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That put an end to a four-year case that began with the state Office of Attorney Ethics charging Edward D. Fagan with misappropriating hundreds of thousands of dollars entrusted to him by two Holocaust survivors.
Fagan has been representing himself, according to state officials, and was unavailable for comment. State officials said his latest contact information lists a Short Hills mailing address.
A request for an interview sent to his e-mail address resulted in what appeared to be an automated response saying he won't be available until today.
Fagan had been disbarred by New York state officials last year for unrelated reasons.
A special ethics master last year recommended disbarring Fagan in New Jersey. The State Supreme Court Disciplinary
State officials said in court papers that Fagan was in financial trouble and took about $500,000 from two accounts, later paying back a portion of that amount. No criminal charges have been filed.
Fagan, who was living in Parsippany's Powdermill Heights apartments at the time the ethics charges were made, has denied wrongdoing in court papers. He has claimed one victim, who has since died, gave him permission to use her money and that another victim's charges stemmed from a fee dispute.
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Jun 24, 2009 at 05:21 AM just say no Says:
dont dip into the escrow accounts.....first thing you learn in law school (as if you wouldnt know it otherwise).
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Jun 24, 2009 at 07:17 AM anonymous Says:
Yes as a survivor of the chorbin in Europe I know quite a bit. Everybody curses the Nazis and feels sorry what happened. Mr. Fagan , the Claims Fond and many have lived off the survivors like leeches . The survivors had to fill out forms prove dozen times that they went through Hitler's gehinom but these parasites lived off that chorbin
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Jun 24, 2009 at 07:43 AM anonymous Says:
One more item the German Claim Conference Fund has assets of hundred of millions, yes millions, of dollars. In Israel old survivor were denied medical assistance. Most American cities have so called survivors agencies which in many cities receive some funds from the German Claim Conference including the Holocaust Museum. I have attended so called "Yom Hashoah" observations andspeakers sent by the museum gave false information to a large audience. Unfortunately little is known to the public about this rip off. The German Spiegel published pictures of survivors demonstrating in Tel-Aviv carrying placards saying "solachti shenizuleinu". Hitler ymach shmo laid a golden egg the survivor fund.
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Jun 24, 2009 at 09:25 AM ShatzMatz Says:
This lowlife leech has committed a chillul hashem of historical proportions. Years from now holacaust deniers will be able to point to Fagan and claim that the whole holacaust was 'invented' by greedy Jewish lawyers to bilk the German government.
He put himself out as a hero fighting for the poor survivors, yet he turned around and victimized them himself. Besides the millions he stole, he tried to use the courts to extract many more millions in fees. What a creep. They say he is destitute now. How can that be after all the many millions he made off this case and the Swiss bank case. On top of everything he must be a degenrate gambler also. Fagan is a disgrace to Jews and to the human race. He is even a disgrace to lawyers, if such a thing could be possible.
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Jun 25, 2009 at 07:50 AM me Says:
“ This lowlife leech has committed a chillul hashem of historical proportions. Years from now holacaust deniers will be able to point to Fagan and claim that the whole holacaust was 'invented' by greedy Jewish lawyers to bilk the German government.
He put himself out as a hero fighting for the poor survivors, yet he turned around and victimized them himself. Besides the millions he stole, he tried to use the courts to extract many more millions in fees. What a creep. They say he is destitute now. How can that be after all the many millions he made off this case and the Swiss bank case. On top of everything he must be a degenrate gambler also. Fagan is a disgrace to Jews and to the human race. He is even a disgrace to lawyers, if such a thing could be possible. ”
I believe the swiss bank case was a different leech. Mr David will no doubt be honored by his alma matta Cardoza Law school at their next fund raiser.