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Law Practice

Mar. 9, 2011

Dreier Firm Swindled Fees, Lawyers Claim

Lawyers Mark J. Geragos and Brian S. Kabateck are refusing to pay more than $55,000 in legal fees to a law firm once associated with convicted swindler and ex-lawyer Marc S. Dreier.


By Ciaran McEvoy


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - High-profile Los Angeles lawyers Mark J. Geragos and Brian S. Kabateck are fighting an arbitration panel's nonbinding decision ordering them to pay $55,000 in legal bills to a defunct law firm affiliated with ex-lawyer and convicted swindler Marc S. Dreier. They claim their money was used to fund Dreier's illegal activities without their knowledge and that they therefore shouldn't hav...

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