Class action lawyers suing General Motors Co. over its fatal ignition-switch problems have lined up several of the automaker’s top lawyers and ex-lawyers for questioning over the next few months, including former general counsel Michael Millikin and outside counsel Anton Valukas, Corporate Counsel reported today. Texas attorney Bob Hilliard, co-lead attorney in the multidistrict class action against GM, has prepared a list of 55 people to be deposed. Millikin, who was replaced as general counsel on March 1 and is set to retire in July, is scheduled for questioning on Aug. 26. He has denied any wrongdoing in the delayed recall of 2.6 million vehicles with faulty ignition switches that have been blamed for 109 deaths and more than 200 injuries. A GM internal investigation prepared by outside counsel Anton Valukas, of Jenner & Block, essentially blamed incompetence and poor communications for the nearly decade-long delay. Valukas is scheduled to be deposed Sept. 24.
