In David C. Meyer’s career as a defense attorney, he famously represented faux investor Troy Stratos. The man conned more than $43 million from countless investors, including Nicole Murphy, the ex-wife of comedian Eddie Murphy. Stratos claimed he would invest some of Nicole’s money into oil in the Middle East. Instead, he stole roughly $10 million she obtained in her divorce settlement. He was ultimately sentenced to almost 22 years in prison, though some victims argued that Meyer should have been disbarred for representing Stratos.
Finance manager Tim Burns, who says he was also a victim of Stratos’s misdeeds, filed a complaint against Meyer. In his filing, Burns alleged that Meyer had a hand in a plot to scam multiple clients. “If it wasn’t for Meyer, none of this would have happened. He basically ruined my life,” Burns told Page Six. Meyer’s law firm at the time, Venable LLP, was sued in 2015, blamed for aiding Stratos to sell Facebook stock that he didn’t have.
Venable and Meyer allegedly tried to convince others to invest and even vouched for him to several banking institutions skeptical of Stratos. The case was eventually settled in 2017, though the outcome is unclear. What is known is that Meyer was not disbarred, though Venable did part ways with him. The lawyer, however, quickly landed on his feet at another firm.
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