Posts Tagged ‘guardianships’

Disbarred Port Richey attorney pleads guilty to stealing from clients
Molly Moorhead
March 13, 2010
St. Petersburg Times
http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/pasco-ex-attorney-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-from-clients/1079383
NEW PORT RICHEY — Facing a trial in which prosecutors vowed to show that her clients’ money paid for steak dinners, happy hours and resort vacations, disbarred attorney Jessica Miller avoided the spectacle and pleaded guilty Friday to grand theft charges [...]

It’s amazing in how many news stories are about estate abuse and probate corruption while others have interesting ties or illustrate patterns of behavior.
California Attorney General Jerry Brown says actor Corey Haim’s death was linked to a “massive illegal prescription drug ring.” Having confirmed his run for governor (again), Brown is in campaign mode and [...]

Litigation resumes in dealings with fortune of late Max Farash
Steve Orr
March 12, 2010
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20100312/NEWS01/3120335/1002/NEWS/Litigation-resumes-in-dealings-with-fortune-of-late-Max-Farash
Nearly two weeks after the death of Rochester real estate tycoon Max M. Farash, the mourning period has ended and the litigation period has resumed.
In recent days, new lawyers have joined the case, requests have been made to delay some [...]

Officials Hiding & Obscuring Reports Relating to Melodie Scott
March 12, 2010
The San Bernardino County Sentinel
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The Sentinel has retrieved records indicating the Redlands Police Department and other Southern California law enforcement agencies are withholding or otherwise obscuring reports which implicate conservator Melodie Z. Scott and her associates in possible criminal or otherwise questionable activity.
Recently, the Redlands [...]

NY Lawyer Who Admitted Ripping Off His Clients for Millions Wants Them to Pay His Fees
Vesselin Mitev
March 5, 2010
New York Law Journal
http://nylj.com/nylawyer/news/10/03/030510j.html
Steven T. Rondos, the former Brooklyn attorney who admitted to stealing millions of dollars from guardianship accounts he oversaw, is fighting to be paid for work he claims he did on behalf of the [...]