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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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 […]
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 […]
Family Charged With Fatal Neglect
Family members charged in abuse of elderly Bucks County man Wednesday, March 28, 2018 QUAKERTOWN, Pa. (WPVI) — Members of a Quakertown-area family are facing felony charges for the fatal neglect of their 84-year-old patriarch […]
Lawyers Cash in on Prince Estate
ATTORNEYS BURN 600K PER MONTH Heirs Left with Nothing? TMZ EXCLUSIVE Prince‘s estate is spending a ton of cash — at times more than $600k PER MONTH — and dropping that kinda loot has […]
Probate Court “Loses” Ward
More Probate Chaos in New Mexico By Colleen Heild / Journal Investigative Reporter Sunday, March 25th, 2018 at 12:05am Copyright © 2018 Albuquerque JournalWhat’s become of Elizabeth Hamel? Hamel is among dozens of people placed […]