Former DLA Piper, Duane Morris Partner Convicted of Fraud

A former partner at DLA Piper and Duane Morris, Rudy Lim, was convicted of fraud and sentenced to two months in jail in Singapore Monday. Lim was convicted March 12 following a three-day trial for misrepresenting his annual salary when he moved from DLA Piper’s Singapore office to Duane Morris in January 2007.

According to The Straits Times, Lim inflated his monthly salary from $25,000 to $65,000 in order to get Duane Morris to match the amount. The forgery was discovered by his former colleagues at DLA Piper during a check of electronic records stored in the firm’s computer server.

When handing out the sentence, District Judge Jill Tan said Lim, given he was a lawyer, should have realized the consequences of making false documents and providing false information.  According to The Straits Times, Lim is appealing the decision and remains free on $80,000 bail posted by his father.