Crime
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Young Lawyer Charged With Breaking Into Former Coworker’s Home While Armed
The class of 2015 law school graduate reportedly had a gun, a knife, handcuffs, rope, a hammer, and duct tape when he allegedly tried to enter his former coworker/love interest’s home.
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Lawyer Receives Prison Time After Bilking Clients Out Of More Than $2M
This lawyer won’t be able to ‘rip off’ clients anymore while he’s behind bars.
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Ex-Payroll Manager Who Embezzled More Than $2.5M From Law Firm Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud
She used the money to buy a number of new cars, and was only caught because she went on vacation.
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Lawyer Shot, Arrested After Attempting To Rob Armored Car
The attorney allegedly left the scene of the crime on a bicycle.
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Lawyer Shoots, Kills Self, Former Daughter-In-Law, And Her Attorney During Child Custody Deposition
Two lawyers and a client are dead as a result of this tragic murder-suicide.
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Lawyer Compares Bank Robbery Plea To Super Bowl Champs Because… Reasons
Finally a Chiefs story that isn’t about Taylor Swift.
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Ex-Boutique Partner Gets Prison Time For Stealing From Firm
He allegedly stole from the firm because he was promised a raise and never received it.
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Even If Alex Murdaugh Beats This Murder Rap, He Faces 700+ Years In Jail For Financial Crimes
They put Al Capone away for less.
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Scratch ‘Defense Lawyer Points Gun At Prosecutor In Court’ Off Your Alex Murdaugh Trial Bingo Card
He joked that the prospect of killing the prosecutors was ‘tempting’ because of course he did.
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* Sam Bankman-Fried tried to contact the GC of FTX by encrypted text?!? How does he not understand how this works? [Law360]
* Judges increasingly use Wikipedia to write opinions. This is not an endorsement, but… ChatGPT looks pretty good by comparison. [Legal Cheek]
* The Harvard Law School attack suspect is now facing criminal charges. [10 Boston]
* “I’m gonna live forever” is a catchy lyric, but not a succession plan. And law firms can do good business scooping up smaller firms that never planned ahead. [American Lawyer]
* Joe Biden may have won the State of the Union by tricking Republican legislators into pledging not to cut Social Security or Medicare, but the Fifth Circuit has already cooked up a new theory to do it through judicial fiat. [Slate]
* We should’ve hit this story yesterday, but St. Thomas Law is naming itself after civil rights attorney Ben Crump. [Reuters]
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Lawyers Go On Strike After Governor Cuts Pay
They’re not calling it a ‘strike,’ but a work stoppage by any other name…
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Tiananmen Square Dissident Turned Lawyer Murdered In His New York City Office
Police have arrested a prospective client over the killing.
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Family Law Firm Rebranding After The Whole ‘Embezzlement, Hitman, Insurance Plot Thing’
The latest in a wild, tragic story.
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Lawyer Shot… By Hitman… He Hired… Who Didn’t Really Shoot Him?… Now Arrested For ANOTHER Death
Things continue to get crazier in South Carolina.
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Hitman Who Shot Lawyer Alex Murdaugh In The Head Hired By… Alex Murdaugh
This story never stops with the twists.
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Lawyer Shot In The Head Now Suspended From Practice
More fallout from attack on South Carolina attorney.
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South Carolina Lawyer Murder Story Keeps Getting Crazier
Bizarre story keeps piling on weird.
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Lawyer Who Shot Up Co-Counsel’s Office Given… 5-Year Suspension?
This seems too light, but the court has its reasons.
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Lawyer Crashes Boat Bound For Tropical Island While Trying To Escape Grand Larceny Charges
Those plans quickly sank pretty quickly.
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Better NOT Call This Saul Impersonator
Taking criminal schemes from television is ill-advised.
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Old Woman Stays Active By Trying To Gun Down Her Lawyer
This Golden Girls reboot is going to be intense!