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Criminal

Jan. 31, 2007

Lerach Associate Leaves Jail, No Cooperation

LOS ANGELES - In a blow to federal prosecutors' criminal investigation of star lawyer William S. Lerach, John Torkelsen has departed from a downtown Los Angeles jail cell without offering his help as a witness.

By Gabe Friedman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - In a blow to federal prosecutors' criminal investigation of star lawyer William S. Lerach, John Torkelsen has departed from a downtown Los Angeles jail cell without offering his help as a witness.
      In May, a federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted two of Lerach's former firm and partners at Milberg, Weiss & Bershad on charge...

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