Our Client, T.D.H., CPA, was working as an accountant for a friend’s business. That friend paid business reimbursements to TDH based on verbal agreements, but no written record was ever kept of those agreements. When a business dispute resulted in T.D.H. resigning from his friend’s business, that friend filed a complaint against T.D.H., alleging T.D.H. …
State Bar of Texas v. C.A.
Our Client, C.A., faced a complaint filed by a former client, which alleged that they had failed to promptly respond to the client’s requests for information. C.A. faced the possibility of severe discipline, as failure to promptly respond to client requests for information is the number one basis for attorney discipline by the Texas Bar. …
Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board v. C.S.
C.S. is a licensed residential appraiser who was alleged to have purposefully undervalued a residential home to his own benefit and to the detriment of the sellers, who were also the complainants. Specifically, the complainants alleged C.S. visited their home under false pretenses because he never intended on appraising the fair value of their home …
Texas State Board of Public Accountancy v. J.D.
J.D. is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and owned her own licensed CPA firm. On November 26, 2018, J.D. signed an Agreed Consent Order (“Agreed Consent Order” or “ACO”) with the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy (the “Board”) which stated in part that the “ACO may be subject to disclosure pursuant to Board Rule …
Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board v. J.A.
An Appraisal Management Company filed a complaint against J.A. stating he had not appraised the subject property properly for a loan refinance. It was based on the vacant subject property’s “As Is” condition. The complainant claimed that the improvements were 85% complete, but J.A. appraised the value at no more than a vacant lot because …
Texas Department of Insurance v. Y.O.
Facts: Texas Department of Insurance sent our client, Y.O., a Tex. Ins. Code Sec. 38.001 request for information regarding her consulting contract with a municipality where she allegedly identified herself as a life and health counselor, but did not have a license. TDI additionally asked her about selling insurance products without a license because she …
Texas Department of Insurance v. H.H.
Facts: The Texas Department of Insurance (“TDI”) sent HH a Notice of Complaint. The Complainant had been a paralegal at a law office in the same building as HH’s insurance agency, and the Complainant wanted to leave the law business and pursue a career in insurance. HH encouraged Complainant to obtain a temporary license from TDI, …
Texas State Board of Public Accountancy v. F.J.
Facts: Our client FJ, hired firm to assist him in disclosing a recent criminal conviction to the Board. The firm drafted and submitted a disclosure of the conviction along with several witness statements and other character evidence that showed that FJ was still fit to practice in Texas. The firm further argued that this conviction …
Texas State Board of Public Accountancy v. C.W.
Facts: Our client CW, hired firm to assist him in disclosing one recent and one prior criminal conviction to the Board. The firm drafted and submitted a disclosure of the convictions along with several character statements, employment evaluations, probation documentation and other character evidence that showed that CW was apologetic for his failure to disclosure …
Texas Department of Insurance v. E.B.
Facts: Independent Insurance Agent EB hired the Bertolino LLP to respond to a complaint filed by Allstate Insurance with Texas Department of Insurance. This complaint was that Client answered “No” to a question about whether the policy-holder was a previous Allstate customer. Client responded that it was because her initial Allstate trainer trained her to …