By Scott Flaherty | October 16, 2018
A onetime Foley & Lardner partner admitted to disciplinary authorities that he backdated and pasted clients' signatures onto documents related to a client's estate.
By Meredith Hobbs | October 16, 2018
Atlanta closing attorneys said the trial showed the importance of proper oversight—and the jury's swift guilty verdict underlined how egregious Nat Hardwick's conduct had been.
By John Council | October 16, 2018
Months after a jury convicted him of 11 fraud-related counts for steering clients to invest in a Ponzi scheme, former lawyer and Texas State Sen. Carlos Uresti decided to put his federal criminal case behind him by pleading guilty to a pending bribery conspiracy charge.
By Meredith Hobbs | October 12, 2018
Federal jurors convicted the Atlanta lawyer on Friday of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, 21 counts of wire fraud and one count of making false statements to federally insured banks.
By Meredith Hobbs | October 12, 2018
Federal jurors convicted the Atlanta lawyer on Friday of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, 21 counts of wire fraud and one count of making false statements to federally insured banks.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Lizzy McLellan | October 12, 2018
Dory L. Sater was suspended Friday after failing to comply with records requests in his disciplinary investigation.
By Meredith Hobbs | October 11, 2018
In closings, the government cast Hardwick as liar and a thief who knowingly stole money from Morris Hardwick Schneider's escrow accounts, while his lawyers said he was duped by the firm's former controller.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Robert Storace | October 11, 2018
Authorities this week arrested former Bridgeport attorney Alfred Cali in New Jersey, where he currently lives, over his alleged involvement with stealing client funds in Connecticut. Cali was charged with one count of second-degree larceny, a felony, and faces up to 10 years in prison.
The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | October 11, 2018
I sued a corporation and I noted a manager/officer of the corporation no longer is employed. I wish to speak to that person about the facts of the underlying lawsuit I have brought against the corporation. Can I do so without violating Rule of Professional Conduct 4.2?
By Meredith Hobbs | October 11, 2018
With closing arguments set for Thursday, Mark Wittstadt returned to the stand as the final witness in Nathan Hardwick's embezzlement trial.
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