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"Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Paying Sheriff for Client Referrals"

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

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Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Paying Sheriff for Client Referrals, Favorable Treatment by Debra Cassens Weiss on ABAJournal.com: A Kentucky lawyer has pleaded guilty to paying more than $57,000 to a former sheriff for drug client referrals and favorable treatment of the defendants. The Williamsburg, Ky., lawyer, Ronnie Wayne Reynolds, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal charge of conspiracy to commit extortion, according to Lex18.com and Kentucky.com. Court documents allege that Reynolds conspired on at least three occasions with former Whitley County Sheriff Lawrence Hodge, who referred clients to Reynolds in exchange for part of the legal fees. Reynolds then encouraged the clients to make forfeiture payments or cash donations to the sheriff’s office in exchange for a favorable resolution of their cases, the documents claim.continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on March 17, 2011 (boomark / email).

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