Disbarred lawyer Ramon K. Quichocho is insisting that businesswoman Jung Ja Kim failed to prove that he engaged in a \u201cpattern of racketeering activity\u201d and that the federal court should issue a judgment in his favor.<\/p>\n
A party alleging a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO) violation may demonstrate continuity over a closed period of proving a series of related predicates extending over a substantial period of time, said Quichocho and his counsel, Michael Dotts, in their supplemental brief.<\/p>\n
The brief was in support of their motion for a judgment\u2014notwithstanding the verdict\u2014or for a new trial.<\/p>\n
Quichocho and Dotts said that Kim failed to present any evidence that the predicate acts are the same or similar in purpose, results, participants, victims, or methods of commission.<\/p>\n
\u201cTherefore, the court should find that the predicate acts are not related,\u201d the lawyers said.<\/p>\n
Dotts said Quichocho and co-defendants are unable to list any specific fact to support the jury\u2019s findings of money laundering, wire fraud, and a pattern of racketeering activity.<\/p>\n
The jury trial in Kim\u2019s racketeering lawsuit against Quichocho, his wife, and his law firm lasted almost two months.<\/p>\n
In March 28, a federal jury reached a unanimous verdict, holding Quichocho, his wife, and his law firm liable to pay $2.4 million in damages to Jung Ja Kim, who filed a racketeering lawsuit against them.<\/p>\n
The jury, however, found Kim liable to pay Quichocho and his law firm $48,221.67 in legal fees.<\/p>\n
Quichocho and his wife, Frances, and co-defendants, through counsel Dotts, have asked the court to issue a judgment that favors them, despite the jury\u2019s verdict.<\/p>\n
In the alternative, the Quichochos asked for a new trial based on juror misconduct.<\/p>\n
Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho recently ordered Quichocho\u2019s disbarment from the practice of law in CNMI courts for professional misconduct in representing his then-client, Jung Ja Kim.<\/p>\n
Superior Court Associate Judge David A. Wiseman also recently ordered a public reprimand against Quichocho for professional misconduct in connection with another Bar complaint filed by a couple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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