Defendant lost attorney-client privilege by blaming lawyers 
By Peter Vieth
Published: December 20, 2012
Tags: Attorney-Client Privilege, Bankruptcy, Federal Courts, Fraud, Judge Henry E. Hudson
A former Midlothian man fighting charges of tax evasion and bankruptcy fraud cannot claim attorney-client privilege to shield information in his former lawyers’ files, a federal judge in Richmond has ruled. The bankruptcy case of Arash Moazzeni was marked by finger-pointing and backbiting among Moazzeni and his lawyers in the face of evidence suggesting Moazzeni [...]
Debtor Can’t Point Finger at Lawyers for Fraud
By Deborah Elkins
Published: December 19, 2012
Tags: Attorney-Client Privilege, Judge Henry E. Hudson, U.S. District Court - Eastern District
A debtor who attempted to blame a series of bankruptcy lawyers for his own failure to disclose assets during bankruptcy proceedings cannot fall back on the attorney-client or work product privileges to keep the lawyers from providing documents during debtor’s prosecution for fraud, says a Richmond U.S. District Court. It is well established that providing [...]
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