Lawyer Living in Dead Client Home

Lawyer Living in Home of Dead Client

Terry Erwin Stork, a disbarred Austin, Texas, lawyer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for living in the home of one of his clients who died; and for driving the car of another of his clients. According to lawsuits and arrest affidavits, Stork systematically mismanaged or stole from the three estates worth more than $800,000 over two decades. Stork lived in the home of a deceased client from 1987 to 2002 and deposited money from the sale of the home into his own bank account. Stork pleaded guilty to felony theft charges for stealing from three estates. A…

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Conservator Stealing Money

Court Appointed Conservator Steals Over $1 Million

Nashville attorney John E. Clemmons was sentence to 25 years in jail for stealing more than $1 million from wards entrusted to him in probate courts in Davidson and Rutherford counties in Tennessee. The Metro Nashville government will be paying $300,000 to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of the estate of William Link, a man who was cheated out of nearly $800,000 by Clemmons. Clemmons was first apponted as Link’s conservator in 2003, and he was placed in charge of Link’s estate following his death in 2004.  The estate funds were earmarked for the benefit of Link’s disabled daughter….

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