Attorney General Peter J. Nickles isn't letting no federal judge get him down.
Nope, mere weeks after U.S. District Judge Richard W. Roberts threw down on him for pursing lawyer John A. Straus, Nickles announces today he is embarking on a similar effort against Fatmata Barrie and her employer, the Law Office of Christopher N. Anwah. [...]

In early December, AG Peter Nickles decided to pick a fight with an attorney handling a special education case. Nickles's office filed a lawsuit against the attorney after the man had filed a claim for his attorney's fees. Here's what we wrote in December:
Attorney John A. Straus had the audacity to ask for his legal [...]

Yesterday, one parent got one victory against D.C. Public Schools and its treatment of his son. It was just one victory against a mountain of alleged indifference on the part of one school. Still, it was news enough. On December 3, 2007, Godfrey Henneghan filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court over the school system's [...]

Last week, the District finally did something to unclog the special-education system. Attorney General Peter J. Nickles declared war on special-ed lawyers. The District filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against an attorney handling a special-ed case.
The charge: Attorney John A. Straus had the audacity to ask for his legal fees to be paid. [...]