The appeals court said Melville secretly performed legal work for non-Crowell clients and also personally billed Crowell clients for work he solely did, outside of Crowell's usual billing structure. He earned more than $360,000 from his side practice, the court said.
In a statement, Crowell & Moring said: 'We promptly terminated Matt Melville's partnership with the firm in 2021 when we learned that he had engaged in conduct in violation of the firm's practices and policies and bar rules.' The firm went on to say that despite Melville's conduct, there was no 'adverse impact on our clients.'
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