Lawyer Dean Googasian, associated with the law firm, Googasian P.C, has lately been in the news, all thanks to the cheap publicity he derives at the mercy of the leading online high school – Belford these days.
Now let’s talk about the class action lawsuit Dean Googasian filed against Academy of Court Reporting in Clawson – a local school in Michigan offering court reporting certificates to its students by the end of their course, claiming that the certificates would secure their students decent jobs at the court.Dean Googasian filed a class action against the school and managed to gather about 1300 students and ultimately won the case, hence the settlement amount of $7.8 million for the tuition fee paid by the students participating in the class action.So far so good? Well, here comes the hitch. Dean Googasian very conveniently kept $2.5 million of the above mentioned amount to himself, dividing the rest of the amount among the participants.Yes, that obviously came up to barely one third of each of the student’s tuition fee. But of course the students felt taken for granted and played up by the clever attorney, Dean Googasian.
Therefore, three participant students filed objections to the settlement with the court.
Sylvia John of New Haven, who graduated from the academy in 2006 said after the hearing that she is dissatisfied with the settlement. “I was expecting more,” said John, who paid over $30,000 in tuition and has not been able to get work as a court reporter.Copyrighted Material
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