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The antics of an ex-con raise questions about his paralegal role

A A A Comments By Zoe Carmichael Thursday, Jun 26 2003

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LaCroix was incredulous that the committee's investigator would play down Easton's conduct; the attorney said there is ample documentation of Easton's conduct.

"How can an organization have the same person in front of it [13] times and not see that there is a problem?" Buche asked. "There is a problem with the system."

Easton says he's the one being unfairly targeted.

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He concluded, "The day I get in trouble for reporting this, I don't want to be a lawyer anymore. What is happening now is no different than allowing a convicted felon to have a law license."

Easton argues that LaCroix and Buche just want to dwell on his past.

"I've paid for my sins and bad judgment," he wrote them in an e-mail. "(I don't call them mistakes. Mistakes are when you forget your car keys, not when you think you are slicker than grease itself.)"

"He is making an absolute mockery of the civil judicial system," LaCroix said. "This isn't a situation where a couple of lawyers get their feelings hurt. We are litigators. But this is over the top."

Easton said he has been open about not being a lawyer and that his detractors are the hypocrites.

"I say things they wish they could say," Easton said. "I think I hold up a mirror to lawyers. They see themselves in me, and they don't like what they see."

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