Texas lawyer arrested for soliciting murder of witness

August, 22 2014

A 57-year old lawyer has been arrested after the District Attorney accused him of seeking to have a man murdered who was to testify against him.

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The intended victim was to give evidence in a barratry case against the lawyer, Paul Andrews, over allegations that Mr Andrews had paid a ‘case runner’ to get personal injury cases referred to his firm. Also charged in the barratry case was a second lawyer, Keith Gould, a colleague of Mr Andrews’. If convicted, Mr Andrews could face up to 95 years in jail and a fine of up to US$10,000. Source: ABA and KSAT

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Texas lawyer arrested for soliciting murder of witness

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