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Disbarred Attorney Pleads Guilty to Guardian Account Thefts

New York Law Journal

A former Brooklyn, N.Y., lawyer has pleaded guilty to fleecing millions of dollars from guardianship accounts he oversaw for incapacitated seniors and children. Steven T. Rondos and his law firm, Raia & Rondos, were indicted in January on money laundering and grand larceny charges for stealing more than $4 million. On Wednesday, Rondos pleaded guilty to all 19 counts of the indictment, according to his lawyer.

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Judge Sanctions Firm That Sued Adversary in Sexual Discrimination Suit

New York Law Journal

A bitter battle involving photographs of a topless woman, and charges of sexual discrimination and extortion, took a new turn Wednesday when a New York judge sanctioned a lawyer for bringing what he called a harassing lawsuit against his adversary. After attorney Douglas H. Wigdor allegedly refused to return racy images of Sandra Piedrabuena Abrams unless his clients were paid $2.5 million to settle claims of harassment, Abrams' lawyer sued Wigdor and his firm, calling the demand "nothing short of blackmail."

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Disbarred Lawyer Again Faces Charges of Possessing Forged Signature of Judge

New York Law Journal

A disbarred New York lawyer has been charged with possessing the forged signature of a judge on a faked court order as part of an attempt to keep $35,000 of a client's funds. Bryan J. Holzberg was arraigned on one count of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument -- marking at least the third time he has faced such charges. He was sentenced to probation and disbarred after pleading guilty to possessing a forged instrument in 2008, and then charged in August with giving a client a fabricated court order.

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Legal Malpractice Suit Dismissed Under N.J. Entire Controversy Doctrine

New Jersey Law Journal

Pro se litigants are not entitled to greater rights than those with lawyers, a New Jersey appeals court said this week in affirming dismissal of a legal malpractice case under the state's entire controversy doctrine. The judges found that the claims raised in the instant case by the plaintiff -- who sued his lawyer three times, two of them pro se in a small claims action and probate action -- "were well within the penumbra of the factual matrix that was litigated to a conclusion" in a probate case in 2006.

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'Slayer Statute' Doesn't Bar Lawyers From Keeping Fees Paid by Executrix, Judges Rule

Fulton County Daily Report

Georgia's defense bar has welcomed a state Supreme Court decision confirming that legal fees paid to two attorneys by an estate's executor prior to her subsequent guilty plea for her husband's murder could not be clawed back to the estate. The court ruled that Georgia's "slayer statute," which forbids a murderer from profiting from the death of his or her victim, could not be used to bar access to the deceased's assets until there has been a guilty plea, conviction or other "clear and convincing evidence in any judicial proceeding."

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