Lawyers Michael de la Garza and Antony Gluck, along with two others, charged by San Bernardino District Attorney for buying and selling workers’ compensation claimants
This case is being prosecuted by the San Bernardino District Attorney´s office. Two lawyers, Michael de la Garza, and Antony Gluck, are charged with what is estimated to be approximately 14.5 million dollars in workers´ compensation fraud. This scheme targeted Spanish speakers, as many fraud schemes before it. Spanish speakers, especially Spanish-only speakers, generally don’t... Read More
Disabled, wheelchair bound, quadriplegic attorney creates a Gold Rush in Northern California by filing frivolous and abusive Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuits
His name is Scott Norris Johnson, 61, of Carmichael, California. He is a Sacramento-based attorney and filer of over 2,000 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for Northern California since the beginning of 2020. His usual targets have been small businesses, typically restaurants and eateries in small shopping centers and... Read More
Character witness, Mike Saleh, learned about the Riverside criminal charges but still went ahead and hired Matthew Rifat
Mike Saleh was a character witness for Matthew Rifat on Thursday morning, March 20th 2025. Matthew is on trial to defend his law license. He is being prosecuted by Vilette Magapan and Scott Karpf of the Office of Chief Trial Counsel of the California Bar Association. Matthew is now in the process of calling ten... Read More
Rocky Ventittelli to Matthew Rifat – “I think you’re one of the most moral, honest attorneys that I’ve employed…”
Rocky Ventittelli is Matthew Rifat’s first character witness for Friday, March 21st 2025, starting shortly after 9:00 am. This is the last day of Matthew’s trial with the California Bar Association, Office of Chief Trial Council. He could be disciplined by being disbarred or suspended. The looming question is did he commit moral turpitude. Check... Read More
Jesuit priest takes the stand and calls Matthew Rifat “a model citizen”
The California Bar Association trial challenging attorney Matthew Rifat ended on March 21st, Friday, 2025. It was a six-day trial that went from March 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th and then took up again on March 20th and 21st. It was prosecuted by the Office of Chief Trial Counsel of the California Bar Association. The... Read More
Matthew Rifat’s character witnesses in Bar trial testify to his exemplary character. Priest sums him up as honest and generous.
Matthew Rifat’s trial with the California Bar Association, their Office of Chief Trial Counsel, ended on March 21st 2025, Friday. Matthew is fighting to keep his attorney Bar license in California, as he had been convicted of a felony, PC 549, on February 29, 2024. Any felony conviction gets referred to the California Bar’s Office... Read More
Applicants’ attorney Jon Woods wins on appeal to dismiss 33 counts out of a 37-count conviction.
Jon Woods was charged with workers’ compensation claims fraud in 2017 along with several other applicants’ attorneys by the Orange County District Attorney. He was tried in 2019 and got a mistrial on April 17, 2019. He was tried again in July of 2022 after a long delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic; he then... Read More
Matthew Rifat’s trial starts up again tomorrow, March 20th 2025, Thursday, at 9:00 am
The trial picks up again tomorrow morning after being in recess since March 7th, Friday, 2025. But what happened to open the case on Tuesday, March 4th? Here’s some material. Vilette Magapan, one of the California Bar prosecutors from the Office of Chief Trial Counsel, began her opening statement by expressing Matthew Rifat represented multiple... Read More
