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When defense attorneys go overboard for their clients. Part II.

Lonce Lamonte | June 25, 2026

Back to attorney Matthew Rifat’s potential disbarment:

The Review Department of the California Bar Association’s Office of Chief Trial Counsel sent a powerful letter to the California Supreme Court recommending that Matthew be disbarred for one year, but for that disbarment to be stayed. The stay would stay if Matthew completes all the requirements of his one-year probation, which consist of a litany of courses he needs to complete along with meetings he has to attend with the California Bar.

The list is long. The requirements are demanding. If he doesn’t live up to them, he gets disbarred. If he does live up to them, his probation ends, and he keeps his Bar card. He will have escaped.

Attorney Matthew Rifat has been put through all this turmoil because of his relationship with Dr. Munir Uwaydah. Matthew worked for Uwaydah's medical practices Frontline Medical, Firstline Health, U.S. Health and Orthopedics, and Blue Oak Medical Group from 2013 to 2018.

Now, on to another wild story. Criminal defense attorney Benjamin Gluck had a client, Abraham Khorshad, who was a defendant in a workers’ compensation claims fraud case in Orange County, California. The case was called, in brief, the Aspen Medical case, and it involved... Read More

When defense attorneys go overboard for their clients. Lawyers Benjamin Gluck and Matthew Rifat went too far.

Lonce Lamonte | June 19, 2026

There are defense attorneys who believe insurance carriers are always coming up with tactics they can use not to pay claims. One of them is to threaten medical providers with fraud. And lawyers who are always pro-medical-provider, who... Read More

Fraud defendant who gets his case dismissed is lucky. But when he sues the prosecutors and insurers, he isn’t grateful but vengeful.

Barry Zalma | June 10th, 2026

This is the case of Hassan Fayad vs. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. et al, in U.S. District Court, of Michigan, the Southern Division. Plaintiff Hassan Fayed owned businesses providing transportation, diagnostics, testing, and therapy services. He regularly billed insurance companies for these services. He was arrested and tried for fraud and then convicted. He subsequently... Read More

An Inside Job — Fraud perpetrated from inside the insurance company. It doesn’t always happen with an outside vendor or a claimant.

Nini Chow | May 20th, 2026

There are many ways for disparate types of perpetrators to commit insurance fraud. But there’s one type that gets the least attention. Most people don’t even seem to know about it. It comes from right under an insurance company’s roof. It happens just as frequently as the other types. So, let me tell you three... Read More

Businessman Khaled Ghandour’s Demurrer sustained against Munir Uwaydah’s First Amended Complaint in Los Angeles

Lonce Lamonte | May 11th, 2026

The Demurrer filed by Lebanese businessman Khaled Ghandour against Dr. Munir Uwaydah’s First Amended Complaint was sustained with leave to amend. The ruling took place on Wednesday, May 6th 2026 in room 732, the court room of Judge Richard Kemalyan, at Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles. This is a small court room on... Read More

Munir Uwaydah vs. Khaled Ghandour case reassigned to Dept 61 of the Honorable Richard S. Kemalyan at Stanley Mosk courthouse in downtown LA.

Lonce Lamonte | April 27th, 2026

The case of Prometheus Health Imaging, Inc. and Munir Marwan Uwahdah vs. Khaled Hachem Ghandour has now, alas, been reassigned. The honorable Richard S. Kemalyan in Department 61 in Stanley Mosk civil courthouse will now hear the case. This court is located at 111 No. Hill Street in downtown Los Angeles. A new hearing date for... Read More

Dr. Munir Uwaydah files First Amended Complaint against businessman Khaled Ghandour for $14,939,178.32. Ghandour responds with a demurrer. Part 2.

Lonce Lamonte | April 13th, 2026

Defendant Khaled Ghandour, a Lebanese businessman, was sued by Dr. Munir Uwaydah on January 13th 2025 for $14,939,178.32. This number, Uwaydah alleged, was based on his civil judgement against Ghandour, of $6,000,000, from Santa Monica Superior Court that was ruled in a bench trial on December 7, 2009. This case was a Uwaydah action of... Read More

An Orange County judge, Israel Claustro, pled guilty to Workers’ Compensation fraud. His sentencing is on calendar for June 26th 2026.

Lonce Lamonte | April 6th, 2026

Israel Claustro is scheduled for sentencing on June 26th 2026. The former Orange County Superior Court judge and deputy district attorney pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud on Monday, January 12th 2026, when he changed his plea from not-guilty to guilty in Santa Ana federal court. He agreed to resign from his position as a... Read More