Saturday, August 28, 2010
Louisville Lawyer Recommends Permanently Disbarring Judge
KENTUCKY....
Louisville lawyer Susan Phillips has recommended that the Kentucky Bar Association and state Supreme Court permanently disbar 68 year old Judge Joseph “Jay” Bamberger, who presided in Kentucky's scandalous fen-phen case. Phillips found that Bamberger approved fees of $98 million for attorneys William Gallion, Shirley Cunningham Jr. and Melbourne Mills Jr. from a $200 million settlement of the case without reviewing or requesting any documentation. Bamberger resigned from the bench in 2006 rather than being removed when the state Judicial Conduct Commission publicly reprimanded him for misconduct. Phillips says it is “inconceivable” that Bamberger,who once was named Kentucky's co-judge of the year, did not know what he was doing in allowing and covering up the largest scale fraud in the history of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Another trial commissioner has recommended that Gallion's former associate, attorney David Helmers, be suspended for five years.
Louisville lawyer Susan Phillips has recommended that the Kentucky Bar Association and state Supreme Court permanently disbar 68 year old Judge Joseph “Jay” Bamberger, who presided in Kentucky's scandalous fen-phen case. Phillips found that Bamberger approved fees of $98 million for attorneys William Gallion, Shirley Cunningham Jr. and Melbourne Mills Jr. from a $200 million settlement of the case without reviewing or requesting any documentation. Bamberger resigned from the bench in 2006 rather than being removed when the state Judicial Conduct Commission publicly reprimanded him for misconduct. Phillips says it is “inconceivable” that Bamberger,who once was named Kentucky's co-judge of the year, did not know what he was doing in allowing and covering up the largest scale fraud in the history of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Another trial commissioner has recommended that Gallion's former associate, attorney David Helmers, be suspended for five years.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 1:51 AM 
