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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Oct. 30, 2009

L.A. Lawyer Caught in Larger Probe

A lawyer and former professor at a Christian law school has been charged with forging a federal judge's signature on an order to stop an eviction, one of a growing number of attorneys targeted for alleged mortgage modification scams.

By Don J. DeBenedictis

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A Los Angeles lawyer and former professor at a Christian law school has been charged with forging a federal judge's signature on an order to stop an eviction, one of a large and growing number of Southern California attorneys targeted by state bar and law enforcement authorities for alleged involvement in mortgage modification scams.

State Bar authorities say they are active...

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