Civil Litigation
Dec. 20, 2021
3-month jury trial during COVID ends with defense win in $355M scam case
"It appears to be the longest jury trial in the nation in the last couple of years because of COVID," Thomas P. O'Brien of Ellis George Cipollone said in an interview. "We believe it's the longest federal criminal case in the Central District of California in memory."
A Los Angeles attorney successfully defended his client against 33 felony counts related to a $355 million weight loss scam in what appears to be the longest jury trial of the COVID-19 era.
Over three months, Thomas P. O'Brien of Ellis George Cipollone defended Dr. Mirali Zarrabi of Beverly Hills, against federal charges that he had participated in a scheme to falsify sleep study results for Surgery Center Management LLC. United States...
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