Christine Pagano, a law professor at Golden Gate University, who invited Ellerman to speak to her students about his role in the BALCO saga. Ellerman went to prison for leaking the grand jury testimony of Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, Gary Sheffield and others to a reporter working for The San Francisco Chronicle.
Pagano said Ellerman’s main message to students in her Professional Responsibility class was for lawyers to “find a mentor” if they find themselves crushed by the pressure of their duties.
“The students were really thunderstruck,” said Pagano. “A couple of girls were crying. Some of the male lawyers were really taking it in too. He said that male lawyers, in particular, become self-sufficient and don’t want to ask for help, and he said they shouldn’t fall into that trap.”
Ellerman is required to give 10 such lectures as part of a harsh sentence handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey White. The Daily News
wrote last month about the first such lecture.
Pagano said Ellerman claimed he made a mistake in breaking a court order. After a lengthy investigation during which reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams were nearly sent to jail rather than reveal their sources, Ellerman came forward to say he leaked the testimony. He was forced to resign from the California bar, and served 16 months in prison - longer than any other figure in the BALCO case.
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