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TexasTowelie

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Fri Jul 15, 2016, 11:52 PM Jul 2016

Former polygamous sect members sue Warren Jeffs, former lawyers

SALT LAKE CITY — A lawsuit against polygamous leader Warren Jeffs is taking aim at the group’s longtime Utah law firm, arguing attorneys created a veneer of legality that helped leaders perpetuate abuses like child labor and underage marriage.

The firm Snow, Christensen and Martineau denied the allegations in scathing terms Thursday, saying lawyers like Rod Parker were simply doing their jobs and can’t be held responsible for anything Jeffs did.

The firm “is no more responsible for Warren Jeffs’ actions than the doctor who kept him healthy,” defense attorneys wrote in court documents.

But the lawsuit claims attorneys helped Jeffs devise legal strategies for tightening his control over the group after he took over leadership from his father in the late 1990s. Jeffs used that power to marry and sexually assault underage girls as well as arrange other underage marriages, the suit says.

Read more: http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nation-and-world/former-polygamous-sect-members-sue-warren-jeffs-former-lawyers

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Former polygamous sect members sue Warren Jeffs, former lawyers (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2016 OP
The use of lawyers to conceal polygamy is unprecedented. Tal Vez Jul 2016 #1

Tal Vez

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1. The use of lawyers to conceal polygamy is unprecedented.
Sat Jul 16, 2016, 12:11 AM
Jul 2016

Not even Bringem Young hired lawyers to justify what he did.

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