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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Nov. 17, 2011

Former MoFo attorney sentenced in fake billing scheme

Despite objections by prosecutors who said the punishment was too light, a former Morrison & Foerster LLP attorney was sentenced Tuesday to one year in county jail for a scheme to bill for phony services for his autistic son.


By Amy Yarbrough


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - Despite objections by prosecutors who said the punishment was too light, a former Morrison & Foerster LLP attorney was sentenced Tuesday to one year in county jail for a scheme to bill for phony services for his autistic son.


Jonathan Dickstein, a life sciences attorney who resigned from the firm in 2010, pleaded guilty last month. He will surrender to authorities after Thanksgiv...

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