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JACPA Ethics Alert Pennsylvania woman who posed as a lawyer for 10 years is convicted of UPL, forgery, and records tampering
Hello and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss recent conviction of a Pennsylvania woman who posed as a lawyer for 10 years using fictitious documents and another lawyer’s license number. The case is Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Kimberly … Continue reading
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