Fraud / Forensic Investigations

Litigation Engagements

• On behalf of plaintiff — Vicki Lynn Marshall (a/k/a Anna Nicole Smith) — the now-deceased former Playboy Playmate of the Year, who sued her stepson, Pierce Marshall, alleging he defrauded her out of her inheritance from her wealthy oilman husband, J. Howard Marshall II, through a complex estate planning scheme – in probate court in Texas.

• On behalf of defendant – a public company in the telephone billing aggregation business – that was sued by the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly failing to uncover a manufactured collect calls cramming fraud sooner than it did – in federal district court in Florida.

• On behalf of defendants – related public companies in the hotel ownership and management businesses – that were sued for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the formation and management of a limited partnership that acquired 70 of their properties — in state district court in Texas.

• On behalf of plaintiff – a young man severely injured in an automobile accident – who sued an elderly former business owner who was the driver of the automobile that injured him, for personal injury damages to be paid from funds that were possibly fraudulently transferred into a family limited partnership — in state district court in Texas.

• On behalf of plaintiff – the widow of an energy industry entrepreneur — who sued for economic damages alleging that her deceased husband’s business partners defrauded her in connection with a business opportunity they exploited after his death – in state district and probate courts in Texas.

• On behalf of plaintiff – a physician – who sued her former employer, a medical clinic, and its sole shareholder for fraudulent misrepresentation in interpreting the compensation clauses of her employment contract, which resulted in her pay and benefits being understated over a period of 12 years — in state district court in Texas.

• On behalf of defendants – a limited partnership organized to breed race horses and its organizers – who were sued by a limited partner investor who claimed he was defrauded as the result of alleged misrepresentations about the potential for profit — in state district court in Texas.

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