Last February a federal jury convicted personal injury lawyer Marc G. Rosenthal from Austin, TX on thirteen charges for his role in a case-fixing racket operated by District Judge Abel C. Limas, and today the ambulance chaser will be sentenced as reported by The Associated Press:
Prosecutors alleged Rosenthal was one of the lawyers who bribed former state District Judge Abel Limas for favorable decisions. The judge also had an agreement to go work for Rosenthal's firm after leaving the bench.
Limas pleaded guilty in March 2011, and according to the plea agreement the crooked judge ran his courtroom like a racketeering enterprise pursuant to which he fixed cases as previously reported by The Brownsville Herald: "The criminal activities that the former 404th state District Court judge has pleaded guilty to involve ties with certain attorneys and litigants where he would render favorable rulings in exchange for money."
Rosenthal was remanded upon his February conviction, and apparently while behind bars has converted from Judaism to Christianity as reported by Sergio Chapa for KGBT.
Oy vey!
Further reading that may be of interest:
Congress Must Investigate The Trial Lawyers
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