N.H. Lawyer Who Sought ‘Out-of-Court’ Settlements Convicted of Extortion

March 24, 2008

  • March 24, 2008 at 11:14 am
    lastbat says:
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    This is hilarious. I’m sure his alma mater is proud. They may wish to beef up the curriculum in their settlement courses.

  • March 24, 2008 at 1:56 am
    Patriot says:
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    Too bad. Wonder what law school he went to. It sure didnt take the hombre long to go for the gold.
    ha ha ha …what an idiot!

  • March 24, 2008 at 2:06 am
    Anguish on top of anguish says:
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    Mental anguish because he was getting charged LESS? How protected of a life has this guy had? Rather than sentence him to jail, sentence to a year’s worth of community service somewhere like Haiti, where people are eating dirt to survive and don’t have money for haircuts.

  • March 24, 2008 at 2:09 am
    Court Jester says:
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    As a newbie with no connections they probably offered him up as sacrifice to show how tough they are in regulating lawyers.

  • March 24, 2008 at 2:42 am
    Casual Observer says:
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    Agree. The citizens of N. Hampshire spent money to prosecute a clueless rookie for what? stupidity? He should have been slammed by the State Bar on professionalism and ethics violations but criminal charges on this case simply reflects that the local District Attorney has way too much free time.

  • March 24, 2008 at 3:12 am
    X says:
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    This guy is a crook. He tried this with two Dover bars as well over “ladies night” drink specials. His parents must be proud.

  • March 24, 2008 at 3:44 am
    The Fine's too low! says:
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    Don’t know how much he collected in extorsion money, but five times the collected amount (or $10,000 whichever is greater) seems more appropriate for this newly minted slime ball.

  • March 25, 2008 at 9:12 am
    BC says:
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    If it was an insurance agent we would lose our license. This should be an automatic disbaring and then send him to Hati

  • March 29, 2008 at 10:10 am
    Scammed says:
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    An employee misapproriated nearly $40,000 from my insurance agency within 36 months. Took the CASH MONEY from customers, printed Electronic receipts issued to the Insurance Companies, but never including the payments on our Bank Deposit Slips. The Companies withdrew the payments from our bank account. During this period of time the employee had purchase a house. I confronted the employee, who then left the agency. I sent several Certified Letters requesting restitution. Not wanting to embroil ourselves in the legal system I requested from the employee to pay what was taken or sign over Title to a property the employee owned. I was told that this might be categorized as Compounding a Crime or Extortion. This made me sick to my stomach…the fact that the Victim can be stomped while on the ground by the legal system! So I turned it over to the DA who did not give an opinion of my certified letters but advised me that cash thefts are very hard to prosecute. You see, the employee had authority to handle the money and so it is not considered a Theft but a variant of it. Go figure. Still no resolution. I let go of the agency. I know that this is different from the attorney seeking money from a business under the guise of discrimination, but since it involves extortion it just brought a painful replay of what occurred to me and hope that others learn from this.

  • March 29, 2008 at 11:09 am
    lastbat says:
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    I hope they get the b*stard for you. The betrayal involved cuts deep. I can’t imagine how I would handle it.

    And it does suck that the law won’t less us settle these things ourselves and it takes so long for the process to work.

    Good luck.



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