What The Hell???: Fake Lawyer Charges Clients & Tries 60 Case Before Getting Caught!!!

Now, we have heard of people impersonating police officers but lawyers… not so much!!! 47 year-old, Tahir Malik has been acting as a lawyer for the past five years in Skokie, IL. He has tried 60 cases and got paid for each one ranging from $500 to $4,500. Tahir Malik has never stepped in any law school but has been in front of a judge enough times to figure out his way around the court room… How does something like this happen???

Well apparently, Mr. Malik has been in trouble with the law soooo much, he felt that he acquired enough knowledge to actually represent other peoplei… Sounds like someone’s been watching a little tooo much Law & Order:

Tahir Malik, a 47-year-old man from Skokie, Illinois, “walked around the courtroom like he was a hotshot, strutting around,” said one of his clients.

He tried more than 60 cases, charging between $500 and $4,500 to his clients. He worked on traffic court cases, mortgage foreclosures, and some low-level criminal cases.

One problem: Malik never spent a day in law school. Instead, it appears that he learned his lawyering skills from his own criminal background.

“From his own arrest history, he was familiar enough with the court system to make certain motions and file certain documents in the court,” said Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. “There is no question that dozens of people from all over Cook County were misled by this guy.”

The Tribune reports that Malik’s father Rahim says that he likely also picked up some of his legal knowledge from watching television.

Apparently, he was finally busted on December 17, when personnel at the Cook County Courthouse found some of his behavior suspicious and questioned his credentials. They found that he had none.

Malik faces two counts of false impersonation of a lawyer, as WGN reports. He will appear in court on January 28 — no word yet on whether he will be representing himself.

This is ridiculous!!!