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Daily Report Online

Hotly Contested Expert in Embezzlement Trial Says Firm Still Owes Hardwick Money

Forensic accountant J.P. Gingras testifed for the defense that the $26 million Hardwick took from now-defunct Morris Hardwick Schneider was his fair share—and that there were no escrow shortfalls.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Top Foreclosure Lawyer, Fantasy Football Columnist, Sees Law Firm Liquidate

Mark Stopa, the subject of a criminal investigation in Florida, saw his firm Stay In My Home file for bankruptcy.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Sedgwick Demise Highlights Challenges GCs Face When Outside Law Firms Dissolve

“It's in the best case somewhat disruptive and in the worst case extraordinarily disruptive to the lawyers and their clients,” said one consultant.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Witness in Hardwick Embezzlement Trial Describes Need to Fete Law Firm Clients

As Nat Hardwick's defense kicked off their case, prosecutors asked the judge to bar testimony by a forensic accountant who has been observing the trial.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Alleged Co-Conspirator a No-Show as Hardwick Prosecution Rests

Asha Maurya, the former controller for Morris Hardwick Schneider who pleaded to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, will not take the stand at Nat Hardwick's trial.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Bankrupt Law Firm's Lawyers Find New Gigs as Clawback Specialists Get Call

A pair of Am Law 200 firms have hired lawyers from defunct California shop Archer Norris, which has retained law firm bankruptcy expert Diamond McCarthy to help manage its liquidation.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Less Than Two Years After Newark Exodus, Sedgwick Files for Bankruptcy as Wind-Down Fails

The firm's insolvency comes after a broad expansion effort, practice groups that sparred with each other and an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to stabilize an institution rocked by the financial uncertainty that comes with Big Law's free agent era.
13 minute read

The American Lawyer

Once Storied Sedgwick Files for Bankruptcy as Wind-Down Fails

The firm's insolvency comes after a broad expansion effort, practice groups that sparred with each other and an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to stabilize an institution rocked by the financial uncertainty that comes with Big Law's free agent era.
13 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ex-Partner Tells Jurors in Embezzlement Trial That Hardwick Kept Him in the Dark

Mark Wittstadt's lively sparring with defense attorney Ed Garland kept the jury's attention as his cross-examination got underway.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Hardwick's Ex-Partner Recounts Big Debts, Expenses in Embezzlement Trial

"I did not appreciate Nat Hardwick taking money from the firm I spent 46 years building," said Art Morris, who retired from now-defunct Morris Hardwick Schneider in 2013.
7 minute read

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