A Life in Court: Friendship and Corruption Inside the Brooklyn System Alysia Santo December 16, 2010 The Brooklyn Ink http://thebrooklynink.com/2010/12/16/21908-21908/ Attorney John O’Hara, 49, is waging a campaign to expose the treatment that his mentor and friend, Judge John Phillips, endured in the last years of his life. O’Hara is representing Reverend Samuel Boykin, Phillips Keep Reading…
Gold-digger gets maximum sentence for scamming dementia patient, brain-damaged husband Melissa Grace December 22, 2010 New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/12/22/2010-12-22_golddigger_gets_maximum_sentence_for_scamming_dementia_patient_braindamaged_husb.html A gold-digging grifter apologized for fleecing a pair of disabled lonely hearts Tuesday before a judge slammed her with a maximum seven-year prison term. “To John Grant and Mr. Howard Zeimer, I’m sorry I was Keep Reading…
Kalispell girl charged with deliberate homicide files lawsuit against victims’ family Associated Press August 1, 2010 The Missoulian (MT) http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_8d341fec-9db3-11df-ba3d-001cc4c002e0.html KALISPELL – A Kalispell girl charged with two counts of deliberate homicide after police say she attempted suicide by driving her car into oncoming traffic has filed a lawsuit against the estate of the woman Keep Reading…
Bren Simon questions impartiality of judge Widow of shopping mall magnate Melvin Simon seeks to halt suit against her over his disputed will Jeff Swiatek December 22, 2010 IndyStar.com http://www.indystar.com/article/20101222/BUSINESS/12220326/1003/BUSINESS/Bren-Simon-questions-impartiality-judge?odyssey=nav%7Chead Bren Simon on Tuesday asked the Indiana Court of Appeals to halt action in the lawsuit against her over Melvin Simon’s disputed will. The widow 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…
Williamson County lawsuit suggests county not so “safe” for all
As the Central Texas towns of Round Rock, Cedar Park and even Georgetown tout new designations as some of the state’s safest places, a lawsuit filed by two former Williamson County employees in a U.S. District Court, Kimberly Lee and Sharon McGuyer v. Williamson County, indicates the county courthouse as another safe zone for those Keep Reading…