The two Keith Mosers: virtue and corruption co-existed in convicted lawyer's life.

Arkansas Business › June 06, 2005

Linked as:

Summary

Law - Biography

See the full content of this document

Extract

The two Keith Mosers: virtue and corruption co-existed in convicted lawyer's life.

Editor's Note: This is the first of a three-part series tracing the life and career of former Little Rock lawyer Bobby Keith Moser.

"MY LIFE IS LIKE A beautiful, multi-pane, stained glass window. ... There is no way to explain what a good person I am."

Thus wrote Keith Moser, the former Little Rock attorney who pleaded guilty to 13 counts in three unrelated federal investigations, in a six-page letter asking U.S. District Judge Susan Weber Wright to sentence him to the 13 months he had already served.

Wright, unmoved by Moser's letter or 75 other letters from friends and family begging for leniency, sentenced him last month to 188 months. He is appealing the sentence that would put him in prison for at least 12 more years, after deducting time served and the possibility of a reduction for good behavior.

The letters written on Moser's behalf describe a devoted son and involved father, "a friend in need," a mentor, a philanthropist and an upstanding church member. Professional col...

See the full content of this document