A California attorney has been suspended for threatening and disrespecting North Carolina officials involved with the estate administration of the attorney’s father. While we obviously don’t condone such actions, irony exists as this attorney sounds to be on the receiving end of legal industry “justice” as experienced by many other Involuntary Redistribution of Assets (IRA) Keep Reading…
Lawsuit Drives Rift Among Agnellis Fiat Patriarch’s Daughter Wants Fresh Accounting of His Estate Stacy Meichtry November 18, 2009 The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703811604574533721016931970.html ROME — Nearly seven years after the death of Gianni Agnelli, a dispute over the Fiat patriarch’s estate has sparked tensions and riveted the nation that once considered him its unofficial Keep Reading…
Ex-Ridgewood attorney faces 6 to 18 years in prison Peter J. Sampson/The Record Staff Writer November 18, 2009 North Jersey.com http://www.northjersey.com/news/111809_Ex-Ridgewood_attorney_faces_6_to_18_years_in_prison.html A disbarred attorney from Ridgewood is facing a maximum sentence of 6 to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of stealing millions from guardianship accounts he oversaw for incapacitated children and Keep Reading…
Taub Attorneys Oppose Effort by Former KTRK Reporter to Seal Court Records October 24, 2009 Filmfluff.com http://www.filmfluff.com/taub-attorneys-oppose-effort-by-former-ktrk-reporter-to-seal-court-records-162/ Attorneys for the family of the late Henry J.N. Taub were in court today to prevent former KTRK Reporter Mary-Ellen Conway from attempting to seal key documents in a lawsuit claiming she was Mr. Taub’s common law wife. Keep Reading…
Bar Panel Urges Suspension of Bay Area Lawyer for Making Threats Kenneth Ofgang November 19, 2009 Metropolitan News-Enterprise http://www.metnews.com/ The State Bar Court has recommended that a Bay Area lawyer be suspended for 90 days as part of a two-year probation for violations that include threatening and disrespecting North Carolina court officials overseeing the probate Keep Reading…
Estate of Denial® provides news, analysis and commentary on abusive practices occurring in probate courts and via probate instruments (wills, trusts, guardianships, powers of attorney). We provide original perspective to educate the public regarding this growing threat to both individual freedoms and property rights.An estate lawyer accused of a “wrongful scheme” to steer money to himself from the estates of the late June M. Farrington and her surviving brother will pay back $410,000 as part of a settlement. Estate lawyer Stephen M. Newman also resigned as executor and trustee of all of the estates and trusts he set Keep Reading…
Shannon Price failed to prove that she and Gary Coleman had a common-law marriage after their 2009 divorce. Fourth District Judge James R. Taylor ruled Monday that while Price had lived in the former “Diff’rent Strokes” star’s home after their marriage ended, the relationship failed to meet the state’s standard for a common-law marriage. “There Keep Reading…
Police Detective Jason Takacs has two thick files filled with paperwork supporting charges that a local deli owner bilked three elderly siblings of more than $200,000. Takacs credits cooperation among police, People’s United Bank, the Fairfield Probate Court and a forensic accountant from the chief state’s attorney’s office with the Thursday arrest of Carmella Jamshidian, Keep Reading…
Here’s more big government “smoke and mirrors” from the state of Texas. In watching media postings across the country, it’s highly trendy to decry the need to protect the elderly and the vulnerable. It makes people feel good to think “someone” is out there with an eye on things. Problem comes in that those “someones” Keep Reading…
Two of Don Barden’s siblings have alleged “gross irregularities” in the handling of the late casino mogul’s estate, including a potentially phony trust agreement. “It quite simply appears to be a fraud,” Farmington Hills attorney Steven Cohen charged in court papers last month. He represents Helen Robinson and Douglas Barden, who are challenging the validity Keep Reading…
