NY Times: Financial Assault In Probate
Guardians Use Courts to Abuse Older Adults By SUSAN B. GARLAND JULY 28, 2017 Richard and Terri Black at their home in Cornelius, N.C. CreditTravis Dove for The New York Times Terri Black had always […]
Probate & Power In Nashville
Nancy Amons Reports (WSMV) Nashville WEB SPECIAL: Influence, Infidelity and Men In Power WEB SPECIAL: Influence, Infidelity and Men In Power Print Posted: Jun 30, 2017 3:05 PM EDT WEB EXCLUSIVE: Special report on our […]
Probate Courts & Billionaire Battles
How Anna Nicole Smith’s Billionaire In‑Laws Secretly Lobbied the Courts Bloomberg.com By Zachary R. Mider Published: September 13, 2017 | Updated: September 15, 2017 TIPPING THE SCALES Anna Nicole Smith, 26, marries oil tycoon J. […]
Fraud In Texas Probate
How judges, probate attorneys, and guardianship orgs abuse the vulnerable From the San Antonio Current By Michael Barajas click to enlarge Photos by Michael Barajas Joy Powers woke from a horrific car wreck to find […]
Feds Charge Chicago Probate Judge
CHICAGO (CBS) — The lawyer for indicted Cook County Judge Jessica Arong O’Brien accused federal prosecutors Thursday of unfairly targeting his client because of her job. Ricardo Meza made the claim in court while arguing […]
Probate Lawyer Gets Jail
September 13, 2017: Vermont: Via Burlington Free Press:(Elizabeth Murray) A former Winooski lawyer will serve 14 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to mail fraud. U.S. District Court Judge J. Garvan Murtha handed down the […]
Courts Strip Rights; Drain Funds
How judges, probate attorneys, and guardianship orgs abuse the vulnerable By Michael Barajas e Photos by Michael Barajas Joy Powers woke from a horrific car wreck to find she’d been appointed a guardian and stripped […]
Feds Target Mail Fraud In Estate
By Mary Clarkin Posted Jul 8, 2017 at 3:43 PMUpdated Jul 8, 2017 at 3:43 PM The federal jury trial of the former office helper who said she found a document leaving the bulk of Hays multimillionaire Earl O. Field’s estate to her is scheduled […]
More Probate Trouble in Tennessee
Grand jury indicts attorney Andy Allman on 28 counts August 14, 2017 (Hendersonville Standard) Andy Allman The Sumner County Grand Jury has indicted attorney Andy L. Allman in a 28-count sealed indictment alleging crimes of […]
Feds Nail Probate Firm for 16 Million
Jury hits lawyers with $16.4M for doing senior wrong in guardianship By John Pacenti – Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Originally Posted: 10:00 a.m. Friday, August 04, 2017 Highlights Jury says attorneys for guardian mismanged […]