Austin solo practitioner Omar Rosales, who already had been hit with more than $175,000 in sanctions for making false and abusive statements about opposing counsel during Americans with Disabilities Act litigation, faces additional sanctions.

In a May 4 decision in Phil’s Icehouse Inc., et al. v. Jon R. Deutsch, a three-judge panel the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit awarded $60,522.91 in attorney fees and expenses to six defendants who had been sued by Deutsch, who has been represented Morales. That amount is for the cost of defending the appeal.

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