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| Kimberly Kitchen sinks out of court after her conviction Thursday. WJAC |
A US woman from central
Pennsylvania who had served as the president of the county bar associated was
found guilty of forging her law license. She had practiced estate law for a decade
without being licensed ever going to law school.
RT
USA report continues:
Kimberly
Kitchen, a 45-year-old resident of James Creek, Pennsylvania, was convicted
Thursday on charges of unauthorized practice of law, forgery and felony records
tampering in Huntingdon County. She could face between three and a half and
seven years in prison.
Though
she never attended law school, Kitchen got a job at BMZ Law by forging bar exam
results, a law license, and a check for a state attorney registration.
Under
oath, BMZ said that Kitchen’s deception cost the firm clients and hurt its
reputation.
Kitchen’s
attorney Caroline Roberto said on Friday that her client is considering an
appeal.
“We
think that she had no intent to defraud,” Roberto said, according
to New York Daily News. “She provided a good service.”
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BMZ Law has
said it appeared it was the last "in a long line of professionals" to
fall victim to Kitchen's deception. WJAC
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Kitchen
handled estate planning for more than 30 clients, and even served as president
of the county’s bar association at one point. Her now-deleted
bio page, which was uncovered by the Wall Street Journal, said she
graduated summa cum laude from Duquesne University School of Law.
She
had just risen to partner status at BMZ Law when the state attorney’s offices
brought charges against her in December 2014.
"Sadly, it would
appear that our firm was the last, in a long line of professionals, to have
been deceived by Ms. Kitchen into believing she was licensed to practice law,”
the firm said in a statement at the time.
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