A lawyer who has refused to account for his use of a deceased person's money agreed to pay back $63,075 missing from the estate.
John F. Pawloski is "very upset about what happened, and contrite," his attorney, Jim Williams said. Pawloski did not appear with Williams in court, and when reached by phone, he declined to comment.
Pawloski was administrator of the estate when the money went missing. Williams would not say what Pawloski did with the missing money.
Another Pawloski attorney, Van-Lear Eckert, has said that accounting for the use of the funds in that case, one other estate case, and a guardianship case would violate Pawloski's Fifth Amendment right to not incriminate himself. He has appealed a judge's demand that he do so anyway.
The appeal is pending in the 5th District Appellate Court in Mount Vernon.
Williams said Pawloski has entered a repayment program for the $63,075, but he would not say how long he has to pay back the money.
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Lawyer repays $63,075 to estate of deceased man
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Lawyer Appeals Judge's Demand
Ten Days to Produce Documents
John Pawloski Case
John F. Pawloski is "very upset about what happened, and contrite," his attorney, Jim Williams said. Pawloski did not appear with Williams in court, and when reached by phone, he declined to comment.
Pawloski was administrator of the estate when the money went missing. Williams would not say what Pawloski did with the missing money.
Another Pawloski attorney, Van-Lear Eckert, has said that accounting for the use of the funds in that case, one other estate case, and a guardianship case would violate Pawloski's Fifth Amendment right to not incriminate himself. He has appealed a judge's demand that he do so anyway.
The appeal is pending in the 5th District Appellate Court in Mount Vernon.
Williams said Pawloski has entered a repayment program for the $63,075, but he would not say how long he has to pay back the money.
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Lawyer repays $63,075 to estate of deceased man
See also:
Lawyer Appeals Judge's Demand
Ten Days to Produce Documents
John Pawloski Case
"Williams said Pawloski has entered a repayment program for the $63,075, but he would not say how long he has to pay back the money."
ReplyDeleteReally? Could this re-payment plan go on for 10 years? 20 years?
Refuses to account to avoid violating his Fifth Amendment rights?
ReplyDeleteBoy, I can't wait to see that decision!
Pawlowski is upset he got caught and now he's probably really upset that he has to repay.
ReplyDeleteIrregardless of Pawloski's "agreement" to repay the money, let's get to the bottom of it --- let's see the accountings and determine just how much he stole.
And then prosecute him.
Another Pawloski attorney, "Van-Lear Eckert, has said that accounting for the use of the funds in that case, one other estate case, and a guardianship case would violate Pawloski's Fifth Amendment right to not incriminate himself. He has appealed a judge's demand that he do so anyway."
ReplyDeleteWhat about the rights of is 'ward' and family? Why isn't this THIEF in Jail?
Fraud and Larcency are felonys for everybody else, why not Attorney/Guardians? Too much 'protection' is being provided Attorneys via their crony Attorney/Judges and their crony Attorney/Legislators. Time to reimplement a FIREWALL between the Government's Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches!
In return for his "agreement", I bet he's looking for a little hand slap and then he'll go back to business as usual.
ReplyDeleteAnd there's a good chance that's what he'll get. Lawyers protect their own.
Loop of crooks bending over for their own.
ReplyDeleteIf this were you or me, we would be in deeeeep trouble but oh, it's a lawyer who is a crook who got caught, so he gets special treatment.
This is a case of actions speaking louder than words. He doesn't want to produce the accountings because they incriminate him. Well, what does agreeing to repay the estate do? Think anybody thinks he's doing that out of the goodness of his heart?
ReplyDeleteNope -- this guy is heartless!
I don't care if he pays back the estate every penny, plus interest.
ReplyDeleteHe needs to go to jail as an example to all greedy lawyers who have their client's trust and betray it.
Pawloski is a coward. Stand up - admit you're a thief and a predator, then throw yourself on the mercy of the court.
ReplyDeleteOf course the court has no mercy, but then again, neither do you.
Does he have cash on hand to repay with? Or is he counting on continuing to practice as a lawyer?
ReplyDeleteI, for one, hope he's locked up for a good long while - with no source to pay back from.
Wait -- they can sell his house and his possessions...take everything he has and then throw him in jail. And then when he finally gets to see the sun again, they can continue to take his earnings for the rest of his sorry life.
I think this crook should fall on his sword giving society a gift
ReplyDeleteThis Pawloski case is getting weirder by the minute. It's almost a soap opera.
ReplyDeleteBet if he weren't a lawyer, he'd have those accountings in, and the next day, he'd be on trial.
He agreed? Who asked him to repay? The court?
ReplyDeleteWhy wasn't he just ordered to repay?
Wait, I know the answer. He doesn't follow orders because he doesn't have to.