Summary
Former Passaic County Prosecutor James Avigliano fired one of his top prosecutors because the man objected to corrupt practices in the office, an attorney for the fired assistant said Wednesday during opening statements of his whistle-blower trial in Hackensack.
Art Margeotes, a 13-year veteran who was chief of the auto- insurance fraud unit, was fired in September 2002, a few days after Avigliano became county prosecutor.See the full content of this document
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Lawyer's Firing Illegal?
Margeotes' attorney, James Patterson, told jurors during the opening statements -- which lasted until the end of the day Wednesday -- that Margeotes was fired because he resisted pressure from his bosses to drop charges against defendants who were represente...
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