This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Litigation

Jul. 23, 2002

He Wasn't On His Client's Side

From Staff Reports SAN FRANCISCO - James M. Rogers, a Richmond City Council member who advertises himself as the "People's Lawyer," has been hit with a $300,000 malpractice verdict.

From Staff Reports
        SAN FRANCISCO - James M. Rogers, a Richmond City Council member who advertises himself as the "People's Lawyer," has been hit with a $300,000 malpractice verdict.
        Rogers pressured a client to change his testimony and forced him to settle a case for less than its real value, an Alameda County judge found.
  &...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Sign up for Daily Journal emails