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Large Firms

May 14, 1999

Failing Bar Led Associate Down Trail of Deception

SAN FRANCISCO - The undoing of former Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati associate Steven Y. Lee can be traced primarily to the sleuthing skills of Leo Cunningham, a Wilson Sonsini partner and former federal prosecutor. Lee, 31, was charged last month with felony grand theft by false pretenses and unauthorized practice of law for conning Wilson Sonsini and other firms into believing he was a licensed lawyer when, in fact, he wasn't.

By Leslie A. Gordon
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - The undoing of former Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati associate Steven Y. Lee can be traced primarily to the sleuthing skills of Leo Cunningham, a Wilson Sonsini partner and former federal prosecutor. Lee, 31, was charged last month with felony grand theft by false pretenses and unauth...

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