admin on June 29th, 2009

We have been contacted by additional law firms indicating their willingness to follow the terms outlined in the previous post for attorneys who wish to assist former clients of Matthew T. Graff & Associates. Here is contact information for those firms:
DIXON TRUMAN & FISHER, PC
Ronald W. Truman
20 North Main Street, Suite 205
St George, UT 84770
Phone: [...]

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We would like to provide an update of the progress of the court-appointed trustee for the former clients of Matthew T. Graff & Associates. Our focus has been on identifying client files and making them available for pick-up by their owners, at both our office in St. George and at the former office of the Graff firm [...]

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admin on June 25th, 2009

As a service to the former clients of Matthew T. Graff & Associates, Steven Sullivan of Robert J. DeBry & Associates has collected names of attorneys who are willing to provide help under the terms set out below. Many thanks to Steve for spearheading the formulation of guidelines for participation, and for soliciting help from members of [...]

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Marianne Sorensen on June 12th, 2009

As a result of the interim suspension of attorney Matthew T. Graff, the Fifth District Court for Iron County has ordered that a trusteeship be imposed over the law practice of Matthew T. Graff & Associates. At the request of the Utah State Bar’s Office of Professional Conduct, the court has appointed Tim Anderson to act as the trustee on [...]

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admin on June 12th, 2009

Click here for a copy of the Order Appointing Trustee to Protect the Interests of the Clients of Matthew T. Graff.

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Tim Anderson on May 29th, 2009

When a BMW automobile arrives at a U.S. port from Germany (as I understand it, BMWs are still manufactured in Germany and not China), among other things a charge, known as a “duty,” is made by the Customs Department of the Federal Government. The duty is 5.0% of the value of the product, which can be [...]

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Tim Anderson on May 28th, 2009

Utah’s merchandise exports in 2007 were $7.8 billion.  By the end of the 2008-2009 fiscal year that ends June 30, the number may exceed $14.0 billion.  Key exports include electronics, computers, aircraft components and other commodities such as custom food items and heritage craft products.  There are over 2500 companies involved in exporting, 85% of [...]

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Marianne Sorensen on March 24th, 2009

Two companies have been ordered by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey to stop falsely advertising that they are part of a government-endorsed mortgage assistance network and that they successfully modify mortgages for almost all of their clients or else give refunds. According to the Federal Trade Commission, these companies, New Hope Modifications and [...]

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Marianne Sorensen on March 23rd, 2009

An ALTA survey is performed to standards jointly adopted by the American Land Title Association and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. The detailed standards guide the surveyor in preparing a survey that meets the needs of the buyer and the requirements of the title insurer.
An ALTA survey is one means of reducing risk [...]

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Marianne Sorensen on March 23rd, 2009

A letter of intent (LOI) can range from being a preliminary, non-binding expression of the parties’ intentions to negotiate and complete a transaction, typically including only the essential terms, to a document that the parties intend to be fully binding, with detailed provisions that will be in the final agreement. This range in the binding [...]

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