NYC Lawyer Suspended For Alleged Mismanagement Of Retired Judge's Estate

In Brooklyn, New York, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports:

• The allegations of fraud that have swirled around the handling of a retired judge’s once-vast real estate empire have finally taken solid form after a blockbuster decision by a Manhattan disciplinary committee leveled serious charges against a lawyer long at the center of the controversy. The attorney disciplinary body of the Appellate Division, First Department, recently rendered a decision condemning the handling of retired judge John Phillips’ assets by court-appointed attorney Emani P. Taylor. The former property guardian was charged with mismanagement of close to three-quarters of a million dollars in cash and real estate during her two-plus year tenure as property guardian. In the Dec. 27, 2007, decision by investigators looking into the case ordered Taylor, “be suspended from the practice of law, effective immediately.”

For more, see Disciplinary Committee Suspends Attorney (Retired Judge’s Former Property Guardian Charged With Improper Handling of Estate Funds).

See also, Judge’s Guardian Suspended For Handling Of Money (North Country Gazette).

For the New York Appellate Court ruling on this case, see In the Matter of Emani P. Taylor, (Supreme Court Appellate Division, 1st Department, December 27, 2007).

For an earlier post on this story, see Retired NY Judge Reportedly Left Homeless & Broke By Guardianship Process.

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