ATTORNEYS AND ELDER ABUSE

Almost all of the last decisions of the 2nd Department in 2017 dealt with attorney discipline.

One stood out, however, was the case of the attorney, who after being appointed a successor guardian of an elderly man, engaged in a series of self-dealings including receiving commissions from the sale of property under a shell company, appointing his wife as geriatric care manager and naming himself as executor and trustee in a will at a time when the elderly man lacked testamentary capacity.

See Matter of D'Angelo, 2017 NY Slip Op 09277, Decided on December 29, 2017, Appellate Division, Second Department