Howard O. Kieffer has caused himself a fair share of grief, as well as exasperating judges who have heard his cases and appeals over the past eight years. Share this: ...

Howard O. Kieffer, an imposter attorney who bilked federal defendants across the country out of thousands of dollars, was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison Friday and ordered to pay ...

Howard O. Kieffer fooled federal judges, seasoned lawyers and jailed clients into believing he was an attorney, but he did not dupe a U.S. District Court jury. After two hours of deliberations ...

Investigating the wrongdoings of Howard O. Kieffer just got easier for federal authorities because the ex-con has admitted to a judge that he is not licensed to practice law and did not graduate ...

She and her family had hired Howard O. Kieffer to represent her during the bench trial, not knowing he was an ex-con who never attended law school. They paid him about $70,000.

Authorities said Howard O. Kieffer, 54, of Duluth, Minn., represented clients in at least 10 states. North Dakota was the first to […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 59°F.

As federal authorities continue to investigate Howard O. Kieffer — a California man who posed as an attorney — his clients are left wondering if they will get out of prison or get their money ...

BISMARCK, N.D.—A man who authorities said impersonated a lawyer in courts around the country has been sentenced to four years and three months in prison and has been ordered to repay more than ...

BISMARCK, N.D.—Sentencing has been postponed a second time for a man convicted of being a phony lawyer after he objected to a pre-sentence report and failed to provide information to authorities ...

FARGO, N.D.—Prosecutors are seeking to arrest a man accused of impersonating a lawyer in Colorado and elsewhere, saying he violated the terms of his release while awaiting trial. Howard O ...

Howard O. Kieffer won't talk to the News Tribune about allegations that he was a phony attorney, but he has written the newspaper before. Only a few weeks before his Aug. 27 arrest, he sent an e ...

Howard O. Kieffer, who misrepresented himself as an attorney in several federal courts, including in Denver, has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of making false statements and mail fraud ...