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Public Interest

Dec. 31, 2014

Elderly widow to recover $150,000 thanks to Katten lawyers

An 88-year-old woman suffering from dementia and Alzheimer's will recover nearly $150,000, thanks to attorneys at Katten Muchin Rosenman and Bet Tzedek who took on her case pro bono.


By Melanie Brisbon


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Linda Williams thought it was strange that her elderly mother, Odella Harrison, was spending Christmas with the family of a longtime neighbor instead of with her own.


Fearing the neighbor, Harold Leffall Jr., was taking advantage of her mother, who was diagnosed with dementia and Alzheimer's, Williams asked a cousin - a real estate agent - to look into her mother's affairs. They discovered ...

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