¶1 The dispositive issue presented for review in this abuse of process action filed by the counterclaimants is whether the third-party plaintiff's challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence should have been sustained and a verdict directed for the third-party plaintiff.

¶2 We answer in the affirmative and reverse the judgment appealed.

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Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with obstructing an official proceeding in connection with his attempts to thwart a 2019 investigation into his own fraudulent conduct as a bankruptcy trustee.

According to court documents, Bruce H. Matson, 64, misled the U.S. Trustee’s Office in 2019 when he made false statements in response to allegations that he... More...   $0 (07-23-2021 - VA)

Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with engaging in two separate fraud schemes related to millions of dollars in false payday loan debt and for tax evasion totaling more than $8 million.

“After raking in millions of dollars from the victims of his fraud scheme, the defendant lied repeatedly and used every trick in the book to hide his ill-gotten ... More...   $0 (07-16-2021 - MO)

Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bankruptcy fraud.

Del Hodges Kimball, 54, was charged for engaging in a bankruptcy fraud scheme related to his online payday loan company.

“This sentence should convince others that such behavior and actions will not be tolerated in the bankruptcy system,” said Acting United States Trustee Daniel... More...   $0 (06-28-2021 - MO)

Butte, Montana bankruptcy lawyers represented the Yellowstone Mountain Club, LLC, which was forced into bankruptcy by the States of Montana.

Timothy Blixseth and Edra Blixseth, his wife at the time, founded the Yellowstone Club in 2000 as an “exclusive ski and golf community” in Big Sky, Montana. In 2005, representing that he was planning to take the Yellowst... More...   $0 (06-11-2021 - MY)

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bankruptcy fraud.

Daniel Kamensky, the founder and former manager of New York-based hedge fund Marble Ridge Capital (“Marble Ridge”), was charged for engaging in fraud and extortion to pressure a rival bidder to abandon its higher bid for assets in connection with Neiman Marcus’s bankruptcy proceedings so... More...   $0 (05-12-2021 - NY)

Trenton, New Jersey bankruptcy lawyer represented Appellants who sued Appellee seeking review of a ruling that the United States Bankruptcy court for the District of New Jersey, case number 19-13567.... More...   $0 (05-11-2021 - NJ)

Honlulu, Hawaii bankruptcy lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who used Defendants on a withdrawal of reference, a procedure that permits matters that have been automatically referred to the bankruptcy court under a general order of reference (28 U.S.C. § 157(a)) to be returned to and heard by the district court.... More...   $0 (05-10-2021 - HI)

Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, who was charged with destroying evidence.

Mark Anthony Coleman, 58, a former Jackson Police Officer, was for destroying evidence of his involvement with a 16-year old female.

Coleman was charged in a federal criminal indictment on July 14, 2020 and he pled guilty before Judge Lee on January 21, 2021.

Th... More...   $0 (05-05-2021 - MS)

Greeneville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, money laundering, and making a false tax return.

Tammy Lynn Hawk, 47, of Bristol, was charged with one count each of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, money laundering, and making a false tax return. Hawk was sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by three year... More...   $0 (04-26-2021 - TN)

Fayetteville, Arkansas tax evasion criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, James Brassart, who was charged with filing a 2006 individual income tax return that reported adjusted gross income of $1,502,749 and taxes due to the IRS of $486,438. Brassart failed to pay all of the taxes owed and was assessed penalties and interest. To evade his tax liabilities, Brassart took extensive steps to ... More...   $0 (04-07-2021 - AR)

Fort Myers, Florida bankruptcy law lawyers represented parties Frank Meak, Te Rock Custom Homes, Inc. and The Bay Club of Naples, II, LLC who appealed a decision of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida.... More...   $0 (03-25-2021 - FL)

New York, New York bank fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Defendants, Herode Chancy and Michael Albarella, who were charged with bank and bankruptcy fraud.

Defendants, who at the time of offense were employed as a managers at a Manhattan branch of a national bank (“Bank-1”), conspired to commit wire and mail fraud.

From at least in or about March 2019 up to and includ... More...   $0 (03-22-2021 - NY)

McAllen, Texas bankruptcy fraud charged criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Kenneth B. Ponce, age 48, who was charged with conspiracy to commit bankruptcy fraud.

Kenneth B. Ponce is the CEO of Hidalgo County Emergency Services Foundation doing business as Hidalgo County EMS, South Texas Air Med and South Texas EMS (collectively referred to as Hidalgo County EMS). On Oct. 8, 201... More...   $0 (03-22-2021 - TX)

Helena, Montana - Deighan Law, LLC, p/k/a Law Solutions Chicago and doing business as UpRight Law (UpRight) was accused of misconduct relating to UpRight’s representation of Montana consumers as debtors or prospective debtors in bankruptcy cases.

“Lawyers who misrepresent their services to vulnerable clients and fail to perform as promised harm debtors, creditors, and the integrity ... More...   $0 (03-11-2021 - MT)

Seattle, Washington illegal kickback charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Heart Center Research, LLC, a Huntsville, Alabama, medical research company, was accused of its member physicians referring patients for genetic testing in exchange for kickbacks from a Seattle-area testing company.

According to the settlement agreement, between 2012 and 2013, the company was alle... More...   $0 (03-05-2021 - WA)

Portland, Maine bankruptcy fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Carol Bilodeau, age 69, of Wayne who was charged with bankruptcy and social security fraud for initiating two fraudulent Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceedings and submitted filings to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Portland containing numerous false statements. In her bankruptcy filings, Bilodeau falsely represented another person’s ... More...   $0 (01-31-2021 - ME)

Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense bankruptcy fraud charge lawyer represented Andrew Welch, 46, of Idaho Falls, was concealment of assets in bankruptcy.

According to court records, Welch, a former pharmacist in Ketchum, Idaho, filed a voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition on April 3, 2014, after the Idaho State Board of Pharmacy revoked his pharmacist license. In the bankruptcy petition... More...   $0 (01-09-2021 - ID)

Pocatello, Idaho criminal defense bankruptcy fraud lawyer

Andrew Welch, 46, of Idaho Falls, was charged with concealment of assets in bankruptcy.

According to court records, Welch, a former pharmacist in Ketchum, Idaho, filed a voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition on April 3, 2014, after the Idaho State Board of Pharmacy revoked his pharmacist license. In the bankruptcy petiti... More...   $0 (12-28-2020 - ID)