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Nassau prosecutors said Bret Votano, who has been disbarred, stole the funds from escrow accounts during real estate transactions he handled through his company, Votano Law Group, PLLC,  from 2016 to 2019.

Schenectady lawyer Paul DeLorenzo, former candidate for Assembly, suspended over alleged misuse of firms money

When Credibility Matters

Littler Mendelson has obtained a protective order shielding sensitive information after accusing a “disgruntled” associate of uploading more than 7,900 documents to an external Dropbox in February.

Rare is the client who looks to litigators, alternative dispute resolution specialists or even corporate counsel as the “go to” persons for providing services that will prevent disputes. Most attorneys serve their clients by representing them in disputes that are already or soon to be underway, with a focus on billable negotiation, mediation, arbitration or litigation representation. When it comes to employee and manager education, skills training and systemic dispute prevention, business le...

A former New Jersey lawyer was sentenced to prison for stealing more than half a million dollars in settlement funds from two dozen of his clients in Brooklyn...

A former New Jersey lawyer was sentenced to prison for stealing more than half a million dollars in settlement funds from two dozen of his clients in Brooklyn...

Raleigh Douglas Herbert, 61, was sentenced Wednesday in Brooklyn Supreme Court, after pleading guilty to embezzling the cash from two dozen different clients and stealing about $96,000 by filing bogus loan applications through the COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program.

A 61-year-old Chatham man is facing one to three years in prison after pleading guilty to grand larceny

A disgraced lawyer has been sentenced to up to three years in prison after he stole money from more than two dozen clients in Kings County and fraudulently claimed pandemic-related relief funding.