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Class Action King Had Hells Angels Pal In Prison
Friends of Ours ^ | 10/14/11 | Friends of Ours

Posted on 10/14/2011 10:42:54 AM PDT by AtlasStalled

Bill Lerach, the politically-connected lawyer who made a fortune in bringing security fraud class actions against publicly traded companies, pleaded guilty in October 2007 for his role in an alleged decades-long conspiracy pursuant to which serial plaintiffs were paid kickbacks from their court-awarded attorneys' fees in the cases, and during his two-year prison stint a former Hells Angels motorcycle club leader acted as his "unofficial guardian" as reported by Ann Woolner for Bloomberg. The once high-flying legal eagle now is a free man but remains grounded from practicing law, and reflecting back on his lawsuit shtick says he "wouldn't change anything I did," and adds "I'm proud of my life and what we achieved for people."

Meanwhile, Mel Weiss, one of Lerach's alleged partners in crime, pleaded guilty in April 2008, and after 2 1/2 years in the pokey now spends his time fighting a clawback action filed against him by the trustee overseeing the bankruptcy of Bernard Madoff's investment company as reported by Linda Sandler for Bloomberg.

(Excerpt) Read more at bitterqueen.typepad.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: repeatblogpimp

1 posted on 10/14/2011 10:42:57 AM PDT by AtlasStalled
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To: AtlasStalled

I remember that puke Lerach. He was a sheister attorney in San Diego. When Clinton was president he stayed at Lerach’s house in Rancho Santa Fe just outside of San Diego. Birds of the feather flock together.


2 posted on 10/14/2011 10:53:23 AM PDT by forgotten man (forgotten man)
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To: AtlasStalled

What’s worse is that the crimes these guys were convicted of are pretty much still standard practice in the class action litigation industry.


3 posted on 10/14/2011 10:53:40 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: AtlasStalled

Seriously? You had to excerpt out the last two sentences?????

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Further reading that may be of interest:

Congress Must Investigate The Trial Lawyers

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You could have just added that!


4 posted on 10/14/2011 10:57:47 AM PDT by Larry Lucido ("#Occupy America" is a great success! I got mail today addressed to "Occupant"!)
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To: AtlasStalled

So, basically, the bitter queen blog is just a re-hash of this original story:

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-12/convicted-king-of-class-actions-builds-aviary-regrets-nothing.html

Am I right?


5 posted on 10/14/2011 11:00:05 AM PDT by Larry Lucido ("#Occupy America" is a great success! I got mail today addressed to "Occupant"!)
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To: Larry Lucido
So, basically, the bitter queen blog is just a re-hash of this original story:

Is that honest or ethical? My word, some bloggers are incredibly disingenuous.

6 posted on 10/14/2011 11:41:29 AM PDT by humblegunner (The kinder, gentler version...)
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To: humblegunner; AtlasStalled

I found bitterqueen’s myspace page.

http://www.myspace.com/bitterqueen

I would turn the speakers off first, though. His band really, really sucks. Almost as bad as his blog.


7 posted on 10/14/2011 12:27:52 PM PDT by Larry Lucido ("#Occupy America" is a great success! I got mail today addressed to "Occupant"!)
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To: Larry Lucido

Couldn’t view it.

I immediately got spy-ware and virus warnings and my
machine advised me to back the hell out of there quick.


8 posted on 10/14/2011 12:35:09 PM PDT by humblegunner (The kinder, gentler version...)
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