Reimbursements from a state-maintained fund to compensate the clients of dishonest attorneys reached a record $12.3 million in 2015, or more than double the amount paid out in 2014, the state Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection said.
The total reimbursement made to the clients of 51 lawyers was the highest in the fund’s 33-year history. All the lawyers involved have been suspended, disbarred or are deceased, the fund said in its annual report for 2015.
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