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Law Practice

Sep. 21, 2012

Criminal lawyer to be disbarred for 'indifference' to paralegal's work, State Bar Court rules

A Los Angeles criminal lawyer should be disbarred for "unacceptable indifference" to how a paralegal operated the lawyer's branch office, the State Bar Court ruled.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer should be disbarred for his "unacceptable indifference" to how a paralegal operated a Van Nuys branch office in the lawyer's name, the State Bar Court has ruled.


Rene William Sanz, 44, admitted that his paralegal, Nancy De Duling, accepted more than $38,000 from a couple seeking a mortgage modification without ever putting the money in ...

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