Thursday, July 3, 2008

Attorney Ordered to Repay

Attorney Emani Taylor apparently was hoping to get $853,000 for three years of work as a guardian for a former New York judge.

Instead, the New York lawyer got a lecture on legal ethics from Acting Supreme Court Justice Michael Ambrosio and a $403,000 surcharge for improper payments she had earlier made to herself from selling real estate owned by former Civil Court Judge John Phillips.

About half of the $403,000 involved a $197,000 payment that Taylor admittedly made to herself while serving as Phillips' guardian from nearly $700,000 in proceeds from the sale of real estate owned by Philips.

Taylor was also ordered to repay a $52,000 brokerage commission that she paid herself in the sale of the property that brought in the $700,000, as well as another $120,000 that she spent repairing a different Phillips property.

Full Article and Source:
No $853K Guardian Payday for N.Y. Lawyer; Also Hit With $403K Surcharge

Taylor was suspended late last year from the practice of law by the Appellate Division, 1st Department

See also:
The Kung-Fu Judge

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The Judge John Phillips case gave guardianship a new dimension. Who would dreamed it would happen to a judge? a JUDGE!

The real irony is the guardians stole from Judge Phillips while public scrutiny was at its highest. Judge Phillips was all over the news and yet the guardians just couldn't help themselves from lining their pockets.

And now Judge Phillips lies in peace -- his only path to freedom was his death.