USA v. Hardwick IV et al

  1. June 09, 2022

    Ex-Ga. Law Firm Staffer Gets Shorter Embezzlement Sentence

    A Georgia federal judge has shaved more than four years off a prison sentence imposed on a former accountant of a defunct Georgia law firm for her part in a firm founder's multi-million dollar embezzlement, effectively releasing her on time served.

  2. February 02, 2022

    11th Circ. Wipes $40M Restitution In Ga. Atty's Fraud Case

    The Eleventh Circuit has ordered a redo of a $40.3 million restitution order against a suspended Georgia attorney convicted of embezzling more than $26 million from his now-defunct real estate law firm while upholding his 15-year prison term.

  3. December 14, 2021

    Ex-Ga. Law Firm Leader Asks 11th Circ. To Nix His Prison Time

    A suspended Georgia attorney convicted of embezzling more than $26 million from his now-defunct real estate law firm and its clients asked the Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday to toss his 15-year prison term as well as a $40.3 million restitution order.

  4. May 10, 2019

    Convicted Atty Says 'Vague Estimates' Form $40M Restitution

    A former Georgia attorney convicted of embezzling from his defunct law firm in what prosecutors had previously called a $20 million fraud said a ruling making him pay $40 million in restitution was based on "vague estimates" and fuzzy claims of reputational harm from his ex-partners.

  5. February 12, 2019

    Ga. Atty Sentenced To 15 Years For $20M Fraud Scheme

    A Georgia court has sentenced the former managing partner at a foreclosure firm to 15 years in prison for draining over $20 million from the law firm to support his lavish spending on girlfriends, golf trips and gambling.

  6. January 31, 2019

    Ex-Firm Head Must Forfeit Stolen $20M, Feds Say

    The convicted former name partner of defunct firm Morris Hardwick Schneider should be required to pay up $19.9 million in forfeiture after treating the firm like his "personal piggybank," prosecutors told a Georgia federal court Wednesday.

  7. January 07, 2019

    Feds Look To Give Ex-Firm Head 22 Years For $20M Theft

    Atlanta federal prosecutors asked a judge to throw the book at a former name partner of defunct firm Morris Hardwick Schneider on Friday, urging a nearly 22-year sentence for his embezzlement of more than $20 million from the firm and its clients.

  8. January 04, 2019

    Firm's Ex-Partner Seeks 8 Years In Theft Of More Than $20M

    The former managing partner at a foreclosure firm asked an Atlanta federal judge on Thursday for eight years in prison for embezzling what prosecutors say was more than $20 million from the now-defunct firm's accounts.

  9. February 24, 2016

    Jailed Ex-Firm Head Denies Feds' Claim Of Suicide Risk

    A Georgia magistrate judge on Tuesday approved a psychiatric evaluation of a currently jailed former managing partner of bankrupt Morris Schneider Wittstadt LLC for his alleged theft of $20 million from attorney escrow accounts, due to his adamant denial of being a suicidal flight risk.