http://overlawyered.com/2008/01/mississippi-feds-expand-bribery-investigation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mississippi-feds-expand-bribery-investigation Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 27 May 2012 05:00:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://overlawyered.com/2008/01/mississippi-feds-expand-bribery-investigation/comment-page-1/#comment-10501 Jabetha Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:23:39 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5794#comment-10501 What if a Mississippi lawyer was arrested and accused of bribery and conspiracy of a circuit court judge in 1996, but that lawyer was crafty enough to delay his trial date for over 5 years. And, during that 5 years he maintained his license, relocated and continued to sue local businesses for various reasons, and that lawyer ultimated entered a 'best interest' plea which the Mississippi state supreme court found essential to a guilty plea and removed his license to practice law, are those businesses which he sued and/or essentially extorted money from during those 5+ years entitled to recover any expenses? What if a Mississippi lawyer was arrested and accused of bribery and conspiracy of a circuit court judge in 1996, but that lawyer was crafty enough to delay his trial date for over 5 years. And, during that 5 years he maintained his license, relocated and continued to sue local businesses for various reasons, and that lawyer ultimated entered a ‘best interest’ plea which the Mississippi state supreme court found essential to a guilty plea and removed his license to practice law, are those businesses which he sued and/or essentially extorted money from during those 5+ years entitled to recover any expenses?

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