Undeterred By UPL Sentences, 2 Men Allegedly Go Back into 'Practice'
Updated: Convicted in 2005 of perjury and fraud for misrepresenting himself as a licensed California attorney, Harold Goldstein was released from federal prison about a month ago.
But a Craiglist ad almost immediately put him in hot water again. In it, Goldstein allegedly solicited the services of law students, reports the Orange County Register. Under the terms of his supervised release, he is prohibited from involving himself in legal work.
Before his 2002 arrest, Goldstein operated a law firm in Newport Beach that employed 12 individuals, including three licensed lawyers, the newspaper recounts. He reportedly wreaked havoc on some 60 immigration cases during that time.
The article doesn’t include any comment from Goldstein, who is being held without bail. A hearing is scheduled next week in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana.
Meanwhile, Goldstein isn’t the only convicted would-be lawyer accused of trying to restart his illicit immigration “practice.”
A Gainesville, Ga., man was recently arrested for allegedly violating his state court probation by entering his appearance as an attorney in a federal immigration case there, reports the Associated Press.
Hall County authorities are now moving to revoke the four-year sentence of probation that Finees Casado, 39, was given in the earlier case.
Updated at 6:10 p.m. to include information from Associated Press article.
