State Bar Buried Complaints
BY JON ORTIZ June 18, 2015 02:16 PM A state audit issued Thursday paints an unflattering picture of the California State Bar as willing to settle attorney discipline cases too quickly, track case data too […]
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Are Judges Really Immune?
Houston federal judge allows state judge to be sued By David Yates | May 16, 2018 HOUSTON – Southern District Chief Justice Lee H. Rosenthal recently issued a landmark ruling allowing a wrongful death lawsuit […]
FBI Indicts Firm on Probate Embezzlement
Racine Woman Indicted for Defrauding Beneficiaries of Estates Being Administered by her Father’s Law Firm August, 2018 Racine, Wisconsin Via FBI United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger has announced that a federal grand jury has […]
Probate Victims Get No Payback
Victims of Desert State still waiting for restitution By Colleen Heild / Journal Investigative Reporter Saturday, August 11th, 2018 at 11:30pm Copyright © 2018 Albuquerque Journal A woman known in court records as “J.W.” died […]
Judge Steals Millions
ALBANY – Former Guilderland Town Judge Richard Sherwood pleaded guilty Monday to charges related to a scheme to steal more than $11 million from family trusts, according to a statement by New York Attorney General […]
100+ People Filed Complaints on Tennessee Lawyer
“OVERSIGHT” FAILURE OR COURT CORRUPTION? Nashville, Tennessee June 19, 2018 By TENA LEE tlee@mainstreetmediatn.com Hendersonville attorney Andy Allman has been disbarred from practicing law and ordered to pay $320,050 in restitution and court costs, according […]
New York: A Sink-Hole for Estates
LAWYERS PROFIT FROM GUARDIANSHIP RACKET By Alisa Partlan | June 5, 2018 It is a New Yorker’s nightmare: losing all that a family has worked for, even down to the place they call home. But […]
Indiana: Executrix Hid Assets
SISTER GAVE FALSE ACCOUNTINGS Indianapolis, Indiana May 30, 2018 The St. Joseph Probate Court must reopen an estate that led to years-long litigation between two siblings after the court failed to follow proper statutory procedure […]
Attorney Admits: Fresno Officials Targeted Estates
Fresno County paid off 52 families in Public Administrator thefts 75% of County Department indicted. BY MARC BENJAMIN (mbenjamin@fresnobee.com) Fresno County spent $156,000 to pay off estates of dead people and their relatives whose possessions […]