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Patrick Megaro, an attorney, outside the federal courthouse in Raleigh, N.C., after a ​2017 hearing ​​about his legal fees for representing Leon Brown and Henry McCollum.
News September 26, 2018
Lawyer Accused of Preying on Vulnerable Clients
The North Carolina bar says he fleeced two mentally disabled brothers.
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Manuel Herrera, whose family brought him to the U.S. from Honduras in 1976, at Varick Street Immigration Court in New York.
Case in Point May 21, 2018
Citizen? Prove it.
After 22 years, Manuel Herrera discovers that it’s complicated.
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Feature May 15, 2018
The Man With the Stolen Name
They know what he did. They just don’t know who he is.
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Scott Brettschneider, a lawyer from Queens, N.Y., plotted to pay a murder witness to recant his trial testimony in order to free a convicted killer and rake in big bucks from a wrongful conviction suit, prosecutors say.
News May 5, 2018
Fake Innocence
A lawyer’s scheme to stage a phony exoneration and cash in.
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Peter Borenstein, an attorney in Los Angeles, specializes in suing on behalf of prisoners who are victims of theft while incarcerated.
News January 28, 2018
Defrauded in Prison? Call This Guy
A young California lawyer helps long-term inmates with their white-collar problems.
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