’00 asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 23 to take up his claim accusing prominent law firm Akin Gump of malpractice. Zirvi alleges that the firm misled him on his intellectual property rights during the firm’s representation of Cornell in a 2010 suit, Cornell v. Illumina, where Zirvi was a witness. He added that the documents were known to Akin Gump, but that he did not discover its existence until after litigation in Illumina. Akin Gump did not respond to a request for comment. The current suit is related to intellectual property claim against Illumina, but specifically focuses on the malpractice claim against Akin Gump.
