Elder Financial Exploitation - Dual Perspectives
Retired San Diego Deputy District Attorney Paul Greenwood and Scott Rahn, Founding Partner of national trust and estate litigation law firm RMO LLP, will discuss financial elder exploitation from both a criminal and civil perspective, highlighting common misconceptions, criminal and civil penalties in court, issues of undue influence, prevention, and key points that can be applied to the fiduciary practice.
California attorney Scott Rahn resolves contests, disputes, and litigation related to trusts, estates, and conservatorships, creating a welcome peace of mind for clients. He represents heirs, beneficiaries, trustees, and executors. He utilizes his experience to develop and implement strategies that swiftly and efficiently address the financial issues, fiduciary duties, and emotional complexities underlying trust contests, estate conflicts, and probate litigation.
Driven by a commitment to provide relief to people grieving the loss of a loved one, Scott collaborates closely with clients. He pursues and defends claims involving incapacity, incompetence, undue influence, breach of fiduciary duty, and other similar areas of dispute. His advice and counsel include prevention and remediation of financial elder abuse. Read more.
Paul Greenwood, LLB, JD, a retired Deputy District Attorney, was a lawyer in England for 13 years. After relocating to San Diego in 1991 he passed the California Bar and joined the DA's office in 1993. For twenty-two years Paul headed up the Elder Abuse Prosecution Unit at the San Diego DA’s Office. In 1999 California Lawyer magazine named Paul as one of their top 20 lawyers of the year in recognition of his pioneering efforts to pursue justice on behalf of senior citizens. He has prosecuted over 750 felony cases of physical, sexual, emotional, and financial elder abuse. He has also prosecuted ten murder cases, including one death penalty case. In March 2018 Paul retired from the San Diego DA’s office to concentrate on sharing lessons learned from his elder abuse prosecutions with a wider audience. In October 2018 he was given a lifetime achievement award by his former office. Paul now spends much of his post-retirement time consulting on elder abuse cases and providing training to law enforcement and Adult Protective Services agencies across the country and internationally. He is also involved as the criminal justice board member of the National Adult Protective Services Association.
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