florida who posed lawyer 20year

by Gayle Simonis 4 min read

A Florida man who posed as an immigration lawyer, filing hundreds of fraudulent asylum applications and collecting more than $411,000 from unwitting clients, has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison, federal prosecutors said.

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Who is Randolph Braccialarghe?

Randolph Braccialarghe, a law professor at the Nova Southeastern University, has worked for the Florida Bar in ethics-related cases for more than 30 years. He described the situation to Law.com as β€œone of those unfortunate circumstances where there was no way the bar would know.”.

Can a lawyer be dismissed in Florida?

The Florida Bar requests a dismissal of formal charges against an attorney if it is notified of their death, but the rules do not require another attorney or family member to share that news, Jennifer Krell Davis, the deputy director of communications for the bar association, told Law.com.

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