"Tell us exactly how I or anyone is keeping that dimwit from filing a lawsuit against ENZC." Doc was trying to make Chandra and the Cotropias think that there would be a lawsuit, so that Chandra and the Cotropias would offer a settlement. Your need to expose Doc's trickery, just to show how smart you are, destroyed any chance of getting restitution for the investors without a lawsuit. And yes, it is certainly possible that even a veteran attorney like Charles Cotropia can fall for a trick.