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Posted May 22, 2012 7:40 AM CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A former Howrey partner who was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010 lost his million-dollar home in Utah after the law firm failed to return his capital contributions.
U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, was forced to sell his Alpine “dream home” in a short sale, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Lee spokesman Brian Phillips told the Deseret News that Lee could have remained in the home if Howrey had repaid around $100,000…
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