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.