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Lawyer steals settlement $$$ from clients

From today’s New York Law Journal: Attorney Charged With Stealing $630K From Clients According to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, Stephen Krawitz of Stephen R. Krawitz LLC stole settlement money from more than 18 clients.

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Bad lawyer, bad lawyer! Sit.

From today’s New York Law Journal abstracts: Lawyer Arrested, Charged With Wire, Securities Fraud Manhattan solo practitioner Charles A. Bennett was arrested Friday on charges he oversaw a scheme to defraud investors of more than $5 million through a Ponzi … Continue reading

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The bad lawyer collection: two more go down for fraud

From the New York Law Journal: Two Attorneys Are Disbarred for Immigration Fraud After being caught in a wide-ranging effort to target immigration fraud, convicted attorneys Freddy Jacobs and Kenneth Giles have been disbarred.

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