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12/20/2004:

"Probe Prompts Review of Landmark Race Case"

Accusations against an attorney who worked on a federal case in which black farmers claimed the government denied them loans because of their race could affect the landmark civil rights settlement.

Margaret O'Shea, 38, faces charges she worked as a public defender without a license to practice law in California, and critics are now questioning dozens of individual settlements with black farmers she previously handled at the U.S. Justice Department.

Full Article : guardian.co.uk