New York Paralegal Blog

MINEOLA, NY – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced today that a North Massapequa man already on probation has been convicted at trial of attacking his mother with a cordless telephone after she threatened to call the police on him. John Norton

BIRMINGHAM—A federal grand jury today indicted a mother and daughter from Shelby County for conspiring in a 2009 murder-for-hire plot against the daughter’s ex-husband, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and FBI Special Agent in Charge Patrick Maley. The indictment, filed in U.S. District Court, charges KIMBERLY DAWN McGUFFIE, 43, of Calera, and BARBARA LOUISE PATTERSON, 63, of Columbiana, with conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire. It also charges McGuffie with the underlying offense of murder-for-hire. According to the indictment, McGuffie promised to pay a man $1,000 to kill her former spouse.

By: Joel Irving Sophia Stewart, the creative force behind the movies The Terminator and The Matrix filed a $150 million dollar malpractice lawsuit (CASE #: 2:07-cv-00552-DAK) against her former attorneys: Michael T. Stoller, Jonathan Lubell, Gary S. Brown, and Dean Webb in U.S. District Court, District of Utah (Central) on 07/30/2007. The four attorneys represented her in a 2003 lawsuit against Andy Wachowski, Gale Ann Hurd, Hemdale Films, James Cameron, Joel Silver, Larry Wachowski, 20th Century Fox and Warner Brothers. The 2003 lawsuit alleged (among other things) copyright infringement pertaining to her written work that The Terminator and The Matrix movies are based on. Although, Ms. Stewart had a preponderance of evidence to support her claims, her case was dismissed under summary judgment. Sophia Stewart on Wiki. Sophia Stewart's Official Site. Sophia Stewart on Joel Irving Show.