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Litigation

Jul. 11, 2013

San Francisco attorney must pay paralegal, judge rules

A San Francisco-based defense attorney is on the hook to pay thousands of dollars in paralegal fees that the lawyer thought should be covered by a federal program.


By Saul Sugarman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco-based defense attorney is on the hook to pay thousands of dollars in paralegal fees that the lawyer thought should be covered by a federal program.


Geri L. Green has been trying to convince federal and state judges that she should not pay from her own pocket for work that paralegal Marcella Dresbaugh did on a case in the Northern District of California against MS-13 ga...

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