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Real Estate/Development

Apr. 15, 2011

Renegade Foreclosure Lawyer Arrested

A Southern California lawyer who has drawn heat for famously advising clients to break into their foreclosed homes was arrested Tuesday for failure to appear in relation to trespassing charges.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A Southern California lawyer who has drawn heat for famously advising clients to break into their foreclosed homes was arrested Tuesday.


Simi Valley police arrested Michael T. Pines as he left the State Bar Court in Los Angeles, where he fought to retain his license to practice law, according to Ronald N. Richards, a Beverly Hills lawyer who testified against Pines at the hearing and witnessed ...

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