VAN BUREN, Ark. — Van Buren attorney Gentry C. Wahlmeier reached a settlement Tuesday with his former clients who have developmental disabilities and alleged he charged them nearly $200,000 for basic work that should have taken at most a few hours.
The confidential settlement came two weeks before the multiday civil trial was set to start Sept. 17 in Crawford County Circuit Court.
Last year, Wahlmeier and his namesake law firm were sued in connection with charging “unconscionable” fees to siblings Larry Boatright and Loreva Boatright, both of Alma, for his work in creating two supplemental needs trusts for them, according to the siblings’ lawsuit.
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