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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Womble Carlyle attorney Debbie Israel, an accomplished civil litigator, provided insight about the proposed settlement of the Robert Wone wrongful death lawsuit to ABC 7 News.

 

The murder of the 32-year-old attorney in 2006 has captivated the D.C. area. No one has been convicted or charged with the crime. What is known is this: Wone visited the home of college friend Joseph Price, and Price's two lovers, Victor Zaborski and Dylan Ward. That night, Wone was stabbed to death. The three men in the house were charged with obstruction of justice, although they were acquitted of those charges last year.

 

Wone’s widow sued Price, Zaborski and Ward. But recently, media outlets reported that the two sides were close to settling the lawsuit out of court.

 

Some observers were unhappy about this development, as they had hoped the lawsuit would have brought out more information about Wone’s death. But Israel said Kathy Wone might have been disappointed if she had hoped to learn the truth about her husband’s murder.

 

“They would’ve dragged her – and him – through the mud,” Israel said.

 

Listed in Washingtonian Magazine as one of Washington's “Best Lawyers,” Debbie Israel has a diverse business litigation practice and serves as lead litigation counsel to a broad range of clients, including national corporations, financial institutions, pension funds, and national real estate investment trusts and developers. She practices in Womble Carlyle’s Washington, D.C., office.

 

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