The Washington State Supreme Court issued reciprocal discipline for a North Carolina attorney found to have exploited two clients with severely diminished mental capacities who were recently released from their lengthy, wrongful incarcerations.

The attorney, Patrick Michael Megaro, received a reciprocal five-year suspension of his license to practice law in Washington state, mirroring the punishment leveled by North Carolina’s Disciplinary Hearing Commission.

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