December 12, 2019
A Florida federal judge on Thursday urged prosecutors and attorneys for convicted nursing home mogul Philip Esformes to work together on an agreement to unfreeze certain assets to cover millions in unpaid legal bills from Esformes' trial to avoid a complicated legal battle over what fee amount is reasonable.
November 26, 2019
A Florida federal judge should deny convicted nursing home mogul Philip Esformes' bid to access frozen assets to pay lawyers for an appeal because the funds are now subject to a lien to satisfy a recently imposed $44.2 million forfeiture and restitution judgment against him, federal prosecutors argued.
November 13, 2019
The judge overseeing the health care fraud case against convicted nursing home mogul Philip Esformes declined Wednesday to rule on his request to access frozen assets to cover millions of dollars in unpaid legal bills but set the stage for a colleague to address a brewing battle with the government over the issue.
October 16, 2017
Counsel for a Florida businessman charged with orchestrating a $1 billion health care fraud drew some potentially helpful testimony from two federal agents Monday in his bid to disqualify the prosecution team for allegedly violating the suspect's attorney-client privilege, but also struggled to nail down key details.