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Discipline

Jun. 15, 2004

Clown Characterization Costs Mesereau $18,950

LOS ANGELES - The target of a courtroom tirade got the last laugh Friday, when a judge fined criminal defense attorney Thomas A. Mesereau Jr. $18,950 for terming a civil lawyer's January 2003 deposition of actor Robert Blake a "clown show" and a "circus."

By Dan Evans
and Susan McRae
Daily Journal Staff Writers
        LOS ANGELES - The target of a courtroom tirade g...

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