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  • Lawyer will cooperate in ["Dickie" Scruggs] bribe case

    12/05/2007 12:26:27 PM PST · by Zakeet · 24 replies · 64+ views
    Associated Press ^ | December 5, 2007 | Holbrook Mohr
    JACKSON, Miss. - An attorney has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bribe a judge and is assisting federal prosecutors in a case involving one of the nation's wealthiest trial lawyers, according to court documents. Timothy Balducci entered the plea late Tuesday after initially pleading not guilty. According to court papers, Balducci was accused of delivering $40,000 to a judge at the behest of prominent attorney Richard "Dickie" Scruggs for a favorable ruling in a civil case. The case before the judge involved a dispute between Scruggs and other lawyers over $26.5 million in fees from a mass settlement of lawsuits...