I Rest My Case

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Summary: A pleasant experience joining Shaw on his "Journey Home"
Review: I am an avid reader of books written by attorneys, both fiction and non-fiction. I have read all of the books written by Alan Dershowitz, John Grisham, Steve Martini and several others. I must state that I received more pleasure and enjoyment, more satisfaction,and,above all more profound insight into my own life from this book than from all of the above books! Many of us grow up with certain feelings such as "Nobody ever gave me nothin'". A read of this book will help all of us realize how important it is not to dwell in the past, but rather to pick ourselves up and get back in the race! A fast-paced story with a good lesson; Good for all ages but particularly poignant for those born around the same time as the author.

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Summary: SUCH A CROOK
Review: I have personally witnessed Shaw's law firm in action. They suck. I saw one instance where they took millions of dollars from my childhood friend and charged hundreds of thousands in legal fees for simply clipping coupons and for instigating problems of an already dysfunctional family.

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Summary: A SELF-PROCLAIMED HERO?
Review: I have rated this book with five stars for the B.S. it contains. It never ceases to amaze me that in our modern society, the narcissistic people who are politically and socially corrupt, are hailed by themselves as hero's. Shaw confesses to having deceived his family for many years therefore, none of them really knew the person they thought they knew. I get the impression that Shaw is still lying. To himself, his family and the public. I also get the impression from my own personal experience with the man, that Shaw is still a "Schmuck with a fountain pen" only now, he and his firm steal more from people with their fountain pens than a hundred gangsters with guns ever could.

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Summary: Worth reading
Review: I Rest My Case is an excellent story for those of us who travel a great deal and are looking for something to keep our minds active. The story not only maintains your interest but it is difficult to put down even when the plane lands. Stanley Shaw's story is inspirational and demonstrates how great obstacles can be overcome. Well worth reading!

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Summary: HEARTWRENCHING RAGS TO RICHES STORY:
Review: I should have given this book five stars. Five for the amount of B.S. it contains. It never ceases to amaze me that in our modern society, the narcissistic people who are politically and socially corrupt, are hailed by themselves as hero's. Shaw confesses to having deceived his family for many years before finally writing his "legacy". What would make the reader now suddenly believe an admitted liar? I get the impression Shaw is still a "Schmuck" with a fountain pen". Only these days, he and his law firm steal more with those pens than an army of gangsters with guns.

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Summary: GUARDIANSHIP-GOOD OR BAD...SHAW,LICITRA,ESERNIO
Review: In 1994, Mike DeLano, my best friend of more than 50 years, suffered a minor stroke. This excuse was used to declare Mike "incapacitated" when his immediate family began to fight over Mike's assets. George Esernio of Shaw, Licitra, Esernio, Schwartz & Bohner, along with Mike's wife Kathryn, were "appointed" as co-guardians of Mike's estate by Judge Frank S Rossetti, who himself is "appointed" by Governor Pataki, a staunch political supporter and personal friend of Stanley Shaw and his firm. A coincidence, I don't think so.

Co-guardians George Esernio and Kathryn DeLano, Mike's wife, after stealing everything they could before legally marshalling over four-million dollars in tax-free municipal bonds. You know, the kind you just need to clip the coupons on for the rest of your life and, would net a person nearly 2-3 hundred thousand dollars a year in income. Well, they began by spending eight-hundred thousand in their first year causing bonds to be cashed in, thereby not only reducing principal, but the interest that Mike's bank accounts should receive in income. Throughout the next ten-years, despite objections the entire time from Mike's eldest son Franklin, the excessive spending continued until Mike's money was nearly all gone. Sadly but much richer, Mike's wife and her co-guardian attorney George Esernio, who now needed a big influx of cash to keep the excessive fees and other expenses being paid, not very surprisingly, decided to sell Mike's buildings and land in Queens that he and Franklin had built with their own hands over a period of forty years. Whew, another couple of million of Mike's money to spend on themselves for a few more years before they need to sell the next building. Oh, did I forget to mention that those buildings that Mike built contained other businesses' that Mike owned that were also adding income to Mike's estate for fifty-years. Too bad his wife Kathryn and George Esernio, who charged more in fees than Mike himself ever took in salary, went bust from "mis-management".

So it would appear that Mr. Shaw and his firm are not Saints or knights in shining armor but instead, a bunch of crooks. At least in this example. Want to know more, call Franklin of the NBGAG (National Bad Guardianship Advocacy Group)at [phone] or [phone] or go look up Index No. 24309-I-93 in the Nassau County Courthouse located at 240 Old Country Rd. in Mineola, NY. and be ready for the guardianship shock of your life!

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Summary: GUARDIANSHIP-GOOD OR BAD...SHAW,LICITRA,ESERNIO
Review: In 1994, Mike DeLano, my best friend of more than 50 years, suffered a minor stroke. This excuse was used to declare Mike "incapacitated" when his immediate family began to fight over Mike's assets. George Esernio of Shaw, Licitra, Esernio, Schwartz & Bohner, along with Mike's wife Kathryn, were "appointed" as co-guardians of Mike's estate by Judge Frank S Rossetti, who himself is "appointed" by Governor Pataki, a staunch political supporter and personal friend of Stanley Shaw and his firm. A coincidence, I don't think so.

Co-guardians George Esernio and Kathryn DeLano, Mike's wife, after stealing everything they could before legally marshalling over four-million dollars in tax-free municipal bonds. You know, the kind you just need to clip the coupons on for the rest of your life and, would net a person nearly 2-3 hundred thousand dollars a year in income. Well, they began by spending eight-hundred thousand in their first year causing bonds to be cashed in, thereby not only reducing principal, but the interest that Mike's bank accounts should receive in income. Throughout the next ten-years, despite objections the entire time from Mike's eldest son Franklin, the excessive spending continued until Mike's money was nearly all gone. Sadly but much richer, Mike's wife and her co-guardian attorney George Esernio, who now needed a big influx of cash to keep the excessive fees and other expenses being paid, not very surprisingly, decided to sell Mike's buildings and land in Queens that he and Franklin had built with their own hands over a period of forty years. Whew, another couple of million of Mike's money to spend on themselves for a few more years before they need to sell the next building. Oh, did I forget to mention that those buildings that Mike built contained other businesses' that Mike owned that were also adding income to Mike's estate for fifty-years. Too bad his wife Kathryn and George Esernio, who charged more in fees than Mike himself ever took in salary, went bust from "mis-management".

So it would appear that Mr. Shaw and his firm are not Saints or knights in shining armor but instead, a bunch of crooks. At least in this example. Want to know more, call Franklin of the NBGAG (National Bad Guardianship Advocacy Group)at [phone] or [phone] or go look up Index No. 24309-I-93 in the Nassau County Courthouse located at 240 Old Country Rd. in Mineola, NY. and be ready for the guardianship shock of your life!

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Summary: PLEASE! Say it ain't so...
Review: Is this the same Shaw that has a law firm on Long Island known as Shaw, Licitra, Esernio, Bohner & Schwartz? The one that receives so much praise, patronage and rewards from the heirarchy of people in power? If you need a lawyer or firm with influence and crooked political connections, this one is among the top ten.

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Summary: I Rest My Case
Review: My gosh, what an interesting and inspiring story, and an enjoyable, fast-paced read! I Rest My Case is the Jewish Angela's Ashes, although I enjoyed this more because there's a satisfying sense of closure as Shaw reflects on the challenges and heartbreak of his childhood and finds, by his journeys through life, the power to forgive and love. It's also a commentary on growing up during the Depression, the complexities and struggles of family life, and the sacrifices one must make to realize one's dreams. As Shaw contemplates his final sunset, I feel as he does that he has much to be grateful for, including those who caused him the most pain. Writer Peter Golden artfully paces the story and skillfully lets Shaw tell his story. I couldn't put it down!

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Summary: A Soldier in Gotham's Army
Review: This a fascinating excursion into a political world that will soon seem as distant and melodramatic as the Byzantine empire -- New York City of the high American imperium. There never was a city on the colossal scale of 20th Century New York, and there is something both touching and comical about the figures who actually tried to control events in it -- especially the question of who got to build what where, and why. I suppose Mr. Golden is responsible for the mordant and fast-paced prose in a political memoir that reads like a cloak-and-dagger tale set in a a faraway magical metropolis of yesteryear. It's a kind of vivid literary equivalent to Henry Mancini's period music.