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Law Practice

Dec. 16, 2010

Spector Legal Fees Case Heads to Trial

It's up to a jury to decide whether criminal defense attorney Robert L. Shapiro should refund $1 million he was paid by music producer Phil Spector, who is serving a 19-year prison sentence for murdering an actress at his Alhambra mansion in 2003.


By Ciaran McEvoy


Daily Journal Staff Writer


It's up to a jury to decide whether criminal defense attorney Robert L. Shapiro should refund $1 million he was paid by music producer Phil Spector, who is serving a 19-year prison sentence for murdering an actress at his Alhambra mansion in 2003.


Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Malcolm H. Mackey on Tuesday denied Shapiro's motion for summary judgment in the dispute. Spector claims Sh...

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