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• 3/29/2008 7:05 AM Simple Justice wrote:
  

  A Newsday

• 4/4/2008 7:50 AM Simple Justice wrote:
  

  I've previously posted about the Long Island school district

• 4/4/2008 6:12 AM Simple Justice wrote:
  I've previously posted about the Long Island school district scandal surrounding lawyerswho were carried as full time employees on various district's books in order to receive state pensions. The mess continued yesterday and has exploded with Attorney General Cuomo's announcement that this was fraud. State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli has announced rules to stop this from happening in the future.I had a long chat with an elected official friend of mine about this. We both agreed that some of the lawyers involved simply took advantage of a long-standing perk of the job. They weren't malevolent about it. ...
• 2/17/2008 7:01 AM Simple Justice wrote:
  Yesterday, the front page of Newsday had a relatively unattractive photo of Lawrence Reich, the lawyer with full-time jobs in 5 different school districts, plus his law firm gig.

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• 2/15/2008 11:50 AM Turk wrote:
  Maybe he's just more efficient than you?
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  1. 2/15/2008 5:01 PM SHG wrote:
     than me?  Why, your year has 1272 days? 
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• 2/15/2008 6:12 PM Turk wrote:
  Give or take a few. You gonna quibble over a few extras here and there?
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• 2/15/2008 7:06 PM mary johnson wrote:
  Okay, Reich is exposed. Let's see if the IRS looks into this. Also, it is interesting that he claims it common practice on Long Island. I will bet this is widespread across NY State, but how about rounding up the others that are engaged in this practice, if it is such common practice.
  
  Lawyers are supposed to avoid the appearance of impropriety. Will the attorney grievance complaint be looking into this matter? Someone should make sure they do.
  
  The IRS give a finders fee to those who report tax cheats. Who will be the first to report this?
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  1. 2/16/2008 6:47 AM SHG wrote:
     I'm not sure that there are too many like Reich, only because there aren't that many districts on Long Island and upstate the districts cover far larger geographical areas.  Still, anyone doing this (the common practice) is wrong and the fact that others may also be doing it hardly excuses any of them.
     
     But your comment does raise a question.  You say "someone" should do something about it.  Why not you? Why is it always someone else who should make a stink?
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• 2/21/2008 12:32 AM Expatriate Owl wrote:
  As further detailed on my own blog, Larry was counsel in some cases involving school district employee compensation and pension issues. His claim that he didn't know what the school districts were reporting to the State pension fund is quite dubious.
  
  And the involvement of the IRS CID in the matter gives us some indication as to what to not be surprised by in any indictment that might come out of this.
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  1. 2/21/2008 6:56 AM SHG wrote:
     Larry made his bed and now he'll have to sleep in it.  As much as Larry has been the focus of attention, he isn't the own who held the public trust.  I'm waiting to hear how the various BOEs weasal their way out of this.  And how the public deals with their beloved elected officials.
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  2. 2/21/2008 12:42 PM SHG wrote:
     Additional info:  Apparently the reference to Ingerman Smith in the original story was incorrect, and Larry Reich moved to Jaspan, Schlesinger and Hoffman.  See this Newsday story which also includes information about others, including Carol Hoffman and Jerome Ehrlich at Ehrlich, Frazer and Feldman.
     
     While I don't personally know Reich, I do know Carol Hoffman and Jerome Ehrlich.  Between these three firms, they cover the bulk of Long Island School Districts, meaning that this is going to have huge ripple effects across the Island.
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     1. 4/4/2008 10:32 AM Anonymous Lawyer wrote:
        Very interesting. I actually know quite a bit about all of these attorneys. All of them, at some time, were associated with the Jaspan Firm. Larry Reich, Carol Hoffman & Jerome Ehrlich were all, at one time or another, named partners in the Jaspan Firm. Ehrlich's partners, Frazer & Feldman, were also at one time partners in the Jaspan firm. This firm is one of the most powerful firms on Long Island, and pride themselves on being "white shoe" "AV Rated" attorneys, yet it appears to me that they are all just a bunch of white collar criminals. And to think that I used to look up to these people. What a disgrace. Is there truly an honest lawyer left. Or are we all so trained to look for loopholes and to stretch the boundaries of the law, that we can't even tell simple right from wrong anymore?
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