In addition to exposing an LA litigator’s propensity to forge multi-million dollar judgments captioned with lawsuits he was hired to file, but never did, there is this:
The U.S. Attorney’s Office’s recent plea deal with Matthew Charles Elstein offers a window into an elaborate web that one lawsuit calls an indictment of the law firm hiring process and the push for so-called lateral transfers that disregards clear red flags about problem lawyers.
“In this atmosphere, law firms are all too eager to build their book of business,” according to a complaint filed in 2018 against Elstein and his former employers Musick Peeler & Garrett, Selman Breitman and Tressler LLP. “They often fail to conduct the necessary due diligence to protect members of the public who justifiably rely upon the integrity of brand name law firms.”
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