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Law Practice

May 19, 2000

Citing Heart Problems, Attorney, 84, Resigns From Bar to Avoid Investigation

Berman Swarttz, the 84-year-old Los Angeles lawyer who skipped to Brazil with his prospective fifth wife last year after admitting that he had taken advantage of the mentally ill heirs of a legendary Hollywood family, has decided to resign from the California Bar.

        
        
         By Garry Abrams
        
         Berman Swarttz, the 84-year-old Los Angeles lawyer who skipped to Brazil with his prospective fifth wife last year after admitting that he had taken advantage of the mentally ill heirs ...

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