Media
2018, Satirist and comedian John Oliver does an excellent segment on HBO on the absurdity of how lawyers sell the public on guardianship and a Public Service Announcement on how to protect yourself by several of Hollywood’s aging actors.
“Edith + Eddie”, free documentary by Laura Checkoway of a biracial couple from Fairfax, VA whose lives are destroyed by predatory attorneys in a fraudulent guardianship. The 29 minute documentary was nominated for the 2018 Oscar Award for Short Documentary.
“I Can’t Breathe for Aunt Lillie: Court Endorsed Slavery in Florida” published in 2020 by Elder Dignity founder Dr. Terri Kennedy. Dr. Kennedy tells the story of the exploitation of 2012 victim Dr. Lillie White and her $4 million estate at the hands of predatory attorneys in Florida.
“The Guardians”, documentary by Billie Mintz of what Terri and Rick Black uncovered and elevated to the media and the Nevada Attorney General after Terri’s father Del Mencarelli was targeted and taken captive in 2013. Published 2019, free on Amazon Prime.
Netflix’s 2020 Dirty Money Season 2 Episode 5 “Guardians, Inc” highlighted estate trafficking by the predatory legal community and the experiences of victims Marvin Siegel and John Savanovitch of Boston, MA and Charlie Thrash of Austin, TX.
March 2018
Professional Guardianship Exploitation, Philadelphia Inquirer
May 2018
“How Professionals Steal $37 billion/yr from Vulnerable Adults, Bloomberg
March 2021
“Federal Guardianship Oversight, American Bar Association Magazine
2016
“Guardianship: Fraud” by M. Larsen
2015
“Probate Pirates” by J. Kristi Hood
2000
“License to Steal: How Fraud bleeds America’s Health Care System”
Updated Edition by Malcolm Sparrow
February 2019
$2 trillion a year in generational wealth transfer in the U.S. and every attorney knows how to intercept it.
2018
by Sam Sugar, MD
2017
“The Wolf at the Door: Undue Influence and Elder Financial Abuse”
By Michael Hackard, Esq.
November 2019, Richmond Times Dispatch
3 part series on hospitals using involuntary guardianships for risk mitigation by Bridget Balch
November 2019, Richmond Times Dispatch
3 part series on hospitals using involuntary guardianships for risk mitigation by Bridget Balch
November 2019, Richmond Times Dispatch
3 part series on hospitals using involuntary guardianships for risk mitigation by Bridget Balch
October 2019, Bloomberg
Professionals Target the Assets of America’s Elderly by Nick Leiber
May 2018, Philadelphia Inquirer
Professional Guardian Gloria Byars Criminally Arrested for Stealing over $1 million by Julie Shaw
May 2018, Bloomberg
How Criminals Steal $37 billion a year from America’s Elderly by Nick Leiber
August 2019, Daily Kos
72,000 adults in guardianship in Michigan, Profiteering versus Protection in a Five Part series by Gretchen Rachel Hammond
August 2019, Daily Kos
72,000 adults in guardianship in Michigan, Profiteering versus Protection in a Five Part series by Gretchen Rachel Hammond
August 2019, Daily Kos
72,000 adults in guardianship in Michigan, Profiteering versus Protection in a Five Part series by Gretchen Rachel Hammond
August 2019, Daily Kos
72,000 adults in guardianship in Michigan, Profiteering versus Protection in a Five Part series by Gretchen Rachel Hammond
August 2019, Daily Kos
72,000 adults in guardianship in Michigan, Profiteering versus Protection in a Five Part series by Gretchen Rachel Hammond
2015, True Link Financial
Elder Financial Abuse costs Seniors $37B a year, eleven times what the U.S. Government Accountability Office has reported to the Public