The Chrisleys' Malpractice Lawsuit Against Former Defense Attorneys

Legal team, it’s been a little over a year since our last series on Todd and Julie Chrisley. In our previous episodes on the Chrisleys, we gave a detailed timeline on how everything unfolded, including how they became reality TV stars in the first place. Those episodes will be linked below. But in summary, the Chrisleys conspired with their former business partner to defraud Atlanta area community banks out of more than $30 million in personal loans, and they were fully convicted in a jury trial in 2023. In 2025, Todd and Julie were granted full executive pardons releasing them from federal custody. On the docket this week, we are discussing the federal malpractice lawsuit they filed this past June against their former defense attorneys, Balch & Bingham LLP and Chris Anulewicz. Todd and Julie are alleging that these lawyers failed to provide competent legal representation during their federal jury trial. We go through their complaint, what they are arguing, and point out the flaws in their case, including the use of the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine related to the documents used as evidence to convict them. 

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The Chrisley's Sentencing Part I

The Chrisley's Sentencing Part II

The Chrisley Trial Files: What the Headlines Missed

The Chrisley Trial Files: What the Headlines Missed (Part 2)

What’s on the docket?

• Our previous episodes on the Chrisleys
• What is a loan out company
• Recap of federal jury trial and what they were charged with
• Julie’s “scrapbooking” fraud
• Mark Braddock’s role as an informant
• Trial testimony updates on members of the Chrisley family (Nanny Faye, Lindsie, Kyle)
• Thoughts on Teresa Giudice's new interviews 
• The Chrisleys v. Balch & Bingham LLP and Chris Anulewicz
• Filed malpractice complaint, then amended complaint against their former attorneys
• New Chrisley attorney Alex Little and his work experience
• Fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine
• Details from the amended complaint
• Murray v. United States and the independent source argument
• August 7th motion to dismiss filed by Balch & Bingham LLP
• Why you can’t attach evidence to a motion to dismiss
• What is a Garcia hearing
• Georgia laws for malpractice claims and statute of limitations
• How Georgia's 11th circuit characterized the evidence supporting the convictions

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