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Litigation

Aug. 25, 2012

Firm sues Santa Clara University over law student attorney fees

An El Segundo-based law firm that handles collections work is suing Santa Clara University for its alleged misappropriation of attorney fees earned from cases tried by law students in the school's pro bono clinic.


By Saul Sugarman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


An El Segundo-based law firm that handles collections work is suing Santa Clara University for its alleged misappropriation of attorney fees earned from cases tried by law students in the school's pro bono clinic.


The Brachfeld Law Group PC claimed Santa Clara University and Scott Maurer, supervising attorney for the school's Katharine and George Alexander Community Law Center, are "unla...

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