Criminal
Feb. 16, 2008
Pro Bono Lawyers Clash With DA
Bingham McCutchen attorneys Joshua Safran and Nadia Costa in Walnut Creek are working to acquit Deborah Peagler under a law allowing for intimate-partner battering as a legitimate legal defense.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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LOS ANGELES - In the first year of her legal career as a corporate land-use attorney, Nadia Costa had no idea she would soon be hunting down domestic-violence witnesses in Compton gang territory.
The Bingham McCutchen attorney needed to prove that her client Deborah Peagler, a former prostitute, had good ...
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