Lee Stapleton Files Elder Financial Abuse Lawsuit Seeking $35M in Damages
Northern Trust has been hit with an elder financial abuse lawsuit seeking at least $35 million in damages, claiming that a former bank vice president stole millions from a $20 million legacy trust. Lee Stapleton and Aaron Weiss are representing the plaintiff. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida with a second in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, alleges unauthorized transfers and credit card payments over more than a decade.
The news has been picked up by major media outlets such as Law360, Daily Business Review, Miami Herald, ThinkAdvisor, and Chicago Business.
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