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Criminal

Jun. 13, 2001

Ex-Lawyer Gets 12 Years for Theft

LOS ANGELES - Commanding a courtroom for perhaps the last time, former personal injury attorney James H. Davis gestured wildly in his shackles and jailhouse jumpsuit Monday, doling out lessons in history and the law before a judge sentenced him to prison for bilking clients with disabilities out of a combined $2.5 million.

By Anne La Jeunesse
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - Commanding a courtroom for perhaps the last time, former personal injury attorney James H. Davis gestured wildly in his shackles and jailhouse jumpsuit Monday, doling out lessons in history and the law before a judge sentenced him to prison for bilking clien...

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