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Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Criminal

Oct. 11, 2017

Disbarred lawyer gets probation in scheme to mislead clients

Disbarred Cupertino attorney Michael Morrissey was placed on three years of felony probation Tuesday for the unauthorized practice of law, the final result of a scheme in which he and two others conspired to appear to be providing legal representation to technology company ZF Micro Solutions Inc.

SAN JOSE — Disbarred Cupertino attorney Michael Morrissey was placed on three years of felony probation Tuesday for the unauthorized practice of law, the final result of a scheme in which he and two others conspired to appear to be providing legal representation to technology company ZF Micro Solutions Inc.

Morrissey, his wife and paralegal Tracey McCarroll, and San Jose attorney Robert Machado had pleaded guilty Sept. 13 in Santa C...

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