Denver probate lawyer Susan Haines has lost her license to practice for taking $70,000 from a client's estate and then lying under oath about it. The Colorado Supreme Court upheld Haines' disbarment and ordered her to pay back $65,000.
"Haines by deceit and fraud seized the opportunity to pay herself a large amount of money without her client's authorization," the court ruled.
The court said it agreed with a hearing board finding that "Haines engaged in a course of conduct that constituted knowing misappropriation of estate funds and lied under oath in the hearing board's proceeding."
Haines was involved as a lawyer or guardian ad litem in several of the cases the Rocky Mountain News wrote about in its 2001 series, The Probate Pit, which examined questionable practices by court-appointed guardians, conservators and lawyers that drain estates of the elderly.
Source: Denver probate lawyer loses license
Gordon Wolfe charged an elderly woman $28,949 for 22 months of service, fees that another court appointee considered excessive, as mentioned in The Probate Pit
Gordon Wolfe is registered with Center for Guardianship Certification
"Haines by deceit and fraud seized the opportunity to pay herself a large amount of money without her client's authorization," the court ruled.
The court said it agreed with a hearing board finding that "Haines engaged in a course of conduct that constituted knowing misappropriation of estate funds and lied under oath in the hearing board's proceeding."
Haines was involved as a lawyer or guardian ad litem in several of the cases the Rocky Mountain News wrote about in its 2001 series, The Probate Pit, which examined questionable practices by court-appointed guardians, conservators and lawyers that drain estates of the elderly.
Source: Denver probate lawyer loses license
Gordon Wolfe charged an elderly woman $28,949 for 22 months of service, fees that another court appointee considered excessive, as mentioned in The Probate Pit
Gordon Wolfe is registered with Center for Guardianship Certification
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