Article: Hale sues attorney for malpractice: White supremacist serving 40-year term.

Byline: Gerry Doyle

Aug. 4--White supremacist Matthew Hale, serving 40 years in a Colorado prison for plotting to kill a federal judge in Chicago, is suing his former attorney for malpractice. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court, alleges that Thomas Durkin, the lead defense attorney in the murder-for-hire trial, "committed numerous acts and omissions that fell beneath a reasonable standard of care." Hale was convicted in 2005 after a monthslong trial. He is seeking $30 million in damages, according to the suit. Durkin said he had not yet seen the lawsuit. "I don't believe it's worthy of a comment," he said. "I don't intend ...

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