Attorney Defies Subpoena in Alleged “Murder for Money” Scheme From Elderabusehelp.org A San Bernardino County attorney has defied a court issued subpoena mandating that he turn over bank records which would allegedly implicate him in a “murder-for-money scheme.” The account in question belonged to a conservatee and was subsequently taken over by the attorney’s client, conservator Melodie Scott. Attorney J. David Horspool has consistently denied knowledge of any Bank of America account pertinent to Amalie M. Phelan. However, records already obtained show that Horspool and Scott drilled the safety deposit box held in Amalie Phelan’s name at the very Bank of America branch location where the account was situated, calling into question his profession of ignorance. According to Janet Phelan, Horspool and Scott withheld from the court all records pertaining to this account and also withheld information about two Bank of America VISA cards and used these to pay off Judith Phelan, Amalie’s eldest daughter, who then allegedly withheld Amalie’s necessary cardiac medicine in an effort to kill her in 2002. Read More
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
