Category: Conservatorships & Guardianship

Beyond Britney: Abuse, Exploitation, And Death Inside America’s Guardianship Industry

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For people under guardianship, the system can be dehumanizing, dangerous, and even deadly. For the professionals — who can control hundreds of people at a time — it can be very profitable. A BuzzFeed News investigation. By Heidi Blake and Katie J.M. Baker Posted on September 17, 2021, at 1:02 p.m. ET Beyond Britney This is part 1 of a BuzzFeed News investigation Part 2: They Both Fought To Break Free From Guardianship. Only One Escaped. Part 3: “My Human Rights Are Being Violated”: Fighting A Family Conservatorship They can isolate you: A teenager with cerebral palsy was snatched from the school gates and hidden from his parents. They can bleed you dry: A successful rheumatologist was declared incapacitated after a bout of depression and lost her million-dollar waterfront home. And they can leave you to die: A 46-year-old man died under a do-not-resuscitate order that went against the desperate pleas of his wife. All three nightmares share a common cause: These people had been placed under the care — and control — of legal guardians. America’s guardianship system was designed as a last resort to be used only in the rare and drastic event that someone is totally incapacitated by mental or physical disability. In those cases, conscientious guardians can provide vital support, often in complex and distressing circumstances. But an investigation by BuzzFeed News has found that the system has grown into a vast, lucrative, and poorly regulated industry that has subsumed more than a million people, many of whom insist they are capable of making their own decisions, and placed them at risk of abuse, theft, and even death. The #FreeBritney movement has drawn international attention to the case of Britney Spears, and wrongdoing by individual guardians… Read More

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Corrupt Judge Arthur M. Diamond

VICTIMS: Marian Kornicki Court Victim Bertha Kornicki Court Victim Judge Arthur M. Diamond received his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University in 1974 and his J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law in 1978. Prior to being elected to the supreme court, Diamond served as a county court judge in 1999 and was reappointed in 2000. Diamond began his career in 1979 at the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, where he worked until 1986. Tenure Term ends 2031 HON. ARTHUR M. DIAMOND, J.S.C. Supreme Court, Nassau County 100 Supreme Court Drive Mineola, New York 11501 IAS Part 7 Principal Law Clerk: Ronald J. Ferraro, Esq. – email [email protected] Secretary: Kathleen Nolan – Phone (516) 493-3180 / Fax (516) 493-3068 Part Clerk: George Ebanks NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION BIO Arthur M. Diamond NYS Supreme Court 3rd Floor, 100 Supreme Court Drive Mineola, NY 11501-4802 [email protected] (516) 493-3180 Arthur M. Diamond has served as a Justice of the New York State Supreme Court since January, 2004. He was re-elected to his second fourteen year term in November of 2017. Justice Diamond is a graduate of Rutgers University (New Brunswick 1974) and Hofstra University School of Law (JD 1978). He began his legal career in the Office of the Nassau County District Attorney Denis Dillon where he spent eight years and served as Deputy Chief of the Trial Bureau. In 1999 and 2000 he was appointed to the County Court by Gov. George Pataki. His column, Evidentially Speaking, appears regularly in the Nassau Lawyer, the official publication of the Nassau County Bar Association. He has lectured on evidence at the Nassau County Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the New York County Lawyers Association, the Judicial Seminars at the New York… Read More

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