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Law Practice

Feb. 27, 2002

Mother, Son Team Up For Criminal Defense

LOS ANGELES - Defense lawyer Michael S. Kopple was describing how he once tried to persuade a client with a fistful of prior convictions to forgo a no-jail plea offer and try to beat the rap for stealing a piece of pie. His mother Madelynn, sitting next to him at a conference table, cut her big brown eyes around at him as if to say, "Oh, you silly boy."

By David Houston
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - Defense lawyer Michael S. Kopple was describing how he once tried to persuade a client with a fistful of prior convictions...

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