Current And Former Personal Injury Lawyer both charged with Embezzlement

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

The long time 21 month investigation brought charges this Thursday against a Tulsa personal injury lawyer and another former lawyer on the allegations that they embezzled over $1.1 million from their clients.

In a stunning news release that comes out from the office of Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson, William J. Anton and Fred M. Schraeder are accused in a scheme of racketeering, conspiracy and multiple counts of embezzlement, forgery and also workers’ compensation fraud.

Schraeder who is currently 59, is also current Tulsa attorney and Anton who is 59, is ex or former lawyer who gave his law license back in 2007, but continued to practice the law. The two men are accused of embezzling $1,169,514.18 from their own clients personal injury funds and life insurance settlements and other benefits and various claims.

What is most interesting about the story is when a source said “The majority of the funds Anton and Schraeder are accused of stealing were intended to benefit Oklahomans who had been injured, whether on the job or in some type of accident”.

The detailed investigation of these personal injury lawyers conducted by the police department has uncovered that both defendants have paid their own personal expenses by using clients money. They
also point out that a discovery was made in a connection with Anton making a large number of ATM withdrawals, some ATM machines being located at casinos.

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New Ad ban will try to target most of the Personal Injury Lawyers

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

The Personal Injury Lawyers and law firms, sometimes known as also the ”ambulance chasers” of the legal practice profession, are trying to use a variety of big tricks to try and exploit new loopholes found in the laws banning them from trying to advertise their services to individuals.

The NSW government body, which has also had very distinct and mixed results in preventing them from doing this, will try to increase the pressure on their new campaign that is starting this week by tying to send national advertising ban on all the law firms that try to do this.

As of the year 2005 new restrictions were introduced in NSW, with some law firms trying to use devices such as new disclaimers and also various new pop-up screens that show up on their websites to try and get around these existing regulations.

The main NSW Attorney-General, John Hatzistergos, says the practices are ”predatory. Mr Hatzistergos will have a meeting with the nation’s attorney general in Australia Sydney to follow up on his outline and try to ban these kind of practices across the country.

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Do you Understand Personal Injury Law?

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

Contrary to popular belief, many U.S. citizens do not understand the benefits that they could claim if they will contact an injury lawyer. Some people also prefer to keep silent when encountering a personal injury because they don’t want to expose it to public’s view.

Be forewarned however, that personal injuries do not necessarily equate to a money claim. Good personal injury lawyers don’t just take-on any personal injury case. The prospective clients need to have a credible story – this means that they must not attempt to manipulate the facts or express unreasonable expectations.

Personal injury lawyers can help you gain compensation for endurance of suffering and pain, doctor’s bills or other related medical expenses (such as home care), and lost time from work. In addition, these lawyers can help you decide whether the case consists of either tort (wrongful act done willfully) or negligence.

An example of tort is when an electrical apprentice was asked by the supervisor to scavenge a repair part in a locked-off power station, knowing that it’s a very dangerous place. An example of negligence is when a tractor was left without enforcing the proper brakes, and side-swiped a car passing by.

Typical injuries are sustained in car accidents or on-the-job accidents. But a personal injury case may also deal with construction defect, product liability, or price fixing.

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