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Oct. 28, 2020
Lawyer’s implications about LA judge most likely refuted by assessor’s records
Los Angeles County Judge Elihu M. Berle, who was questioned by an attorney over how he bought a home with cash, had sold his previous house two weeks before, assessor's records show.
After an attorney asked how a Los Angeles judge could buy a $1.65 million house in cash in a heated deposition Friday, the Daily Journal discovered Tuesday the judge had sold his previous home for $1.75 million two weeks before buying the new one.
In an explosive virtual deposition Friday, San Fernando attorney Michael J. Libman refused to say how he spent attorney fees he received from the $67 million settlement of the Los Angeles w...
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