A Fool for a Client
Over seven years, Christopher Watkins worked his way through three law firms in Louisville, Ky. But when he applied at a fourth firm in the city, they decided to check his references. The other three firms “all liked him,” said Marvin O’Koon of the fourth firm. The Louisville Bar Association says he was the “best lawyer they had” in its Call A Lawyer program. But Princeton, where Watkins allegedly said he went to law school, had no record of him. Nor was he on the “governor’s crime commission in North Carolina,” nor a former assistant district attorney in that state. Watkins has been charged with felony theft — of his $170,000 lawyer’s salary — and unauthorized practice of law, a misdemeanor. How could someone pull off such an impersonation for seven years? “My guess,” offers prosecutor Elizabeth Downey, “is no one checked.” (Louisville Courier-Journal) ...See, now that’s an example of someone who thinks like a lawyer.
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