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Persistent “Mystery” in Retainer Agreement Scrutinized by Judge Connolly May Not Be Much of One

December 17, 2023

Chief Judge Colm F. Connolly referred two lawyers to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel for The Supreme Court of Delaware on December 1, 2023 for having given the court “reason to believe” that they had “violated numerous provision of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct”. One of them, Jimmy Chong of Chong Law Firm PA, produced to the court a retainer agreement with IP Edge LLC-tied plaintiff Lamplight Licensing LLC “‘made this 28th day of March, 2022’ . . . about four months after Mr. Chong filed the first three Lamplight cases in this Court and one month after he filed a motion to voluntarily dismiss one of those cases”. Among various “noteworthy” aspects of that retainer agreement is the presence of three unexplained letters—“NWM”—in a section of it that the court characterizes as “remain[ing] a mystery”.


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