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Criminal

Jun. 12, 2003

Attorney Faces Five Years for Embezzling

LOS ANGELES - Former Santa Monica attorney John Patrick Maginnis pleaded no contest Tuesday to embezzling nearly $200,000 from two former clients.

        LOS ANGELES - Former Santa Monica attorney John Patrick Maginnis pleaded no contest Tuesday to embezzling nearly $200,000 from two former clients.
        Maginnis, 57, who resigned from the state bar last year, faces up to about 5 1/2 years in state prison if he fails to repay the two women by his August 6 sentencing date, said Deputy District Attorney William Penz...

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