Face Discipline for Roles in Claiming Lewis Brisbois Name

Judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit condemned the actions of two lawyers who helped plaintiffs in a landlord dispute claim the name of a prominent national law firm to prevent that firm from defending its clients.

The judges’ condemnation was part of an eight-page opinion that determined a trial judge correctly granted law firm Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith an injunction in a trademark infringement lawsuit the firm brought against lawyers Bradley B. Beers and Susan C. Norman and nonlawyer Michael Joseph Bitgood, who also goes by Michael Easton and who has represented himself pro se.