Discipline
Dec. 16, 2008
Once Prominent Lawyer, Now a Handyman
Life is now dramatically different for Molloy. As a successful probate attorney a decade ago, he lived in a 7,000-square-foot house, earned "multiple six figures" every year and taught at a law school. His life turned upside down in 2001 when he was convicted of participating in an embezzlement scheme against elderly people as part of a fraud scandal that rocked Riverside County.
Daily Journal Staff Writer RIVERSIDE - In the mornings, Michael Molloy rises early in the room he rents from a longtime friend. He puts on work boots and a cap to shield his weathered face from the sun. He then heads to other friends' homes, where he paints fences, mows grass and trims bushes. Most afternoons, he fixes two-way radios for ambulance, law enforcement and utility agencies. Life is now dramatically diff...
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