8th Circuit Court
Unlicensed ‘Lawyer’ Allegedly Practiced for a Decade in 10 States
Posted Sep 16, 2008, 04:14 pm CDT
By Martha Neil
For the past decade or so, Howard Kieffer has reportedly represented clients in federal cases in 10 states. The problem is, he reportedly wasn't properly licensed to practice law in any of them—or, apparently, anywhere else.
During that time, Kieffer, who is now in his early 50s, represented clients including "a former St. Louis Blues hockey player who pleaded guilty to plotting to kill his agent, and a Colorado woman who was convicted of soliciting the murder of her former husband," according to the Associated Press.
A Minnesota resident, Kieffer is now charged in federal court there with mail fraud and impersonating a lawyer, reports the Duluth News Tribune (reg. req.).
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