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Discipline

Aug. 12, 2010

'Gamble' on Case Ends With Loss

A Fresno attorney "gambled and lost" with his client's employment discrimination case, a state appellate court ruled last week.

By Laura Ernde

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A Fresno attorney "gambled and lost" with his client's employment discrimination case, a state appellate court ruled last week.

Rod McClelland procrastinated preparing his opposition to a motion to dismiss, assigning it to a paralegal at the last minute. But the paralegal's computer crashed right before she left for an Alaskan cruise, and she took the case file with he...

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