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Prominent Lawyer Pleads Guilty for Role in Billionaire’s Alleged Embezzling
An up-and-coming Miami lawyer has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering in connection with his representation of a wealthy businessman, the National Law Journal reports.
Miami lawyer Richard Simring entered the plea in July in the Eastern District of Virginia, but few were aware of the development, according to the story. The publication describes Simring as a rising legal star and community activist who clerked for Rosemary Barkett, the former chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court who now sits on the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. At one time he was a partner at Stroock Stroock & Lavan.
Simring has agreed to testify against the businessman,… Continue reading...
