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Law Practice

Oct. 31, 2007

Lerach Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy, With Prison

LOS ANGELES - William S. Lerach, who until recently managed the country's largest securities class-action law firm, entered a guilty plea to one felony count of conspiracy in federal court Monday.

By Gabe Friedman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - William S. Lerach, who until recently managed the country's largest securities class-action law firm, entered a guilty plea to one felony count of conspiracy in federal court Monday.
      In a plea deal announced in September, Lerach, the 61-year-old founder of the San Diego firm formerly known as Lerach Coughlin Stoia Gellar Rud...

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