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Discipline

Aug. 19, 2005

Plaintiffs Claim Lawyers Inflated Their Fees by Delaying Accord

LOS ANGELES - Jarmani and Lakshmi Prattipati came from India seeking justice after a wealthy Berkeley landlord from their hometown forced two of their daughters into a sex and unpaid-labor ring.

By Eron Ben-Yehuda
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - Jarmani and Lakshmi Prattipati came from India seeking justice after a we...

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