Estate Planner Accused of Deceiving Family After Losing Will

An estate planning lawyer in New York has plead not guilty to charges of possessing a forged instrument and offering a false instrument for filing. The lawyer is accused lying to the family of his late client after he could not find the man’s will. The lawyer did not receive any financial gain from allegedly deceiving the family.

See Mark Hansen, New York Lawyer Charged for Allegedly Deceiving Family Over Misplaced Will, ABA Journal, March 27, 2015.

Special thanks to Brian Cohan (Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Brian J. Cohan, P.C.) for bringing this article to my attention.