Law Practice
Oct. 23, 2007
MoFo, Nonprofit Team Up to Shut Down Clinic
Angela Padilla, a partner at Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco, is lead attorney in a case against a legal aid organization that is accused of taking people's money and not providing services. Attorneys say fake legal aid organizations that prey on the poor have sprouted all over California.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Morrison & Foerster has sued to shut down an allegedly fake legal aid center it says fleeced poor and disabled Bay Area residents out of their meager savings by promising to save them from eviction and other legal ills.
"We feel it's time to take a stand against this fraud and theft - preying on the most vulnerable of so...
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