Attorney turns on clients

by | Sep 21, 2019 | Uncategorized

By Robert AnglenThe Republic | azcentral.comSat May 4, 2013 2:14 PM The biggest opponent facing two Arizona businessmen on trial last month for tax evasion was not the federal prosecutor. It was their lawyer, the government’s star witness in the case against them....

Ms. Anderson, a married woman seeking divorce, was the custodial parent for both her biological daughter and her step-daughter

by | Jan 27, 2019 | Major Cases

Ms. Anderson, a married woman seeking divorce, was the custodial parent for both her biological daughter and her step-daughter (her husband had a child from a prior relationship).  Her divorce attorney, while still representing her, entered into a partnership with her husband’s divorce attorney.  He never informed Ms. Anderson he was working with her husband’s lawyer while simultaneously handling her case and, unsurprisingly, obtained a very bad result in her divorce.  Jurisdiction: Denton County, TX.

Melvin Meyer, a buttoned-down lawyer from downtown firm Bayko, Gibson, Carnegie, Hagan, Schoonmaker & Meyer, LLP, sued Melissa Brown, a former topless dancer, claiming she had taken property from him and defamed him.

by | Jan 27, 2019 | Major Cases

Melvin Meyer, a buttoned-down lawyer from downtown firm Bayko, Gibson, Carnegie, Hagan, Schoonmaker & Meyer, LLP, sued Melissa Brown, a former topless dancer, claiming she had taken property from him and defamed him. Meyer had given Brown his firm’s laptop computer (without the firm’s knowledge). He wanted the laptop back because it contained client information. The firm’s clients included Halliburton and Crown Petroleum, among others. (Melvin Michael Meyer v. Melissa Brown) Jurisdiction: Houston, TX. (Melvin Michael Meyer v. Melissa Brown).