The Houston Chronicle posted a great Rick Casey column earlier this week reporting that the Texas Supreme Court has rubber-stamped a recommendation by the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors for attorneys to not be required to disclose if they carry professional liability insurance (PLI). In his column, The coddled lawyers of our fair Keep Reading…
The coddled lawyers of our fair state Rick Casey April 20, 2010 Houston Chronicle http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/casey/6967870.html Criminal defense attorneys will tell you that the most important question to ask a potential client is not whether he is innocent or guilty. It’s how much money does he have. Houstonian Brisby Brown has learned that it might be Keep Reading…
Man, 32, accuses guardian of abuse Mike Martindale April 13, 2010 The Detroit News http://detnews.com/article/20100413/METRO02/4130346/Man–32–accuses-guardian-of-abuse Brandon Township — In a case investigators describe as “tragic,” a 32-year-old mentally impaired man alleges he was sexually abused by his court-appointed guardian — a convicted sex offender — for two years, police say. Duane Emery Kuerbitz, 49, of Keep Reading…
Tony Chan’s Appeal for $12 Billion Wang Estate Set for January April 19, 2010 San Francisco Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/04/19/bloomberg1376-L15JND0D9L35-5.DTL April 20 (Bloomberg) — Feng shui master Tony Chan’s fight for property tycoon Nina Wang’s fortune will continue in Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal on January 10, 2011, after an earlier ruling that it belonged to her Keep Reading…
Michael Jackson’s estate and Cirque du Soleil to produce show based on King of Pop’s music Nancy Dillon April 20, 2010 New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/arts/2010/04/20/2010-04-20_michael_jacksons_estate_and_cirque_du_soleil_to_produce_show_based_on_king_of_po.html The King of Pop is about to become king of the big top. Michael Jackson’s estate and Cirque du Soleil announced plans Tuesday to produce a touring acrobatics show 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…
