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State Bar & Bar Associations

Jul. 24, 2009

S.F. Attorney Disbarred for Jury Duty Misdeeds

A San Francisco attorney was disbarred Wednesday for switching his vote in a civil jury trial so he could get back to his busy solo practice.

By Laura Ernde
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco attorney was disbarred Wednesday for switching his vote in a civil jury trial so that he could get back to his busy solo practice.

Francis T. Fahy may be the first lawyer in California to lose his license over misconduct during jury duty.

Fahy admitted in a sworn declaration that he thought the defendant in a 2004 medical malpractice trial was liable. But with jurors...

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