Lawyers Gone Bad Series by Vincent L. Scarsella

“Lawyers Gone Bad,” is the story of beleaguered attorney disciplinary counsel, Dean Alessi, and his trusty investigator, Stu Foley, in their fight against lawyers gone bad – that is lawyers who commit ethical and criminal wrongs, in this case, the local District Attorney who may have committed the ultimate ethical wrong - murder... more“Lawyers Gone Bad,” is the story of beleaguered attorney disciplinary counsel, Dean Alessi, and his trusty investigator, Stu Foley, in their fight against lawyers gone bad – that is lawyers who commit ethical and criminal wrongs, in this case, the local District Attorney who may have committed the ultimate ethical wrong - murder. Novelist Vince Scarsella draws on his real life experiences of over 18 years as head of the Eighth Judicial District Grievance Committee in Buffalo, New York to craft a gripping, suspenseful novel about lawyers gone bad. But the story is more than a crime novel. It concerns friendship, loss, unrequited love, and ultimately, justice. And it also seeks to answer the question, does what goes around, come around? less

"The lawyer was crying..." Legal Discipline Office Director, Dean Alessi, and his Chief Investigator, Stu Foley, are back investigating lawyers gone bad - this time the state's top personal injury firm, Craig & Craig, run by ruthless brothers, Larry and David Craig, for sending clients to bad doctors for bogus surgeries to increase the value of their cases... more"The lawyer was crying..." Legal Discipline Office Director, Dean Alessi, and his Chief Investigator, Stu Foley, are back investigating lawyers gone bad - this time the state's top personal injury firm, Craig & Craig, run by ruthless brothers, Larry and David Craig, for sending clients to bad doctors for bogus surgeries to increase the value of their cases. The day after a young associate lawyer of the firm comes in crying and tells Dean and Stu that his client has died on the operating table during one of these surgeries, he commits suicide. But was it really suicide or was the young lawyer murdered by the Craig brother's henchman, Nick "Sonny" Folino, a former mob associate, to keep him quiet? Despite State Supreme Court Chief Justice Krane's admonition that no further disciplinary investigations involving the Craigs or their firm be commenced while they are using their political might to help him get the vacant seat on the US Supreme Court, Dean and Stu secretly investigate the young lawyer's claims and his suspicious death. In doing so, they find themselves in mortal danger. Packed with surprising twists and turns leading to a thrilling conclusion, the story also continues to explore the friendship between Dean and Stu, Dean and Laura's troubled marriage, and his unrequited affair with LDO staff attorney, Kat Franklin. "Personal Injuries" takes the reader on a rip-roaring ride investigating more lawyers gone bad. In the process, it just may answer that ages-old adage, should you really be careful what you wish for? less