Attorney Nehrig Guilty Of Fraud

Attorney client privilege violated

Attorney Brian L. Nehrig guilty

Brian Nehrig, a Fishers Indiana attorney, violated the solemn attorney client privilege between himself and his client.  According to information, He used confidential client information to make money at his client’s expense. 

Nehrig pled guilty to mail fraud and received a light sentence.

"Nehrig took advantage of inside information"

Nehrig is a foreclosure attorney representing CitiFinancial in their foreclosures. Nehrig took advantage of inside information, specifically the bid price Citifinancial was prepared to bid at foreclosure. Nehrig arranged for associates to buy properties at super low prices and then put them back onto the market to make a profit. Even though the profits were small, a few thousand per deal, Nehrig had the obligation to see to it the client made the money, not Nehrig. If the disgraced attorney needed to make more money he should have raised his rates.

"Most attorneys are closed mouthed

about the lender's bid"

The foreclosure and real estate investment strategy is simple and popular. Buy at foreclosure sale, fix up if needed, then sell for a profit. The problem is, one cannot use inside information at the cost of the client in the process. That is why most attorneys are closed mouthed about the lender’s bid. It is the lawyer’s job to get the most bang for the buck for the bank, not to use confidential information for their selfish greed.

The attorney client privilege is a confidential arrangement between the client and the attorney. The lawyer has the obligation to keep all confidential communication to himself. He also has the obligation to advocate for the client, which means help him make the best of the client’s situation. In the case of Citi Financial, Nehrig’s obligation was to maximize the bank’s profits.  Nehrig in counter intelligence blog

The court determined the loss to CitiFinancial was $66,000 bucks. An insurance claim has made the bank whole. It is unknown whether the insurance company will seek repayment for their loss through subrogation.

Nehrig got off with a light sentence. He was ordered to do six months of in-home confinement and 8 hours of community service each month. He is also on 3 years probation. During his probationary period he may not work as a self employed person. Judge Sarah Barker ordered Nehrig to disclose his felony conviction to all employers he works for. The fine was small, only $2,500 dollars.  Why Assistant U.S. Attorney Gayle Helart, who prosecuted the case against Nehrig, went along with such an easy deal for Nehrig is unknown.  Thanks to the FBI for investigating.  FBI annonces guilty plea for disbarred attorney brian nehrig, breach of attorney client priviledge

"He must disclose his felony conviction"

When a lawyer violates the attorney client privilege he is likely to lose his license to practice law. That happened with Nehrig. Since he cannot practice law and he cannot be self employed and he must disclose his felony conviction, finding work could be difficult. Likely, the dishonest attorney will have to pay his fines prior to the end of his probation.

Disclosing lender bid prices, inside dealing, violation of the attorney client privilege, making money by buying real estate at the client’s expense, using associates to cover up low bid prices during foreclosure sales, these are the actions of a dishonest and fraudulent lawyer. Attorney Brian Nehrig got off easy after he cheated Citifinancial during foreclosure deals. One can only hope six months of in-home confinement and 36 months of probation is adequate to send the message. 


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Donchak, Piekarsky, Indicted - Beating Death Of Undocumented Immigrant

A teenager testified two friends, Donchak and Piekarsky, charged in the beating death of an undocumented worker in Shenandoah, Pa., delivered the fatal blow to Luis Ramirez, and undocumented immigrant from central Mexico.  The teen then plotted to lie about it with co-conspirators that night and again the next morning.

Is there enough evidence against the pair and a third suspect to send the case to trial?



Ben Lawson, who is 17, said Ramirez was fighting with one of the suspects, Derrick M. Donchak, when friend Colin Walsh, sucker-punched the victim.  With the undocumented worker out cold on the ground, Brandon Piekarsky  kicked Ramirez in the head in a foot ball style field goal kick. 

Walsh,  who was 17, and Piekarsky, who was 16, were charged as adults with homicide and ethnic intimidation. Donchak, 18, was charged with aggravated assault, ethnic intimidation and other offenses.

The teens were football players at Shenandoah Valley High School.  Donchak was the quarterback.

The group encountered Ramirez, who was 25, and a teenage girl in a park.  Another teen, Brian Scully, goaded the girl, saying, "Isn't it a little late for you to be out?"   In other words, why was she with Ramirez.

Ramirez began making phone calls in Spanish and Scully began yelling racial slurs at Ramirez.  A fight started.

As Ramirez was fighting with Donchak, Walsh punched Ramirez in the face. He fell to the ground and hit his head on the pavement leaving him unconscious.  Piekarsky kicked Ramirez in the head, Lawson said.

The boys met that night and again the next day. 

"We made up a plan that we we're going to tell the cops that nobody kicked him, that there were no racial slurs, there was no booze, and Brian got hit first," Lawson said.


Ramirez, who entered the U.S. illegally about six years ago, picked strawberries and cherries.  His 24-year-old fiancee, a white girl who spent her childhood in Shenandoah, said Ramirez local bullies often called Ramirez ugly names and told him to "go home to Mexico". The couple had two children together.


Read more:  http://immigrants2bfree.blogspot.com/2010/11/piekarsky-donchak-guilty-of-hate-crime.html