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 [...]
Inheritance Case: Another Grubby Tale From Probate Court
Rick Green
March 5, 2010
The Hartford Courant
http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-probate-green0305.artmar05,0,4129040.column
Shortly before 92-year-old Josephine Smoron died last June, Southington Probate Judge Bryan F. Meccariello approved a dramatic change to her will, handing her property to three local churches and bypassing her longtime caretaker.
Sam Manzo, caretaker for nearly 25 years at the sprawling Valley [...]
Runoff likely in probate race
Top vote-getters Robison, Ramirez don’t grab majority
Candace Carlisle
March 3, 2010
Denton Record-Chronicle
http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_Probate_judge_0303.16e632fea.html
The hotly contested Republican primary race for probate judge will likely remain contested, as Denton County lawyers Bonnie Robison and Robert Ramirez plan to face each other in a runoff next month.
With all precincts reporting Tuesday night, Robison led with about [...]
Real estate mogul Max Farash, 95, dies
Steve Orr/Mary Chao
March 1, 2010
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20100301/NEWS01/3010335/Real-estate-mogul-Max-Farash–95–dies
Max M. Farash, who rose from humble immigrant beginnings to become one of the Rochester area’s wealthiest and most successful business owners, died early Sunday morning at the age of 95.
Mr. Farash, who built a real estate empire once estimated to be [...]
Astor attorney’s disbarment: little too little, little too late
Lou Ann Anderson
March 1, 2010
www.EstateofDenial.com
Disbarment is the latest development in the saga of Francis X. Morrissey, the New York estate planning attorney who schemed to loot millions of dollars from Brooke Astor’s estate. In October 2009, Morrissey was convicted of four felony and one misdemeanor counts including [...]