Partner Karl Schneider Concludes Medical Fraud Criminal Trial

Karl Schneider recently concluded a Medicaid fraud criminal trial in State Court in Columbus.  The State of Ohio brought charges of Medicaid Fraud, Forgery and Theft involving activities of a home health care firm in Northeast Ohio.

Trina Goethals and Karl Schneider Conclude Mortgage Fraud Conspiracy Criminal Jury Trial

Trina Goethals and Karl Schneider, recently concluded a mortgage fraud conspiracy criminal jury trial in Federal District Court.  The Government brought allegations of bank fraud and money laundering, involving short sale transactions and the procurement of mortgage financing where loan proceeds were distributed to borrowers and facilitators in Ohio and Florida.

Two Partners Named 2013 Ohio Super Lawyers & Two Attorneys Named Rising Stars

Maguire & Schneider, LLP is pleased to announce that two of its Partners, Karl H. Schneider and Keith W. Schneider, were named 2013 Ohio Super Lawyers. Karl Schneider and Keith Schneider were additionally selected in the Top 50 in Columbus listing. We are also pleased to announce that Firm Attorneys Trina N. Goethals and Mark R. Meterko were named by Super Lawyers magazine as 2013 Ohio Rising Stars. Super Lawyers is a comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys representing a wide spectrum of practice areas, firm sizes and geographic […]

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Trina Goethals Successfully Represented a Columbus Brokerage

Trina Goethals successfully represented a Columbus brokerage in its capacity as a property manager.  The Plaintiffs made a claim of nuisance due to excess noise and illegal activity allegedly caused by tenants occupying an apartment complex managed by the Defendant brokerage.   After the Defendants prevailed on summary judgment in the trial court, Plaintiffs appealed to the Tenth District Court of Appeals.  The case was affirmed in full on September 6, 2012 in favor of Defendants broker and owner.  For the full opinion see:  Hamilton v. Hibbs LLC, 2012 Ohio 4074 (10th […]

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Multi-Facet Schemes of Mortgage Fraud and Their Consequences for the Unwary Real Estate Licensee

By Karl H. Schneider Published in the the Ohio Division of Real Estate & Professional Licensing Fall 2012 Newsletter As a result of the housing crisis, there has been a significant rise in mortgage fraud prosecutions by the federal government and State of Ohio. The increased prosecutions demonstrate the need for real estate brokers and salespersons to be increasingly wary of participating in real estate brokered transactions that do not pass the ‘smell test.’ Times have changed dramatically over the last 20 years in mortgage financing. Not long ago, mortgage […]

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Pradaxa Implicated in Reports of Bleeding Fatalities

Pradaxa is a prescription medicine used as a blood thinner.  It was intended to be used to prevent strokes in people with atrial fibrillation and was designed to replace the blood thinner warfarin (known by brand names Coumadin, Jantovin and Marfarin). Recently, Pradaxa has been implicated in several reports of bleeding fatalities.  Patients with impaired renal function are particularly susceptible to its adverse side effects because their kidneys are unable to completely flush the drug from their system. If you or a loved one has suffered dangerous side effects of […]

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Partner Karl Schneider Featured Speaker at C.O.L.T.A. Meeting

Partner, Karl H. Schneider was the featured speaker for Central Ohio Land Title Association’s May 14th meeting.  Mr. Schneider presented on the notable rise in mortgage fraud prosecutions and the extension of conspiracy law to charge various real estate trade professionals, including title agents, mortgage brokers, real estate agents and appraisers with criminal fraud including the penalties on conviction.

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M&S #1 for “Excellent” Surveys for LegalShield Clients

Congratulations to the M&S team that serves our LegalShield Members!  They earned the #1 spot in January for surveys scoring an “Excellent” rating.  These surveys are sent randomly to LegalShield Members who have recently called into our office for assistance. These surveys rate the performance of each person at M&S who interacted with the LegalShield Member.  An “Excellent Survey” is a survey in which each category was scored “excellent” by the LegalShield Member!

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Maguire & Schneider Successfully Defends Real Estate Broker

Karl Schneider and Trina Goethals successfully represented a brokerage in a breach of fiduciary duty claim, along with several ancillary issues, in which purchasers of real property sued the brokerage and its agent alleging that latent and patent defects were found for which they were not warned and not properly advised.  Additionally, Plaintiffs contented that because the occupants had special needs, additional inspections should have been conducted.  On behalf of the Defendant brokerage, Maguire & Schneider successfully argued that the agent and the brokerage fulfilled all of their duties under […]

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Partner & Associate Successfully Defend Purchaser of Foreclosed Property

Karl Schneider and Mark Meterko successfully represented the purchaser of a foreclosed property at a sheriff’s sale in an appeal of the underlying foreclosure judgment and confirmation of sale before the Tenth District Court of Appeals for the State of Ohio. Mr. Schneider and Mr. Meterko successfully argued that the purchaser should be allowed to intervene in the appeal to protect her interest in the property, and successfully argued for the affirmation of the underlying foreclosure judgment and confirmation of sale.

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