The Korean dry cleaners forced to spend thousands of dollars defending itself against a $54 million lawsuit by a local judge over a pair of lost pants will get help paying legal bills at an upcoming fundraiser.

Lawyer Chris Manning of Manning & Sossamon, who represented Jin, Soo and Ki Chung, has launched a Web site, ChungFundraiser.com, and announced plans to host a fundraising event for the Chungs on July 24.

On the Web site, the Chungs also ask for cash donations to the Custom Cleaners Defense Fund, which is being handled by Manning’s law firm.

On Monday, District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Judith Bartnoff scuttled any chance that administrative law Judge Roy Pearson had of swiftly reviving the case by tossing out his request that she reconsider her June decision against Pearson.

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Bartnoff said Monday that Pearson hadn’t mustered “any new argument” to change her mind. In her June ruling, Bartnoff ordered Pearson to pay thousands of dollars in court costs. But the Chungs are still out tens of thousands of dollars in legal bills. They are weighing a suit to recover those costs from Pearson, but legal experts say that is an uphill fight.

The fundraiser, to be held at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is backed by business lobbies that target frivolous lawsuits.

“The suit has cost the Chungs dearly in terms of defense costs, years of stress and time away from their family and business,” says a statement displayed on the Web site. The event is co-sponsored by several companies that back tort reform.