With a vote of 39 to 1, the Texas State Bar Board of Directors voted today to recommend to the Supreme Court of Texas that legal clients not receive additional consumer protections that would flow from “customers” being informed as to whether or not their lawyers carry professional liability (aka malpractice) insurance. Here’s the deal. Keep Reading…
Board makes recommendation to Supreme Court on professional liability insurance disclosure Kevin Priestner January 29, 2010 Texas Bar Blog http://blog.texasbar.com/2010/01/articles/state-bar/board-makes-recommendation-to-supreme-court-on-professional-liability- insurance-disclosure/ (San Antonio) — After hours of debate and months of gathering information from Texas lawyers and the public, the State Bar Board of Directors, by a vote of 39 to 1, recommended to the Keep Reading…
Ed Graziano’s attorney motions court to dismiss attempted murder-for-hire case Curtis Krueger January 28, 2010 St. Petersburg Times http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/ed-grazianos-attorney-motions-court-to-dismiss-attempted-murder-for- hire/1068717 LARGO — The attempted murder-for-hire charge against Edward Graziano should be dismissed, because Pinellas deputies entrapped him and investigated a case primarily based in Hillsborough County, his attorney says in new court filings. Lawyer John Keep Reading…
Hearing Scheduled in Jackson Dad’s Bid for Stipend Associated Press January 28, 2010 The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/28/arts/AP-US-Michael-Jackson-Estate.html?_r=1 LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has scheduled a hearing to decide if Michael Jackson’s father should receive a monthly allowance of more than $15,000 from the pop star’s estate. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff Keep Reading…
Convicted lawyer seeks prison release Erica Blake January 28, 2010 The Toledo Blade http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100128/NEWS02/1280385/-1/NEWS After spending a year behind bars for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from clients, Karyn McConnell Hancock has filed a motion for judicial release. Convicted in November, 2008, of aggravated theft, McConnell Hancock admitted to stealing more than $624,000 from 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.Newnan accountant Mayo Royal Jr. was sentenced to serve five years in prison and a total of 15 years on probation after pleading guilty Monday to seven counts of theft by taking and one count of false swearing in connection with Royal’s mismanagement of the estate of the late Edgar B. Hollis. The terms of Keep Reading…
We are glad to see the egregious legal case of fellow Texan Jeff Baron get new exposure from a reputable national media outlet. Barbara Hollingworth of The Washington Examiner reports: When Jeff Baron came to Washington this month, he was wearing a borrowed suit. Once upon a time, the Internet pioneer — who taught himself Keep Reading…
Is Joey Dauben Being Railroaded in Corsicana? is the question recently asked by D Magazine Editor in Chief/Founder Wick Allison. It’s also a question deservedly, legitimately asked. Here’s Allison’s post: Dauben, the iconoclastic publisher we profiled last March, has been sitting in the Navarro County lockup since he was arrested on molestation charges in December. He Keep Reading…
This is difficult to imagine, but it is true. An aging parent begins to decline. She needs care. She comes to depend on her adult child. Polly is 97 and has only one daughter, Vicky. Vicky moved in with her mother to become Polly’s caregiver about a year ago. Recently, Vicky apparently decided that her Keep Reading…
NEWARK, N.J. — The mother of late boxer Arturo Gatti’s daughter can’t sue his widow for wrongful death in New Jersey, a judge ruled in dismissing the lawsuit Friday. Erika Rivera, a central New Jersey resident, filed the lawsuit last fall on behalf of then-5-year-old Sofia Bella Gatti. The suit blames Gatti’s widow, Amanda Rodrigues Keep Reading…
