I always say 99% of the lawyers give the rest of us a bad name.
Brianna Bailey writes for News OK:
"A federal judge has sentenced a Midwest City man who conned seniors out of their savings to serve nearly 10 years in prison and pay $4.6 million in restitution for his role in the
Attorney Jospeh Caramadre and his associate Raymour Radhakrishnan were to be tried for a scheme of defaruding dying individuals and make more than $15 million. On November 20, 2012 they admitted in the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island that they had committed wire fraud and conspiracy. The guilty pleas were entered as part of
In a suit filed against Philadelphia law fimr Duane Morris LLP and two of their estate attorneys, Stanley M. Joffee, Esq. amd Stanley A. Barg, Esq., plaintiffs claim they suffered "substantial losses" after the lawyers allegedly ignored their requests for conservative investment strategies and their money was invested in a Madoff feeder fund instead. Plaintiffs are real estate
Adam F. Steisand, Esq. of Loeb & Loeb LLP gave a presentation at the ACTEC Annual Meeting in Rancho Mirage, California, March 2009, entitled "To Tell the Truth (T&E Lawyers’ Edition): Will My Real Client Please Stand Up. A pdf of his excellent presentation is posted on the Loeb & Loeb website: click here.
He discusses the
Lou Ann Anderson writes for the Bell County Michigan Legal News Examiner. See her article about an attorney who stole $800,000 from the estate of a now deceased client. More details form Danielle Quisenberry writing for the Jackson Citizen Patriot here.
Anderson says: "Using the probate system or probate instruments (wills, trusts, guardianships, powers
In their February 11, 2008 Trusts & Estates article, Corporate Trustees Beware, Samantha E. Weissbluth and Erika Alley, both of Foley & Lardner, LLP, in Chicago discuss the case of Janice Galloway Trust, No. C5-04-200042 (Minn. Dist. Ct. 2007). A corporate fiduciary was sued for breach of fiduciary duty on the theory that it failed to do estate