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Tax

Feb. 5, 2009

'Girls Gone Wild' Founder's Attorney Is Still Undecided

The revolving door of potential attorneys for Joe Francis continued Tuesday, as Crowell & Moring's Janet I. Levine appeared at a hearing in federal court and said her firm might represent the "Girls Gone Wild" guru in his tax evasion case.

By Ciaran McEvoy
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - The revolving door of potential attorneys for Joe Francis continued Tuesday, as Crowell & Moring's Janet I. Levine appeared at a hearing in federal court and said her firm might represent the "Girls Gone Wild" guru in his tax evasion case.

Levine told U.S. District Judge S. James Otero that Francis had not yet retained Crowell & Moring. But, she added, "This is something Mr. Francis...

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