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Law Practice

Nov. 20, 2008

Christensen's Attorneys Claim 'Assassinations'

Attorneys for convicted lawyer Terry N. Christensen fired back at federal prosecutors' "character assassinations" on their client, whom a probation officer recommended be sentenced to 10 months' home confinement and fined $30,000.

By Ciaran McEvoy
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Attorneys for convicted lawyer Terry N. Christensen fired back at federal prosecutors' "character assassinations" on their client, whom a probation officer recommended be sentenced to 10 months' home confinement and fined $30,000.

"The government in an unduly harsh manner seeks to demonize Terry Christensen, exaggerate the seriousness of the involved offense, and denigrate the otherwise ste...

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