This article was published in the Daily Journal today. Patrick Santos from my office did a great job on this case with me. We hope to use it in another case we have pending before the Court of Appeal, Second District, presently. Unwarranted Search Legal, Court Rules By Laura Ernde Police acted lawfully when they […]
The said case of Modesto Dispensary operators Ricardo Ruiz Montes and Luke Scarmazzo is discussed here. In May 2008, a federal jury found Scarmazzo and Montes guilty on cultivation and possession charges, as well as a count of continuing criminal enterprise. These convictions were all related to a medical marijuana dispensary, the California Healthcare Collective, […]
In February of 2010, I blogged about this character. https://ronaldrichards.com/index.php/2010/blog/developer-raffi-cohen-sued-for-stiffing-the-glass-guy-on-his-glass-house Background: Raffi Cohen, a well known developer, built a glass house on 1169 Loma Linda Dr. in Beverly Hils. It is featured here: So This Little Shack Hit the Market Today http://la.curbed.com/archives/2010/02/so_this_little_shack_hit_the_market_today.php This house is still on the market FYI He then stiffed the glass […]
Today, our firm filed suit against O’Gara Coachworks and its GM, Tim O’Hara, and Rolls Royce. A copy of the complaint is here: O’ Gara Coachworks Complaint. The facts are simple. It was the dream of the client to have a Rolls Royce phantom for a limited period of time. During that time, they wanted […]
Attached is the notice from the bankruptcy court for Jill Bigelow and Gabe Morales, former owners of Provecho Restaurant. You can pull it up here: Bigelow BK Notice. Previously, I have blogged about them on this site. At this point, it is obviously that they lost all of their investors money and now are trying […]
Gabriel Morales aka Gabe Morales and Jill Bigelow’s failed restaurant Provecho, discussed in previous blogs finally had its lawsuit dismissed today in Court. I previously blogged about it here first: https://ronaldrichards.com/index.php/2009/blog/provecho-restaurant Then I wrote about it here: https://ronaldrichards.com/index.php/2010/blog/provecho-restaurant-r-i-p Now, after 17 months of frivolous litigation, the Court entered the order dismissing their case WITH PREJUDICE. […]
It is important to have someone read the entire text of an amendment to the California Constitution prior making a vote. It is not expected that everyone do so but as an attorney, I always like to. After reading Proposition 19, the ballot initiative on legalization, taxation, and regulation of marijuana, it is clear that […]
Celebrities love to bask in the lime light and have their photos taken when they want to. Chad Rogers regularly posts his shots by photographers on his tweeter page at @chadrogerstv whenever he gets nailed by the paparazzi. This month, I was able to study locations where it is safe for celebrities to go without […]
Here is the link below: Celebrity Trials Put Strain on Court Resources Source: source.southuniversity.edu This is an article on Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton and celebrity trials. August 18, 2010 Celebrity Trials Put Strain on Court Resources Celebrity-Trials-Burden-Court-System Celebrity watchers hoping to catch a glimpse of Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, or Khloe Kardashian no […]
What a way to end the day! As part of our public service commitment, the firm represented pro bono a woman of lower means who was pregnant and a victim of domestic violence. She was wrongly held in contempt, TWICE, in Orange County. The Court of Appeal, after reading my writ on the issue issued […]
In my action against Joe Francis for Jayde Nicole he just recently retained new counsel after his prior counsel withdrew. I have a bunch of psychotic emails from him during his short lived in pro per status. However, just when Joe Francis thought his criminal problems were a thing of the past, he ended up […]
Back n July of 2009, I blogged about these guys. https://ronaldrichards.com/index.php/2009/blog/provecho-restaurant They had the gaul to sue my client for not investing in the restaurant. Jill Bigelow, the operator of the restaurant with her soon to be ex husband Gabe Morales, filed bankruptcy for the general partner. Today, in the Bankruptcy Court granted relief from […]
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