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by Garth Meyer Redondo Beach City Councilman Zein Obagi, Jr., has reached a deferred prosecution agreement with a California U.S. Attorney’s office following a felony criminal probe into his actions with a former client, which previously led to a two-year ban from practicing law. The Feb. 6 U.S. Attorney’s Office of Central California agreement stipulates […]
by Garth Meyer Redondo Beach city councilman Zein Obagi, Jr., has been sentenced to at least a two-year suspension of his law license. The April 3 California Supreme Court ruling includes a three-year probation until Obagi proves to the State Bar Court of Rehabilitation his “fitness to practice and present learning and ability in the […]
by Garth Meyer The California State Bar last week found Redondo Beach City Councilman Zein Obagi, Jr., culpable of two acts of “moral turpitude” for failing to pay $515,000 to a former client after the settlement of a lawsuit. Judge Manjari Chawla recommended that Obagi’s law license be suspended for two years, and that he […]
The Flying Dutchman: Over the Moon with Mughal Art “Rembrandt and the Inspiration of India” at the Getty – a review We’ve approached Rembrandt (1606-1669) from many angles, but probably not from that of the Muslim dynasty known as Mughal, which ruled large areas of India from 1526 to 1858. The latter’s heyday, or golden […]