Joel Braithwaite, the lawyer who represented Matt Lambert in an ongoing dispute over conditions at Lambert’s condo, said he was shocked to find out about the shooting.
“This week when I spoke to him in the last 24 to 48 hours, he was in great spirits. He had just had some new beginnings on the horizon, started a new job on Monday. So I’m at a loss for how things took any sort of turn that would have us here today,” he said.
“Ultimately, these matters should’ve been resolved in court,” Braithwaite said.
He said Lambert was an emergency room physician who cared about people and was “calm and collected.”
The attorney representing the Logan Circle shooting suspect in litigation with the homeowners association said he was shocked to learn his client allegedly opened fire in a Vida fitness gym and the surrounding neighborhood.
“Litigation wears on you especially as a plaintiff or as a defendant,” Braithwaite said.
But he said things were looking up for Lambert and he thought his client was in a “great space.”
