Another big argument against Matthew Rifat by the Office of Chief Trial Counsel of the California Bar Association was the oddness that the Bar found in that it didn’t fit when Dr. Chorn at a dinner meeting asked Matthew Rifat “How is Blue Oak doing” and “How is Dr. Uwaydah making money?” from the practice. 

Dr. Chorn was supposed to be the owner and the CEO of Blue Oak Medical, and he didn’t even understand how his own company functioned, so he went to Matthew Rifat for answers.  He went to Blue Oak’s ostensible attorney.

After Chorn asked these questions, he resigned within about two weeks.  This shows, according to the prosecution, the level of involvement Matthew had in Blue Oak Medical.  He had more involvement and knew more than the CEO!

Dr. Price, the primary treating physician, also went to Matthew Rifat when he had his own concerns, the prosecutors went on.  He had at first gone to the manager, Shannon Moore Devane, but she couldn’t answer his questions or resolve his issues.  He then went to Matthew about problem patient reports and billing issues.  Dr. Price found that follow-up visits were being charged the same rate as initial visits when they should be charging less, and he depended on Matthew for his concerns over prescriptions that he never... Read More

There was the case called “Oheb” which the California Bar prosecution used to illustrate that the attorney in that case had many opportunities to protect himself but didn’t.  An individual that attorney hired, stole from him, forged... Read More