Monday, May 18, 2015

Former Georgia lawyer lands three years in prison for stealing $2 million from clients

Former Gwinnett County, Ga., lawyer Michael Rene Berlon has been sentenced to five years, three months in prison for stealing more than $2 million from clients of his former law firm and using it for his own benefit. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Berlon was a solo practitioner in Grayson, Ga., and the owner of the Law Office of Michael R. Berlon. Over the course of nearly six years, from 2008 to 2014, Berlon obtained more than $2 million in client funds. He usually obtained those…

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