Cher Thompson, accused of fleecing 89-year-old man, mysteriously collapses outside court Oren Yaniv January 27, 2010 New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/01/27/2010-01-27_faint_escape_for_susp_in_senior_scam.html A young woman accused of preying on elderly lonely hearts put off a date with a judge Tuesday. Cher Thompson, 27, was about to be arraigned when she mysteriously collapsed outside a Manhattan courthouse, Keep Reading…
Probate court rife with lapses in training, oversight Who’s protecting the unprotected? David Olinger February 21, 2010 The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/ci_14442041 When retired librarian Jeanne Hamer needed help, the Denver probate court appointed a guardian who sold many of her belongings to himself and billed her hundreds of times for walking with her and reading Keep Reading…
Case One: George/”High HIV transmission risk” went untracked for years David Olinger February 21, 2010 The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/ci_14441478 George damaged his brain by sniffing paint and petroleum fumes and drinking too much alcohol, court records show. At the age of 50, he was diagnosed as suffering from early dementia. It wasn’t his only affliction. Keep Reading…
The disbarment of Francis Morrissey is great news! This is the attorney who along with Anthony Marshall was convicted of having looted the estate of Brooke Astor, Marshall’s mother. This reminds us of a Pat Benatar song, but that will have to wait until tomorrow… Hulk Hogan has settled a lawsuit with the family of Keep Reading…
Astor swindler Francis Morrissey disbarred Dareh Gregorian February 18, 2010 New York Post http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/astor_swindler_francis_morrissey_dxF1hHTJdGDKJPHlErHc6J The shady lawyer who helped Brooke Astor’s son try to swindle her millions is now a shady ex-lawyer. The state Appellate Division officially disbarred Francis Morrissey today, less than two months after he was sentenced to one to three years in 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…
