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Private lawyers, public pensions: The loophole

Gov. David A. Paterson signed a bill this month to crack down on private attorneys who improperly secured public pensions, but a loophole remains.

Take for example the case of John Spellman, 64, an attorney who for years has been reported as a full-time employee of one village in Nassau County and part-time in two others, while also maintaining a private practice and billing the villages...

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