NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The Orleans Public Defenders Office reassigned a high-profile case from attorney Tanzanika Ruffin, who faces allegations of defrauding a client’s family out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The office reassigned Lenton Vanburen’s case from Ruffin to Miles Swanson, a conflict panel attorney. The public defender’s office filed the notice Wednesday (Dec. 17) in Judge Robin Pittman’s courtroom in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court.
- New Orleans defense attorney accused of defrauding client’s family out of at least $250,000
Ruffin represented Vanburen in his murder case while he also faced charges related to his escape from the Orleans Justice Center jail in May.
Ruffin stands accused of defrauding out-of-state clients out of at least $250,000 after a man allegedly battered a police officer on Bourbon Street in March…