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Litigation

May 24, 2013

Public interest group sues disbarred San Diego lawyer over loan scam

A San Diego lawyer disbarred this month for operating mortgage-modification scams now faces a lawsuit by attorneys from Arnold & Porter LLP and the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law.

By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A San Diego lawyer disbarred this month for operating mortgage-modification scams now faces a lawsuit by attorneys from Arnold & Porter LLP and the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law.

The suit accuses Jerry A. Stevenson, several defunct law offices and a dozen other individuals of using "deceptive and misleading marketing tactics to lure [distressed homeowners] into sham contracts" requiring them to pay ...

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