Once-disgraced lobbyist wants his law license back

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A once-prominent lobbyist and lawyer convicted of scheming a California clinic out of $57,000 asked Maryland’s highest court Thursday to reinstate his law license.

The attorney for Ira Cooke, 60, argued that the lobbyist’s law license should be reinstated because a California appeals court overturned his 2004 conviction, citing improper evidence used by prosecutors.

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