PLYMOUTH Civil and criminal jury trials are set to begin again this week after a months-long pause dating back to March, at the beginning of the pandemic crisis.
Trials will be limited to nine courthouses across the state, including the combined district and superior court building in Plymouth, and consist of smaller, six-member juries. The courthouses, chosen for ventilation and spacing reasons, will hold civil and criminal trials with relatively minor charges to start out, as laid out in a plan from the Trial Court s Jury Management Advisory Committee over the summer.
Courts have implemented safety protocols and distancing measures to try and cut down on health risks amid the pandemic. Monday starts Trial Courts Phase One of jury trial resumption and is expected to last about two months, depending on health conditions.
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A Dennis lawyer, and former Truro town attorney, who had his license to practice suspended for his involvement in a scheme to wring as much money out of a dying client as possible was reinstated to the bar last month.
Jamie Veara was barred from practicing law in 2018 after he, along with fellow attorney Gerald Nissenbaum, charged the estate of Kenneth Simon Sr. half a million dollars as the Harwich Port financial manager lay dying in a nursing home in 2005.
Veara was appointed to be Simon’s guardian and racked up more than $500,000 in a mere 83 days at what the Board of Bar Overseers said were clearly excessive rates. The board said the fees were 33% higher than Veara’s normal fees, despite him having no experience in that area of the law.
A Dennis lawyer who had his license to practice suspended for his involvement in a scheme to wring as much money out of a dying client as possible was reinstated to the bar last month.
Jamie Veara was barred from practicing law in 2018 after he, along with fellow attorney Gerald Nissenbaum, charged the estate of Kenneth Simon Sr. half a million dollars as the Harwich Port financial manager lay dying in a nursing home in 2005.
Veara was appointed to be Simon’s guardian and racked up more than $500,000 in a mere 83 days at what the Board of Bar Overseers said were clearly excessive rates. The board said the fees were 33% higher than Veara’s normal fees, despite him having no experience in that area of the law.