Law Practice
Aug. 20, 2012
A New Jersey lawyer filed a surprise brief late last week arguing that the California Supreme Court shouldn't admit undocumented immigrant Sergio Garcia as a lawyer.
By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A New Jersey lawyer filed a surprise brief late last week arguing that the California Supreme Court shouldn't admit undocumented immigrant Sergio Garcia as a lawyer. In the nine-page brief, Nicholas Kierniesky argues that "persons who are breaking the law should not be entrusted with upholding the law." He cites federal statutes making it a crime for someone to enter the country without authority and for others to harbor an ...
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