Law Practice
Mar. 12, 2010
Lawyer Keeps Up Spirit Despite Disease
Last month, Jeffrey M. Rawitz, the defense attorney for Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona, publicly disclosed that he has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
MANHATTAN BEACH - As the corruption trial of Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona grew near, the speed at which defense attorney Jeffrey M. Rawitz, then of Jones Day, could walk slowed dramatically. By trial's end in Jan. 2009, he had to deliver his 1½-day closing argument perched on a tall chair.
He blamed a 2007 back injury, and, after the jury acquitted Carona ...
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