Mike Elias, center, the Baltimore Orioles’ executive vice president and general manager, poses for a photograph with Orioles ownership representative Louis Angelos, left, and executive vice president John Angelos on Nov. 19, 2018, in Baltimore. The two Angelos brothers are locked in a legal battle over control of their father’s law firm and the baseball team. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
A bitter battle between brothers over the future of their storied and ailing father’s Baltimore law firm will be waged in a Baltimore County courtroom as Louis Angelos filed suit Thursday against John Angelos seeking a judicial order that he not interfere with The Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos PC.
In the complaint, Louis also alleges that John has wrongfully assumed unilateral control over the Baltimore Orioles, which Peter Angelos owns, and is seeking a Baltimore County Circuit Court judge’s order to rein in John.
Louis’ requests for the two court orders are based on his allegation that John’s actions regarding the firm and baseball team have violated his fiduciary obligations of loyalty, good faith and honest as a co-trustee with Louis of their father’s revocable trust.
An aide to John, who is the Orioles chief executive officer, said Friday