- “Lawyer held in contempt for advising clients to retake foreclosed home” [Ventura County Star, earlier]
- Some perspective on Wisconsin Gov. Walker’s plans: about half the states curtail some or all public-sector unionism [Barro]
- Guy who sued over Jimmy Carter book offers his side of story [Turley, earlier]
- “Disbarment recommended for litigator Chesley over fen-phen fees” [NLJ, PoL, previously on scandal] Kenneth Feinberg affidavit in case draws scrutiny [Steele/LEF, Frank/PoL]
- Mississippi: “Minor, 2 ex-judges disbarred by state Supreme Court” [Sun-Herald, related on scheduled resentencing, earlier]
- “AIG Ended Up Having To Pay Millions For the Duke Lacrosse Stripper Lawsuit” [Business Insider, earlier]
- Labor Department hotline to put workers in touch with private lawyers [Fox Biz, Wood/PoL]
- Underage man on hook for child support to older woman [seven years ago on Overlawyered]
Filed under: Kentucky fen-phen settlement fraud, mortgages, Paul Minor, Stan Chesley, wage and hour suits, Wisconsin
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The lawyer in the contempt case has upped the ante… he’s now being held on felony threatening charges.
A true halo to the legal profession. Any bets on whether CA disbars him?
I would bet, sadly, that he is not disbarred. UNLESS, of course, they find him in possession of a firearm. Then, maybe.
Some time ago, the CA District Attorney’s office announced that they were bringing charges against a number of individuals involved in insurance fraud who were involved in staging accidents, including several attorneys.
Major Insurance Fraud Ring includes Attorneys”
Three of those four attorneys appear to have unblemished disciplinary records, at least as regards those charges. One has been convicted and is under an interim suspension order while its determined if he commited a crime involving moral turpetude.
This appears to be the Attorney John Akopian referenced
Appears to be Attorney Laufer
Appears to be Attorney Katsnelson (Interim Suspension following conviction lists as going into effect next month)
Appears to be Attorney Stephen M Weiss (Disciplined for other reasons in ’01)
Here’s another example:
Encino Lawyer amogn those Arrested
and this appears to be Attorney Schar – According to the discilpinary record describing his interim suspension following conviction, violation of Insurance Code 750, subsection (a) “May or May Not be” a crime of Moral Turpetude… In the matter of Vadim Schar
[…] Pending further disciplinary action, the State Bar of California suspended the right to practice of Michael Pines, whose exploits had garnered considerable press attention [Amanda Bronstad, NLJ; earlier here and here] […]