Disbarred lawyer sentenced on new criminal charges 
Published: November 5, 2012
Tags: attorney fraud, custody, disbarment, forgery, Georgia, identity theft, theft by conversion
A lawyer in Georgia who had already been disbarred for inventing hearing dates in a custody case is in more hot water.
Md. top court declines to impose sanctions against lawyer
By:
Kristi Tousignant
Published: September 26, 2012
Tags: attorney fraud, deceptive business practices, fraud, Legal Malpractice Monitor, Maryland
Maryland’s highest court has refused to impose any sanctions on a Baltimore-based lawyer whose stepmother accused him of deceit and fraud in handling the estate of his deceased father, who was a famed night club operator and real estate developer.
Indicted Fla. lawyer had 20 million reward points
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: January 12, 2010
Tags: attorney fraud, professional responsibility
A Florida lawyer charged in a $1.2 billion fraud apparently heeded the American Express slogan “Don’t leave home without it.” Court records show Scott Rothstein racked up more than 20 million reward points on his American Express account. Cardholders typically receive one point for every dollar spent.
Angela Ford: Solo exposes fraud in $200M diet-drug settlement
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: December 10, 2009
Tags: attorney fraud, fen-phen
Angela Ford’s five-year fight to expose one of the worst cases of attorney fraud in U.S. history culminated this year with the federal convictions of two high-profile lawyers who had attempted to pocket most of a $200 million diet drug settlement.
