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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Sep. 14, 2013

Silicon Valley Law Group trial heads to closing arguments

Testimony ended in the Silicon Valley Law Group malpractice trial Thursday. The jury must now dig through a tangled mess of testimony from witnesses with questionable credibility due to their involvement in a failed Ponzi scheme.


By Joshua Sebold


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - Testimony ended Thursday in a malpractice trial against Silicon Valley Law Group. After listening to closing arguments Monday, a jury will be faced with digging through a tangled web of testimony from witnesses with questionable motivations and credibility - many are in jail or have settled related claims against themselves.


The case stems from a Ponzi scheme run by Edward H. Okun, a...

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