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Law Practice

Oct. 28, 2008

For MoFo Attorney, Guantanamo Situation Was a Call to Arms

Charles Patterson, a partner in the Los Angeles office of San Francisco-based Morrison & Foerster, is one of about 20 U.S. civilian attorneys who is authorized to represent Guantanamo detainees in military court, and the only such attorney in California.

By Rebecca U. Cho

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - The first time attorney Charles Patterson flew to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, his client, Jabran Al Quhtani, refused to see him.

Patterson wasn't surprised by the response.

Al Quhtani had been held at Guantanamo for more than six years without trial and had endured 40 interrogations.

After submitting a carefully worded letter of introduction, Patterson gained access to his client. Still...

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