Comments on: “Mother Teresa, move aside”

By: Theodore A. Bechtold, Esq.

Theodore A. Bechtold, Esq. — Sat, 31 May 2008 03:44:11 +0000

Little weight should be given to the fact that Mel Weiss might really be a great guy and did much exceptional charity work and helped the poor and the sick and the financially challenged. Great weight should be given to millions of class members whose interests were “protected” by Seymour Lazar, Howard Vogel and Steven Cooperman. Keep in mind that the representative plaintiff is the only one in a position to supervise the lawyers and protect the interests of absent class members. Kickbacks left Mel Weiss alone with the money.

Think about how many victims surely would have gotten greater recovery if there was at least some possibility that Mel Weiss would have to answer to anyone for his settlement. He is still in denial while on his way to jail. To see a letter sent to Judge John F. Walter that provides a more balanced picture of Mel see http://www.stoplegalfiction.org/

By: jbd

jbd — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:54:51 +0000

In a case like this, it’s just bad advocacy to argue that your client should be recognized as “one of the great humanitarians of our time.” You blow all credibility, the judge loses interest, and he probably stops reading right there.

There’s an art to acknowledging transgressions while painting a picture of your client as a whole person who might deserve a measure of mercy. That lawyer is no artist. But in fairness, I guess counsel may have been writing the memo to impress his paying client rather than to persuade the judge.

By: Deoxy

Deoxy — Fri, 30 May 2008 13:42:14 +0000

So, buying expensive luxuries for other wealthy people is equivalent to preventing the desperately poor from literally dying of starvation.

Who knew?

By: P Saunders

P Saunders — Fri, 30 May 2008 09:54:25 +0000

As we all know, helping someone find a watch and buying someone else boots is right up there with feeding the starving, comforting the sick and dedicating your life to uplifting the poor. What a shallow lot Weiss and his friends are.

By: VMS

VMS — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:56:52 +0000

It’s easy to be generous with ill-gotten money.

By: Christopher Eckel

Christopher Eckel — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:56:20 +0000

This completely erases any respect I ever had for Arthur Miller or David Boies..wait isn’t he the Netflix scam artist.. At any rate, I no longer have respect for Arthur Miller.

Weren’t the names of supporters suppressed by the court for one of these convicts? Isn’t a letter to the court just like a character witness testifying in open court? So why the secrecy? It should be a matter of public record.

To a different point, if you are going to use the power of the state to force a settlement from another private citizen, shouldn’t that result be a matter of public record?