Most Shocking!!!!
 
GREED & SELF-DEALING

Damon & Morey agreed to represent the Lead Creditor (CPSI) against Elia and, according to the sworn affidavit of attorney Mathew J.Garvey, had a 1/3 Contingency Fee Agreement! EXHIBIT 12

BLATANT DECEPTION

In an apparent effort to conceal an actual conflict-of-interest, Damon & Morey opened files using alternative names for the legal services it performed on behalf of one client (CPSI) against another client (Elia). EXHIBIT 8

UNDENIABLE CONFLICT
In another apparent effort to conceal an actual conflict-of-interest, Damon & Morey hired and paid two (2) outside attorneys to provide legal services on behalf of one client (CPSI) against its other client (Elia). Notice that Damon & Morey apparently used an old-fashioned typewriter to write the checks (EXHIBIT 9) and obscured information when Elia got suspicious. (EXHIBIT 30)
 

EXHIBIT 1
(Buffalo News article describing Elia’s
Chapter 11 filing 3-31-94)

EXHIBIT 2
(Buffalo News article describing the
Results of Elia’s lawsuit with USF&G
12-9-97)

EXHIBIT 3
(Agreement of Retainer between D&M
and Elia 3-18-94)

EXHIBIT 4            
(Judge Kaplan’s 6-15-94 order
approving D&M’s employment subject to
conflict-of-interest safeguards promised
by D&M)

EXHIBIT 5
(D&M’s 9-27-95 Notice of Motion &
Affidavit on behalf of adverse creditor
requesting a time extension to appeal
Judge Howe’s order)

EXHIBIT 6
(pages 1, 3 & 16 of attorney Mathew
Garvey’s 12-17-99 Affidavit and bank
deposit tickets)

EXHIBIT 7
(Summons & Complaint prepared by
D&M attorneys for CPSI and filed by
Mr. Ronci on the NCIDA project to
conceal D&M’s conflict-of-interest &
pages 1,31 of June 23, 2005 transcript
hearing wherein D&M admits preparing
Summons & Complaint)

EXHIBIT 8
(copy of D&M invoices to adverse
creditor CPSI affiliate Cozad
Construction 2-27-96 and adverse
creditor CPSI principal W. Pacheco)

EXHIBIT 9
(Affidavit of attorney R. Anthony Ronci
explaining his involvement with D&M on
behalf of adverse creditor CPSI with
copy of D&M check # 2376)

EXHIBIT 10
(pages 1,6,16 of Mr. Garvey’s 12-17-99
Affidavit explaining Mr. Ronci’s
withdrawal and Mr. Garvey’s
re-employment by D&M on behalf of
adverse creditor CPSI)

EXHIBIT 11
(pages 1,7,8,16 of Mr. Garvey’s 12-17-
99 Affidavit explaining how the unlawful
payments to adverse creditor CPSI
were orchestrated in violation of the
automatic bankruptcy stay)

EXHIBIT 12
(pages 1,4,16 of Mr. Garvey’s 12-17-99
Affidavit disclosing that D&M had a 1/3
contingency retainer agreement with
adverse creditor CPSI in its claims
against Elia and financial records
showing that Garvey & Garvey received
$25,197 from funds illegally taken
from Elia’s NCIDA account)

EXHIBIT 13
(timeline prepared by Elia depicting
graphically D&M’s conflict of interest
concealment and D&M organizational
chart)

EXHIBIT 14
(pages1,14,40 of Mr. Savino’s
Responces to Elia’s Objection to
D&M’s 6th & Final Fee Application
dated 9-7-04 admitting that D&M
had unilaterally hired Gross, Shuman)

EXHIBIT 15
(Gross Shuman Brizdle & Gillfilan’s
Retention Agreement dated 2-8-02
stating that Mr. Feldman would be
solely representing Elia’s interests as a
result of D&M’s conflict)

EXHIBIT 16
(Stipulation of Discontinuance and
General Release from CPSI’s
malpractice lawsuit against D&M
negotiated by Mr. Feldman for the sole
benefit of D&M)

EXHIBIT 17   
(pages 1-6 of Motion for Authority to
Employ Counsel and pages 1-11 of Mr.
Savino’s supporting Affidavit describing
D&M’s expertise)

 

EXHIBITS & EVIDENCE

 

EXHIBIT 18
(pages 1,2,7,85,86,87 & 261 of
Mr. Savino’s cross examination by
Mr. Raymond Fink on 8-29-97 concerning
withholding billing statements and
pages 426, 449, 450, 482 of St. Rita’s
principal Mr. Jayson testimony stating
his inability to get billing statements from
D&M)

EXHIBIT 19
(pages 1 & 4 of Elia’s approved Fourth
Amended Plan of Reorganization
showing D&M’s estimate for their fees
to be $226,000 [retainer plus estimate])

EXHIBIT 20
(D&M 8-6-02 e-mail with Client Ledger
indicating that D&M was owed an
additional $504, 124.74 in fees &
disbursements for the period 8-1-00 to
8-1-02)

EXHIBIT 21
(page 13 of Mr. Gwitt’s 8-6-02 letter
reiterating D&M’s claim for an
additional $504,124.74 in fees &
disbursements for the period 8-1-00
to 8-1-02)

EXHIBIT 22
(pages 1, 3 & 4 of Debtor’s Objections
as to Timeliness show that Mr. Savino
knew that his client (Elia) had relied on
financial representations he had made
when he drafted the Fourth Amended
Plan)

EXHIBIT 23
(Notice of Entry of Order dated 2-11-00
& page 8 of said order wherein Judge
Kaplan acknowledges that Elia had
relied on D&M’s fee estimate in its Plan
of Reorganization)

EXHIBIT 24
(pages 224,225,226 & 233 of
Mr. Savino’s cross examination by
Mr. Fink and pages 699 & 715 of Mr.
Fink’s closing discussing D&M’s
justification for double billing its client)

EXHIBIT 25
(page 1 of Mr. Savino’s Responses
to Elia’s Objection to D&M fees falsely
testifying about Elia’s objections to
claimants and maligning Elia principles)

EXHIBIT 26
(U.S. Trustees Objections to D&M’s
First & Second Fee Applications stating
that they were “duplicative, excessive &
showed a lack of billing judgment”)

EXHIBIT 27
(pages 1 & 39 of March 1, 1999
Bankruptcy Court proceeding & page
7 of Judge Kaplan’s 2-10-00 order
showing that Mr. Savino was aware of
the danger D&M’s conflict-of-interest
posed to the individual Elia family
members)

EXHIBIT 28
(pages 15 & 16 of Mr. Savino’s 8-29-97
examination by Mr. Fink wherein Mr.
Savino admits that D&M client billing
records do not necessarily depict the
amounts lawfully owed and may include
“borderline” charges)

EXHIBIT 29
(page 1 & 5 of D&M letter to the Court
representing Elia’s intent to resume
operations; Elia e-mail date 2-13-00
confirming Elia’s intent to resume
operations; pages 12 & 13 of Mr. Gwitt’s
letter of 8-6-02 stating that Elia never
intended to resume operations)

EXHIBIT 30
(Elia letter dated December 20, 1999
confirming D&M partial disclosure of
its conflict-of-interest for the first time
to its client)

EXHIBIT 31       
(page 1,13,16 of Mr. Garvey’s 12-17-99
Affidavit stating that Elia was never
served with CPSI’s Summons and
Complaint because its attorney, D&M,
had prepared it )

EXHIBIT 32    
(pages 13 & 14 of Debtor’s Objection
As to Timeliness wherein Mr. Savino
for the first time partially discloses the
conflict-of-interest and, upon
information and belief, misrepresents
the scope & true nature of the conflict)

EXHIBIT 33         
(page 1 & 2 of Elia April 17, 2007 letter
to Committee on Professional Standards
citing Harvard Law Review article on
Rule 2014 and page 10 of the Local
Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure govern-
ing attorney withdrawals & NYS
Judiciary Law § 487)