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Law Practice

May 20, 2009

Bar Suspension Urged for O.C. Lawyer

A State Bar Court judge said Joseph G. Cavallo engaged in "moral turpitude warranting discipline" because he paid bail bondsmen for client referrals.

By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SANTA ANA - A high-profile Orange County lawyer and ex-confidant of former Sheriff Mike Carona should be suspended from practice for at least three years for paying bail bondsmen to send him clients, a State Bar Court judge has recommended.

Joseph G. Cavallo, best known for his contentious representation of the son of an assistant sheriff in two sexual assault trials, served six months on home conf...

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