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Showing posts with label ATTORNEY WRONGDOING. Show all posts
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Monday, June 8, 2015

CT LAW TRIBUNE REPORTS ATTORNEY ARRESTED FOR DEFRAUDING A MILITARY VETERAN!

Journalist Michelle Tuccitto Sullo of "The Connecticut Law Tribune" reports as follows:

"An attorney who was acting as a conservator for a military veteran has been arrested and charged with stealing about $68,000 from the now-deceased client by apparently making hundreds of unauthorized payments to himself. Andrew F. Bonito Jr., 56, of Cheshire, was arraigned in Superior Court in New Britain on June 5, following his arrest on a warrant on one count of first-degree larceny, a felony.

The law license of Bonito, who practiced law in New Britain and later from his Cheshire home, is inactive, apparently due to health reasons..."


Read more: 


http://www.ctlawtribune.com/id=1202728705438/Attorney-Arrested-After-Alleged-Theft-From-Military-Veteran-Client#ixzz3cWffwkZg

Thursday, May 21, 2015

FBI CHARGES CT ATTORNEY WITH STEALING $1.8 MILLION FROM HIS CLIENT'S ESTATE!

The following information appeared on the FBI website:
Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PETER M. CLARK, 57, of Woodbury, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with stealing more than $1.8 million from the estate of an Oxford woman who died in 2010.
According to the criminal complaint, Miriam S. Strong of Oxford died on July 2, 2010. At the time of her death, Strong had a will, which left money, property and other items to a list of individuals, the Town of Oxford, the State of Connecticut, and several religious and other charitable entities. The will also called for the creation of a scholarship fund for college-bound students from Oxford. CLARK drafted the will as Strong’s attorney and served as a witness to Strong’s execution of the will. The will named CLARK and another individual as co-executors. The investigation has revealed that, during the course of the administration of the will, CLARK took at least $1.8 million from Strong’s estate for his own use.
The complaint charges CLARK with one count of mail fraud, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years.
CLARK was arrested this morning at his residence. He appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah A.L. Merriam in New Haven and will be released after he posts a $500,000 bond that will be co-signed by family members.
U.S. Attorney Daly stressed that a complaint is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. Charges are only allegations, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
This matter is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Connecticut State Police—Western District Major Crime Squad. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah P. Karwan.
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http://www.fbi.gov/newhaven/press-releases/2015/attorney-charged-with-stealing-1.8-million-from-oxford-womans-estate?utm_campaign=email-Immediate&utm_medium=email&utm_source=new-haven-press-releases&utm_content=431993

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

NOT ONLY CAN GAL'S AND AMC'S COMMIT CRIMES, REGULAR ATTORNEYS CAN TOO: SEE 2013 CASE SIMMS V. SEAMAN!

According to the Insurance Journal:

"The state Supreme Court has ruled in an ex-NFL player’s case that Connecticut lawyers can’t be sued for fraud for their conduct in court cases because of a centuries-old legal doctrine.

The court’s 5-1 decision came in the case of Bob Simms of Greenwich, who played for the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers in the early 1960s and founded the investment firm Simms Capital Management Inc. in 1984..."


For more on this article, please click on the link below:


http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2013/05/21/292839.htm

Sunday, February 15, 2015

MR. MICHAEL NOWACKI RESPONDS TO CT LAW TRIBUNE PUBLICATION OF INACCURATE OP-ED BY ATTORNEY NORM PATTIS!


Dear Editor:

The “opinion piece” filed on February 11, 2015 by Attorney Norm Pattis on the Connecticut Law Tribune website contained substantial errors, misrepresentations and “misrememberances” in the article entitled:  “Despite Allegations, Family Courts Aren’t Corrupt.”

There was no apology which was posted by the editorial staff of the Connecticut Law Tribune for posting in paragraph three erroneous information in the original story issued by Attorney Pattis, who was immediately contacted by phone, email and his Twitter account to correct these “misrepresentations and misremembrances” of testimony by “disgruntled litigants” at the confirmation hearings on January 23, 2015 involving Judge Stephen Frazzini.

Inasmuch as the transcripts of the public hearings on January 23, 2015 are now posted on the judiciary committee’s webpage which validate there was no “testimony by disgruntled parents” as Attorney Pattis originally reported.

While the CLT staff didn’t post a “corrected information” on line until late in the afternoon, on February 12, 2015, there was no recognition by the CLT editors and management contacted on Friday, February 13, 2015 that the article by Attorney Pattis was a clear violation of Rule 3.6 (a) of the Connecticut Rules of Professional Conduct.

Despite the management of ALM being contacted about these concerns seeking the withdrawal of the article both on line and in the print edition of the Connecticut Law Tribune, Paul Sussman, the editor of the Connecticut Law Tribune confirmed by telephone on February 15, 2015 that the CLT on line and print version would contain this story.

Rule 3.6 (a) concerns the subject of Trial Publicity:

“A lawyer who is participating or has participated in the investigation or litigation of a matter shall not make an extrajudicial statement that the lawyer knows or reasonably should know will be disseminated by means of public communication and will have a substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing an adjudicative proceeding in the matter.”

So, inasmuch as Attorney Pattis has used his editorial epee to inappropriately comment on a Judge’s confirmation hearing in attempts to interfere with prejudicing an adjudicative proceeding in which Judge Frazzini was participating, Attorney Pattis appears to be “impervious” to his own responsibilities to self enforce the Rules of Professional Conduct.

Statewide Bar Counsel’s Attorney Michael Bowler, and senior judiciary officials, including external affairs director Melissa Farley, Chief Administrative Judge Patrick Carroll and Deputy Chief Administrative Judge Elliot Solomon refused to intervene upon my request to seek the removal of the article in both the on line and print editions when contacted on February 15, 2015.

So, the issue of “public corruption” is demonstrated when lawyers protect lawyers when misconduct is alleged, judges protect lawyers when misconduct is alleged, and no one is willing to step forward who has the duty and authority to protect the “public interest in the integrity of the judiciary system”.

Cordially,

Michael Nowacki

319 Lost District Drive

New Canaan, CT  06840

(203) 273-4296

Sunday, November 23, 2014

UCONN PROFESSOR AND ATTORNEY RON MURPHY CAUGHT SOLICITING PROSTITUTES!

FOX CONNECT REPORTS,

SOUTHINGTON–The Southington Police Department arrested six men on Friday, Nov. 14 after an undercover prostitution operation that was planned after numerous reports of prostitutes actively working at several motels in the area.

An officer posed as a prostitute and responded to numerous requests for sexual activity in exchange for money. The officer arranged to meet at a local motel room, and the suspects who showed up were arrested and charged with patronizing a prostitute.
The six men who were arrested include Lukasz Kaziul, 31, of Southington; Paolo Mazzicato, 40, of Avon; Ronald Murphy, 56, of Farmington; Paul Tommasino, 54, of Meriden; Dana Layton, 59, of Union City, California; and David Tonseth, 58, of Marlborough, New Hampshire.

Ronald Murphy was also charged with interfering with a police officer. Murphy is a prominent trial lawyer who is bar certified in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

http://foxct.com/2014/11/17/uconn-law-professor-and-lawyer-arrested-in-prostitution-sting/

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

ATTORNEY IRA MAYO AGAIN IN HOT WATER FOR SOLICITING SEX FROM FEMALE CLIENTS!

Esteban L. Hernandez of the "Register Citizen" reports as follows:

"The state has filed a motion to disbar a Torrington attorney after he allegedly violated an agreement prohibiting him from representing women just weeks after the deal was struck in July.


The latest allegations of misconduct against Ira S. Mayo resulted in a July deal which would have suspended him for four months in the fall to avoid disbarrment. However, the state claims Mayo has already violated the terms of that agreement.


According to court documents filed Aug. 6 by state disciplinary counsel Desi Imetovski, Mayo is scheduled to appear at Middlesex Superior Court in Middletown Sept. 8 for allegedly violating an agreement between Mayo and his attorney Randolph Richardson that prohibited him from representing women."

Apparently, some of these women were referred to Attorney Mayo by the Susan B. Anthony Center which should alert women to be cautious about such referrals.

For more information on this article, please click on the link below:

Sunday, September 14, 2014

CT LAW TRIBUNE ARTICLE ON WIFE BEATER ATTORNEY J. MICHAEL FARREN!

Kerry Sherck, a journalist with the CT Law Tribune reported as follows:

"Former White House lawyer J. Michael Farren could convincingly "assert appellate rights and make appellate arguments," a Superior Court judge said. But he couldn't muster the three words the judge wanted to hear: "I am sorry."

And so, more than four years after Farren brutally attacked his then-wife with a flashlight in their New Canaan home, and moments after he addressed the court without issuing an apology, Farren was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Sept. 11. He had been convicted of attempted murder in July.

Justice Richard Comerford took note of Farren's apparent lack of contrition as he issued the sentence. "I never heard him say I'm sorry," the judge said. "Not, 'I'm sorry to this woman,' not, 'I'm sorry to my children.' That is bizarre and rather tragic and speaks volumes to me about what type of individual we're dealing with."

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