Discipline
Jul. 18, 2013
Berkeley defense lawyer faces 2-year suspension for document smuggling
A State Bar Court judge has recommended a Berkeley criminal defense lawyer be suspended from practice for two years for smuggling documents from jail for her client, later convicted of ordering the death of an Oakland journalist.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A State Bar Court judge has recommended that Berkeley criminal defense lawyer Lorna Patton Brown be suspended from practice for two years for smuggling documents from jail for her client, Yusuf Bey IV, who was later convicted of ordering the death of an Oakland journalist.
In a 16-page decision, Judge Pat McElroy found that Brown had carried from jail instructions to Bey's wife to destroy e...
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