No one would ever have predicted that the most high profile of elder abuse cases would involve a woman who reigned for decades as grande dame of New York society and was also known as a committed philanthropist.  Things changed, however, when a Manhattan jury found both Anthony Marshall, Brooke Astor’s son, and estate planning attorney Francis Morrissey guilty of multiple counts in the Brooke Astor estate looting trial.  A recent interview provided the opportunity to talk with Philip Marshall, Astor’s grandson, about elder abuse, inheritance rights and how an intersection of the two issues has forever changed his family’s life.

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