(Fake) Lawyer of the Day: Random Dude Neither A Lawyer Nor A Judge

Don’t forget that this coming Tuesday is primary day in New York City. In New York county (“Manhattan” for the uninitiated) the race is to replace Robert M. Morgenthau, the venerable Manhattan district attorney. There are three people running to be the new district attorney for the borough.
But just because Morgenthau is on his way out, it doesn’t mean that he has stopped doing his job. He is still busy, keeping us safe from lawyers that aren’t really lawyers but like to say they are lawyers.
Elizabeth Wurtzel is still safe. But that’s because she’s not been defrauding immigrants. The New York Times reports Robert P. Mangieri cannot say the same:

It turns out that Mr. Mangieri is not a lawyer and, according to Manhattan prosecutors, any fee he received was more than his services were worth.
Mr. Mangieri, 68, has been indicted on charges that he pretended to be an immigration lawyer and bilked more than $1,000 from at least one immigrant from Trinidad and Tobago, Robert M. Morgenthau, the Manhattan district attorney, announced on Wednesday.

Mangieri is not a Mangenius.
Tough news cycle for Trinidad and Toboggans. First their football team loses a game to the U.S. that they could have won, and now this.
That Lawyer Who Was Hurting? It Gets Worse… [City Room]

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