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Lawyer Kerry Steigerwalt, who headed a heavily-advertised law firm that went out of business in 2010, denied this month charges filed by the State Bar of California in December. The charges were similar to those reported in a Reader column June 22, 2011: the bar cited many instances in which people paid upfront for legal services that weren't performed. A Reader column of July 21, 2010, noted that a former employee of Steigerwalt had filed a voluminous complaint with the bar.
Lawyer Kerry Steigerwalt, who headed a heavily-advertised law firm that went out of business in 2010, denied this month charges filed by the State Bar of California in December. The charges were similar to those reported in a Reader column June 22, 2011: the bar cited many instances in which people paid upfront for legal services that weren't performed. A Reader column of July 21, 2010, noted that a former employee of Steigerwalt had filed a voluminous complaint with the bar.