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Law Practice

Dec. 22, 2005

Panel Upholds $19,000 Fine Against Former Blake Lawyer

LOS ANGELES - The 2nd District Court of Appeal on Tuesday upheld an $18,950 court-ordered fine against attorney Thomas A. Mesereau Jr. for calling the lawyer suing his former client, Robert Blake, a "phony" and referring to the jailhouse deposition he was taking as a "circus."

By Leslie Simmons
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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