Professional License Defense Case Results - Page 5

C.B. is a licensed educator. C.B. struck one of her pre-kindergarten students on the cheek while the student was being disruptive. The parents of the child filed a complaint with the school district, local law enforcement and the Board. After an informal conference with a Board investigator, C.B. and counsel, the Board allowed C.B. to …

I.F. was accused of submitting false health insurance applications and hosting an unregistered event in violation of Medicare/Medicaid laws. I.F. hired Bertolino LLP to respond to the investigation. After we responded to the Department’s notice of investigation, TDI closed the matter and dismissed all claims against I.F.

TEA accused J.B. of contract abandonment and threatened to impose a one-year suspension of J.B.’s license. After a hearing at the State Office of Administrative Hearings, the Honorable Administrative Law Judge sided with J.B. and wrote a Proposal for Decision dismissing all claims.

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 …

After receiving a complaint that E.P. allegedly falsified an application for life insurance by claiming she is the guardian of the complainant’s children, Texas Department of Insurance (“TDI”), filed a Complaint at the State Office of Administrative Hearings, claiming E.P. willfully violated Texas insurance law and engaged in fraudulent acts. TDI sought revocation of E.P.’s …

Facts: Our client, P.E., faced a complaint filed by third party that claimed that she fraudulently applied for life insurance policies in the complainant’s children’s names. TDI prosecuted the matter and filed a petition with the State Office of Administrative Hearing. At the hearing, TDI tried to show that our client committed fraud based on …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …