Get the latest gossip
Sublime’s Ex-Lawyers Hit Back at Malpractice Lawsuit, Calling It a ‘Pathetic’ Attempt to Avoid Legal Bills
Sublime's ex-lawyers filed a counter-lawsuit against the band after surviving group members and Bradley Nowell's family sued for alleged malpractice.
A month after Sublime sued its former attorneys — Howard King, Peter Paterno and Joseph M. Carlone — over allegations of a “pattern of self-dealing,” the firm filed a scathing countersuit Monday (Mar. “Yet, in an obvious and pathetic attempt to do exactly that, plaintiffs, presumably at the prodding of reputationally challenged new advisors, have cynically elected to file a trumped-up preemptive malpractice suit falsely and maliciously accusing the law firm of conflicts of interest they claim caused them unspecified damages.” Eric Wilson, Bradley Nowell, and Bud Gaugh of Sublime pose during Live 105's BFD at Shoreline Amphitheater on June 9, 1995 in Mountain View, Calif. Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images
Or read this on Billboard