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Faking His Way to the Top

Brian Valery was sentenced in Supreme Court in Manhattan yesterday: to five years probation, 100 hours of community service, and, to make restitution of (re-pay) his ill-gotten gains. His crime? He pretended to be a lawyer. He didn’t just fool clients; he fooled the big firm that employed him.

First, the Manhattan law firm of Anderson Kill & Olick hired him in 1996 as a paralegal. Then Brian Valery pretended to go to law school, and pretended to study, sit for and pass the New York State Bar exam.

By the time he was busted, Valery was earning $155,000, probably with an annual bonus on top of that.

According to the Manhattan (New York County) D.A.’s website (www.manhattanda.org/whatsnew/press/2007-06-05):

"VALERY is charged with Grand Larceny for stealing the differential between the salaries he received while working in the position of attorney and the top paralegal salaries during that same period, plus $74,500 in bonuses.

The law firm’s not saying how this guy slipped in under its radar.

Commentary: Rumor has it that the law firm had a supervising attorney who would check on lawyers’ credentials, but never filled the job after the person doing it left the firm.  

Rumor has it that the law firm had a supervising attorney who would check on lawyers’ credentials, but never filled the job after the person doing it left the firm.

From: Queens injury lawyer Gary E. Rosenberg (personal injury and accident attorney and lawyer; also serving Brooklyn and Bronx)

Posted by Gary E. Rosenberg on January 31, 2008 12:58 PM |

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