And now from Arizona! Apparently Probate courts in Maricopa county there seem to have all the same issues and problems as Probate here!

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Dear Readers:

Please see the link below and it appears that Attorney Grant Goodman has the same issues that attorneys are seeing hundreds of miles away in a cooler climate.

Arizona’s Maricopa County suffers from probate pillage and no due process either

So many of the quotes in this article, which btw is from ABC news who ran a series on probate, centers around the same issues in Cook County Probate–unconsitutional processes, dissipating/liquidating significant chunks of large estates.

 

I wonder if all this is a problem from time immemorial.

JoAnne

3 thoughts on “And now from Arizona! Apparently Probate courts in Maricopa county there seem to have all the same issues and problems as Probate here!”

    • the Rothner letter was published on June 12, 2013.
      here it is again below:

      From Eric Rothman via Counsel Ashman–he wants a retraction:
      Posted on June 12, 2013

      So, let’s tell the entire story and YOU, the READER can be the judge:

      First his cease and desist letter (and pay attention, CF, this guy did it right, only problem is his client doesn’t have a good enough reputation to get any damages and the “true” articles on his behavior are worse–Google doesn’t lie).

      ASHMAN & STEIN
      ATTORNEYS AT LAW
      150 NORTH WACKER DRIVE
      SUITE 3000
      CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606
      June 11,2013
      via USPS and email
      joanne@denisonlaw.com.
      Ms. Joanne Denison
      Denison Law
      1512 N. Fremont Street, Suite 202
      Chicago, II 60642
      Re: Libelous Statements contained in blog posts
      Dear Mr. Ditkowsky and Ms. Denison:
      TELEPHONE
      (312) 782-3484
      FACSIMILE
      (312) 782-4279
      Please be advised that we represent Mr. Eric Rothner in connection with his claims
      against you respecting the statements contained in the blogMaryG.Sykes.com., which is held out to the public as an “attorney blog fighting for the rights to free speech, integrity, honesty” and other rights.
      We have leamedofstatements posted on the blog on or about March 17,2012. Under
      the headline of “How the nursing home industry bilks the State of Illinois millions per year,
      billions per decade,” Ken Ditkowsky asserts that “I also know that the Fed hauled … Mr.
      Rothner before a grand jury” for alleged overcharging. Your choice of words, moreover,
      is particularly calculated to smear and cast Mr. Rothner in a false light. The notion that Mr.
      Rothner was “hauled” to a grand jury conjures the picture ofhim being placed in custody and transported to the bar of justice.
      This statement is false. Mr. Rothner has never appeared before any grand jury,
      voluntarily or involuntarily, for any reason, at any time. You had actual knowledge that your
      statements to the contrary are false, or you published same with reckless disregard of the
      truth.
      Mr. Kenneth Ditkowsky
      Ms. Joanne Denison
      June 11,2013
      Page 2
      This falsehood, intentionally or recklessly published and disseminated to a wide
      audience, and calculated to injure Mr. Rothner’s reputation and business practices,
      constitutes libel per se. Your tacked-on legal disclaimer does not immunize either of you. The fact that you post (in little-seen boilerplate, many pages after the screaming headline and false accusation) that no one has been arrested or convicted of a crime does not give you license to publicly disseminate falsehoods about an individual’s business practices or reputation.
      Your so-called dedication to “integrity and honesty” apparently is as phoney as the
      false charges you publish.
      Demand is therefore made that you:
      1. immediately remove this libel and all other falsehoods from these posts; and
      2. formally retract same and issue a sincere statement of apology directed to Mr.
      Rothner.
      Nothing herein should be construed as releasing, waiving or limiting any of our rights
      or remedies under law.
      Please contact me by June 17, 2013 to discuss the language, format and placement of
      the retraction and apology.
      Sincerely,
      GDA:mr
      c:\users\garysec2\docs\Rothner\6-11-20 13 Itr to Ditkowsky and Denison
      From: Gary Ashman [Edit Address Book]
      To: ‘JoAnne M Denison’
      Subject: RE: Libelous Statements contained in blog post
      Date: Jun 12, 2013 11:07 AM
      Thank you. Your statement should be:
      “An earlier post that we published wrongly stated that Mr. Eric Rothner had been hauled before a grand jury for alleged overcharging. This information is false. Mr. Rothner has never appeared or been summoned to any grand jury, at any time, for any reason. We retract the statement in full, and we sincerely apologize to Mr. Rothner and his family.”

      Please let me know if you have any question in this regard.

      Gary D. Ashman
      Ashman & Stein
      150 North Wacker Drive
      Suite 3000
      Chicago, Il 60606
      Phone: 312/782-3484
      Fax: 312/782-4279
      gdashman@ashmanstein.com

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