Topic
Forgery
120 published works
California Trust, Estate & Probate Litigation
California Caretaker Arrested for Forgery and Identify Theft of Family’s Living Trust
Last week the San Bernardino County Sherriff’s office announced that they have arrested a caretaker for alleged forgery and identity theft of a family’s living trust. This is big deal…
Legal Profession Blog
Is An Addiction To Lying A Mitigating Factor?
The New York Appellate for the First Judicial Department has imposed a nine-month suspension for the following misconduct:On September 1, 2009, respondent's client asked him to commence a civil action.…
Legal Profession Blog
Reinstated Without A “Scarlet Letter Of Shame”
The Alaska Supreme Court has granted the reinstatement peition of an attorney who was disbarred in 1994. He was disbarred primarily for an affidavit that falsely claimed that a judgment…
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Actually Not In Pennsylvania
From the web page of the Ohio Supreme Court:The Supreme Court of Ohio today indefinitely suspended the law license of [a] Columbus attorney...for violations of professional conduct rules in her…
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Struck From the Rolls
An attorney who had signed the names of judges to five subpoenas without permission has been struck from the rolls by the New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial…
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No Ordinary Document
A New Jersey attorney has been reprimanded for forging a court order. The matter was referred to New Jersey bar authorities by a Colorado magistrate. The attorney had admitted in…
Legal Profession Blog
Misfeasance, Malfeasance and Nonfeasance
The Wisconsin Supreme Court (without dissent) accepted the license revocation of an attorney.The attorney had a record of prior discipline. The court quoted the referee:This referee is troubled by Stokes'…
South Carolina Nursing Home Blog
Visitor Able to Steal Resident’s Checks
By Ray Mullman
An article in the Robinson-Moon Patch reported that an Ambridge, Pennsylvania woman admitted to law enforcement that she stole blank checks from a nursing home resident’s room and then attempted to defraud…
Legal Profession Blog
Misconduct Motivated By Desire To Visit Mother
The New Jersey Disciplinary Review Board has imposed a reprimand of an attorney who had forged the name of an attorney on the addendum to a real estate contract. The…
Art Law Blog
The Year In Review
By Lano Williams and Christine Steiner The past year was packed with litigation that ranged from broad constitutional questions to the ever present scourge of forgeries. Art Law Gallery presents…