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  Well-known Criminal Defense Attorney to Join State Attorney's Office As Chief Counsel

Palm Beach Post
January 8, 2010

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Scott Richardson's clients included the Rev. John Skehan, the Delray Beach priest, and Patrick P.J. Melehan, convicted in the death of a man found with a steel rod impaled through his skull.
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WEST PALM BEACH — Palm Beach Post Staff Report

Well known criminal defense attorney Scott Richardson is joining the State Attorney's Office as chief counsel to the state attorney, State Attorney Michael McAuliffe announced today.

Richardson will join the office in early April, McAuliffe said.

Richardson served as an assistant state attorney from 1978 to 1981.

In private practice, Richardson was highly regarded as a defense attorney. His long list of clients include, most recently, the Rev. John Skehan, the former longtime pastor at St. Vincent Ferrer in Delray Beach who was charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the church, and Patrick P.J. Melehan, convicted in the death of Carlos Lopez, who was found with a steel rod impaled through his skull.

"Scott will reprise his role as a prosecutor with a commitment to use his knowledge and skills to contribute to a safer community and a better criminal justice system," McAuliffe said in a statement.

 
 

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