SACRAMENTO (CA)
The Sacramento Bee
April 29, 2020
By Marcos Breton
Joe George died last week and if you don’t know who Joe George was, you should.
For more than 30 years in Sacramento, George was a fierce lawyer who had the intellect to make obscene amounts of money in corporate law but chose instead to represent clients who had been sexually abused by people they trusted.
George’s opponents in court were often powerful individuals from powerful institutions who had the community standing and popularity to sweep their unspeakable transgressions under the rug until Joe George intervened.
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