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LA attorney who helped drug dealers agrees to quit practicing law
Federal prosecutors in New York won’t indict legal eagle Roger Rosen on charges of obstructing justice. Authorities say when Rosen’s client started talking to law enforcement about a cocaine operation, he told drug dealers about it.

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BY JOHN MARZULLI / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2013, 7:48 PM

Attorney Roger Rosen of Los Angeles has admitted he warned a drug ring leader and his cohorts about a client who informed feds about a cocaine opeartion. As part of a deferred indictment deal, he will never practice law again.
A Los Angeles lawyer known for his celebrity clientele has made a deal with feds to resign from practicing law, after authorities caught him leaking secret snitch information to members of a hip-hop impressario’s drug trafficking crew.

Brooklyn, N.Y., federal prosecutors agreed to defer indicting Roger Rosen for obstructing justice because he is seriously ill, according to documents filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Rosen, whose past clients include actor Al Pacino and music legend Phil Spector, crossed the line with his representation of members of James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond’s cocaine trafficking operation from 2009 to 2010.

In December 2010, when Rosen's then-client Henry Butler started singing to the feds about the drug operation, Rosen sent notes from Butler's talks with prosecutors to Rosemond and his brother Mario Rosemond and crew member Darron Lamont Bennett.

Lawyer Roger Rosen, left, has had numerous celebrity clients, including music producer Phil Spector, right, who was found guilty of murdering actress Lana Clarkson.

“Members of the enterprise embarked on a campaign of threats, harassment and intimidation targeting the client, the client's family and [the client's] New York counsel," Assistant U.S. Attorney Una Dean stated in a letter to U.S. District Judge John Gleeson.

Butler and his wife, Leah Daniel — the sister of "Precious" film director Lee Daniels — were both charged in the enterprise. She was sentenced to probation for Ecstasy possession. Butler was sentenced to eight years for narcotics conspiracy.

Rosemond was convicted by a federal jury in June 2012 of drug trafficking and money laundering charges. He faces life in prison.

Rosen has admitted guilt and will never practice law again, according to Dean's letter to the judge. The disgraced lawyer must also forfeit $22,500 in legal fees.



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