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Law Practice

Jan. 6, 2012

Lawyer nabs arson suspect

Real estate attorney Shervin Lalezary shot to fame after arresting a serial arsonist as a volunteer deputy sheriff.


By David McAfee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


WEST HOLLYWOOD - On paper, Shervin Lalezary is an unlikely hero.


The 30-year-old attorney works by day in a solo real estate transactional practice in Beverly Hills.


But as Lalezary has shot to fame for arresting a suspected serial arsonist in Hollywood and West Hollywood, several friends and colleagues say they weren't surprised.


Sam S. Yebri was classmates with Lalezary at US...

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