Litigation involving the physical abuse of an elder is a complicated but rewarding area of practice. Families will be contacting you after something terrible has happened to their loved one. Whether they express it or not, these families are filled with remorse over choosing the wrong health care facility or failing to recognize what…

Dan Morain: fraud victims fund is a travesty

Nurse pleads no contest to elder abuse, possession
Article: Redmond Files Class Action Against The Terraces of Roseville Over Nurse Delp’s Stealing Medications.

Lawyer files 503 claims for wronged seniors
Article: Sacramento attorney Mark Redmond pushed piles of paperwork across the counter at the Secretary of State’s office May 14 in what could be the last hope for 503 seniors to get back the $7.5 million they paid former…

Walker resigns, creditors see two paths to recourse
Article: The State Bar is shaping up as one recourse left to hundreds – if not thousands – of clients who claim Walker never did the legal work they paid for.

Reversals of fortune The next financial fiasco? It could be reverse mortgages
Article: Use of the loans is exploding as lenders-who shoulder almost no risks-push them to the growing ranks of retired baby boomers, especially for spending on vacations, new cars,…

Seniors, advocates fume over attorney’s bankruptcy
Article: There’s a bigger problem than Walker going into bankruptcy and discharging debts, said Steven Riess, a San Francisco attorney who has filed several lawsuits against Walker and his company. It’s a failure of the system to deal with this kind…

State’s watching senior consultants: Clients falling prey to scare tactics for unneeded services Read more: State’s watching senior consultants – Sacramento Business Journal:
Article: A four-year state investigation of a…