Harold Gewerter Esq. review: $750,000 in trust funds missing

I was a long time client of Harold Gewerter (about 15 years). I considered him someone I could trust. That trust was severely misplaced. Mr. Gewerter was paid monthly like clockwork for the invoices he submitted for years and years. As an attorney, he also has a client trust account to hold client funds. We placed $750, 000 into his trust account to hold as a fiduciary for us. He was never to touch the money without our consent.

Time went by and we asked him to return the money held in trust. He began acting evasive and stopped returning calls, always pretending to be busy. Finally we went to his office (3 of us including another attorney) and confronted him. He admitted he had taken the money, but would come up with a payment plan to pay it back. We were shocked, but gave him time to come up with a plan. He never did. We had to institute a lawsuit to try to recoup the funds. We have been told that other clients have had funds missing as well, and earlier this year (2018), Gewerter plead guilty to violations of safekeeping property and misconduct related to his trust account in Nevada. He was suspended for one year, with a 2-year stay on the suspension. We are still seeking repayment of our funds. Be warned, he is not to be trusted.

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