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herein by this reference. Petitioner resided in North Hollywood,
California, at the time he filed his petition.
Petitioner's Law Practice
Petitioner is an attorney. He was admitted to practice in
California in 1978. From 1979 through 1981, he worked with
another attorney in Van Nuys, California. Petitioner became a
sole practitioner in 1982. His first office was in Encino,
California, and in 1983, he moved to Woodland Hills, California.
He kept this office open through 1991. He had no employees at
either location. Petitioner handled some personal injury cases
in the Encino office but did not have a negotiator. At the
Woodland Hills location, petitioner sublet an office from another
attorney and shared secretarial services. During 1988 and 1989,
petitioner had very few clients at the Woodland Hills office, and
during 1990 and 1991, he had no clients at that office.
Petitioner met Won Koo Yoon, a.k.a. Philip Yoon (hereinafter
Mr. Yoon), in 1987. At that time, Mr. Yoon was working in a
travel agency preparing immigration filings predominantly for
Korean clients. Mr. Yoon had attended school in Korea and
immigrated to the United States as a young adult. Mr. Yoon did
not have a law degree, and he never worked in a law firm before
meeting petitioner.
Mr. Yoon suggested that petitioner open an office in
Koreatown and that Mr. Yoon could help petitioner develop a
client base in the Korean community. In early 1987, petitioner
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