Posted on 10/06/2005 10:22:32 AM PDT by SirLinksalot
Erxleben was punter in the NFL and Jerome's little smear job of a Christian lady is beyond contempt.
This is a problem - all other idealogical considerations aside, I would never support a Democrat SC pick for this reason alone, why should I support a Republican pick under the same circumstances?
Off topic, but in cases like this it's not about the money. Someone who steals millions in a ponzi scheme or fraud is only stealing money. Someone who robs a person of a few hundred bucks and gets a long sentence is usually doing so at knife or gun point. That's what brings the long sentence, not the amount of money.
This whole process is beginning to resemble a knife-dropping contest.
I am not EXCUSING illegal behavior but the folks that embezzle millions of dollars don't usually use bodily harm or the threat thereof during the commission of a crime. Person to Person robberies are almost always violent.
These type of Ponzi schemes involving currency, mobile billboards, pay telephones, etc. prey upon, and have had a devastating effect on, the elderly and their retirement accounts.
I do not know ANY of the circumstances relating to the allegations contained herein. However, this is a potential red flag and I hope that Ms. Miers is questioned under oath regarding it. She may have to assert attorney-client privilege regarding such, but this is a matter which should not be overlooked in a knee jerk reaction against those damn "plaintiffs" lawyers.
When your mom loses half or more of her savings because of some slick salesman leading her in prayer just before leading her to her checkbook, you'll be calling one.
These type of Ponzi schemes involving currency, mobile billboards, pay telephones, etc. prey upon, and have had a devastating effect on, the elderly and their retirement accounts.
I do not know ANY of the circumstances relating to the allegations contained herein. However, this is a potential red flag and I hope that Ms. Miers is questioned under oath regarding it. She may have to assert attorney-client privilege regarding such, but this is a matter which should not be overlooked in a knee jerk reaction against those damn "plaintiffs" lawyers.
When your mom loses half or more of her savings because of some slick salesman leading her in prayer just before leading her to her checkbook, you'll be calling one.
While I agree with your thesis, the problem is the magnitude. One would think that a case involving that much money would be quite visible to a managing partner in the firm, perhaps requiring signature authority.
Thanks for your fairness.
Incoming.
It will be interesting to see "who" takes the bait.
Not if all the lawyer in question is doing is writing a few memos. No reason why the firm would even be aware the memos were being written.
I wonder if Joe Farah vetted this............LOL.
Comment: A freaking disgraceful article.
Thought: Corsi should be ashamed of himself.
Rebuttal: There is nothing to rebut, he attempts to slime the lady through association and provides none, nada, zip evidence of Miers complicity.
Don't wait for the facts.
Follow Farah down the rabbit hole.
The defendant had to pay 28 million in restitution, and the firm agreed to pay 22 million, all for a 33 million dollar fraud -- so shouldn't that have pretty much meant that no investor would be "out of their life savings?" from this? Shouldn't that 50 million been enough to cover the 33 million invested?
What am I missing here?
Howlin:
I appreciate your humor regarding Mr. Farah, but securities fraud, whether perpetrated by a broker-dealer, individual registered reperesnetative, registered investment advisor, or your run of the mill insurance agent, is an extremely serious problem in this country which occurs substantially under the radar, and in many instances, goes either unpunished, or substantially undercompensated under our self-regulatory securities system.
For me, it is morally reprehensible as someone going into your house while you are away and stealing everything valuable to you, and then making your retirement years, a time in which you and your spouse have worked hard, believing in the American dream, an empty shell of what might have been, leading many a good, trusting person, to living a squalid existence during their last days on this earth.
This type of activity is no laughing matter, and Ms. Mier's involvement, if any, in her firm's relationship to this former football's business should be put under the microscope.
As far as the firm entering into a $22 million settlement, this is what I posted in the earlier thread:
This is a pretty large settlement, but it is likely most of the money came from the firm's malpractice carrier. The simple fact of life is that when a firm's client loses (or steals) money he has raised from third party investors, often the only way for those investors to get anything back is to sue the law firm and/or the accounting firm. These are usually the only "deep pockets" around. Resolving such suits is considered, to some extent, a cost of doing business.
Interestingly, a large legal malpractice insurance company reported in 2004 that a study of legal malpractice awards and settlements in excess of $20 million showed there were 32 such cases, of which 26 involved a dishonest client of the firm who had raised investment money from third parties.
I prefer to wait for the facts from an UNBIASED source -- you know, somebody who doesn't actively disparage Bush a every turn.
This might provide the easy out for all parties. It is certainly more devastating than talking about a coke can and a pubic hair.
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