Howard Kornberg Insurance Fraud: Set up doctor appts, indiviual incurs thousands of dollars of bills then he refuses to represent client. ripoff Los Angeles California

I am concerned as to why this happen! I am a client, I am going through therapy.

To quote Mr. Kornberg:
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"Your publication of this libelous and false accusations by an untruthful and disgruntled client is defamatory and will result in you and this client being named in a lawsuit for libel and defamation. You have ignored your responsibility to investigate and validate such publications to my great detriment and damage. In 25 years of practice i have never been sued for malpractice, fraud or disciplined by the
State Bar of California for any reason, and I have never been charged with fraud or convicted of any crime. I demand that you remove this posting immediately."
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The client has given ripoffreport.com the irrevocable right to publish the information. The client can only update the report to reflect new developments. Perhaps you should make her happy rather than threatening to sue her.

As for Diane, many attorneys run this scam. They send you to a doctor whom they are in bed with, run up the bills through the roof, and have their paralegal work out a half-assed settlement with the insurance company. If you take the offer, all the money goes towards the med bills and your attorney gets a kickback. If they're nice, your attorney and his med facility will tell you "we worked out a deal so that you won't have to pay your med bills out of pocket, but the entire settlement will go toward them."

If you decline the ridiculously low offer that the insurance company gives you, he'll stop representing you citing that you refused the offer against his better judgement. Then you're left to fend for yourself as far as the settlement and bills go.

Be wary any time you think you are receiving excessive or overzealous treatment for your injuries. Be wary if you feel the amount of your medical bills seems more than what is reasonable and customary. In fact, beware of any medical provider your attorney tries to send you to! Insurance companies laugh at lawyers like this because they know they can low-ball the offer because the guy probably advertises on t.v., is representing 200+ clients at a time, and never EVER goes to court. Phoney lawyer = phoney settlement.

Sorry you got hooked up with a shyster.

To SN from Kansas: The attorney DID respond to the allegations. He said that these were false allegations from a disgruntled client.

The threat to file the lawsuit might have been a bit over the top, but to claim that he didn't respond is clearly inaccurate.

It would be extremely odd for an attorney to quit a case without notice or an explanation, assuming that you believe the claim.

Agreeing to take on a case does not make you someone attorney for life. Attorney resign from cases for many reasons, icluding lack of payment, breakdown in the attorney-client relationship, it's not a good case, etc. Just because an attorney turns town is case is not sufficient grounds for making a complaint like this.

As for Mr. Kornberg, I say relax. You have a glowing recommmendation from a colleague and a rather questionable complaint against you. If you were to sue, what are your damages. At best, you have an annoying & unfounded complaint against you. At worst, you face an anti-SLAPP motion that could make you liable for the defendants' attorney's fees.

I have known Mr. Kornberg for twenty years since we met as opposing lawyers in a business litigation matter.

My ENTIRELY UNSOLICITED professional opinion is that he is a skilled, dedicated and tenacious member of the bar who works hard and represents his clients well. It is for that reason that I have referred Los Angeles area clients to Mr. Kornberg so that they receive skilled, ethical representation.

As non-lawyers you may or may not know about a California lawyer's ethical obligation to discontinue pursuing a case when it is discovered that the claim lacks merit.

That discovery can occur even after a client like Diane as had extensive medical treatment. Although I do not know the specific facts of her accusations, I can assure you that the appropriate place for a legitimately dissatisfied client to make complaints against a lawyer is with the State Bar who has the tools to investigate the matter to an appropriate conclusion rather than by making unverified claims on the internet.

I, for one, consider the above accusation as a cowardly attempt to impune the integrity of a fine person, ethical lawyer, family man and member of the community and ENCOURAGE YOU TO DISREGARD SUCH CLAIMS as baseless. I WILL CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND MR. KORNBERG TO LOS ANGELES AREA CLIENTS WITH THE UTMOST PROFESSIONAL CONFIDENCE. Thank you for your thoughtful consideration!

As usual, attorney does not respond to allegations. Attorney threatens legal action. How quaint! And attorneys wonder why people treat them like something less than human.

Your publication of this libelous and false accusations by an untruthful and disgruntled client is defamatory and will result in you and this client being named in a lawsuit for libel and defamation. You have ignored your responsibility to investigate and validate such publications to my great detriment and damage. In 25 years of practice i have never been sued for malpractice, fraud or disciplined by the
State Bar of California for any reason, and I have never been charged with fraud or convicted of any crime. I demand that you remove this posting immediately.