Phillips on work release Stephanie Nelson December 8, 2009 Andalusia Star-News http://www.andalusiastarnews.com/news/2009/dec/08/phillips-work-release/ Former Probate Judge Sherrie Phillips, sentenced to three years in prison in October for stealing $1.8 million from a probate estate, is now serving her time in the state Department of Corrections’ Birmingham work release center. Brian Corbett, the DOC’s public information officer, Keep Reading…
Lawyers meet over Astor estate Associated Press December 7, 2009 New York Post http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/lawyers_meet_over_astor_estate_jqKjfZLHmHyhgsozbFE83M WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The court fight over New York philanthropist Brooke Astor’s estate has resumed with a closed-door meeting of more than a dozen lawyers. The gathering Monday at Surrogate’s Court in White Plains was the first since Astor’s 85-year-old Keep Reading…
Hemet lawyer faces charges for using client trust funds California Bar Journal December 2009 http://calbar.ca.gov/state/calbar/calbar_cbj.jsp?sCategoryPath=/Home/Attorney%20Resources/California%20Bar% 20Journal/December2009&MONTH=December&YEAR=2009&sCatHtmlTitle=Discipline&sJournalCategory=YES&sCatHtmlPath=cbj/2009- 12_Discipline_Feature.html&sSubCatHtmlTitle=Feature A Hemet attorney who pleaded guilty as his embezzlement trial was coming to an end faces disbarment on a separate issue if the California Supreme Court approves a recommendation by the State Bar Court. The court recommended in Keep Reading…
Pa. Attorney Identified in Judicial Corruption Case Leo Strupczewski/Hank Grezlak December 4, 2009 The Legal Intelligencer http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202436045380&Pa_Attorney_Identified_in_Judicial_Corruption_Case A Kingston, Pa., attorney has been identified by sources and court documents as the person who provided Luzerne County Common Pleas Judge Michael T. Toole with “things of value,” including free use of a New Jersey beach house, Keep Reading…
Penniless cavemen inherit $7.2bn Henry Samuel, Paris December 3, 2009 theage.com.au http://www.theage.com.au/world/penniless-cavemen-inherit-72bn-20091202-k673.html TWO penniless brothers who live in a cave outside Budapest are to inherit most of a reported $A7.2 billion after an astonishing twist in their family fortunes. Zsolt and Geza Peladi have no fixed address and eke out an existence by selling junk Keep Reading…
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