Woman Poses as Lawyer for a Decade

Authorities say that a Pennsylvania woman used forged documents to pretend to be a lawyer for ten years and was in line to be named partner when her fraud was discovered. 

Kimberly Kitchen, 45, fooled BMZ law by forging a law license, bar exam results, an email she attended Duquesne University Law School, and a check for a state attorney registration fee.  Kitchen practiced estate planning and handled matters for more than 30 clients. 

Kitchen was charged Thursday with forgery and the unauthorized practice of law.  Her attorney says, “There are things about the charges we don’t agree with so we’re going to be fighting some of the charges.”

See Joe Mandak, Pennsylvania Woman Claimed to Be Lawyer for a Decade, U.S. News & World Report, March 27, 2015.