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| Yurko, Lyle Spring 2010; Charlotte NC | |
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| monkalup | Jun 9 2010, 09:49 AM Post #1 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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Well-known Charlotte lawyer vanishes By Glenn Counts NewsChannel 36 Posted: Tuesday, Jun. 08, 2010 Lyle Yurko, WCNC photo. 'One of the toughest lawyers in town' A Charlotte attorney has seemingly disappeared and now the state bar is taking action. Many of Lyle Yurko's friends say they haven't seen him for months. Neither have his clients. "His friends are very concerned for him and they wish him the very best," said attorney Fredrick Winiker, who has been appointed trustee over Yurko's practice. "It's very unusual. It's a process that is designed by the state bar to help address situations where there is a sole practitioner attorney." Yurko is considered to be one of the most brilliant legal minds in the state. In 2004, Charlotte Magazine named him as one of the toughest lawyers in town. According to an order from the N.C. State Bar, it appears that Yurko has vanished, abandoning his law practice. At Yurko's office Monday, property management inspected the office and would not say if he's been evicted. "I don't know if I can comment on that," said property manager Bernie Smith. Yurko owns a home off Shady Bluff Drive. Neighbors say they have not seen him in weeks, although one told us some people came to clean the property a couple of weeks ago. It's possible that Yurko is out of the country. A couple of years ago he married a woman in Vietnam and has spent considerable time in that country. Whatever the reasons for his disappearance, the state bar fears that his clients will suffer. That's why the bar appointed Winiker to watch over the practice. "The danger is that they won't have adequate representation in the court system," Winiker said. "They may not be advised of pending court dates and be assessed penalties by the court for failing to appear when it really was not their fault." "This is a sad matter where there are incarcerated clients with no lawyer. They paid for services and now have no attorney," said Claire Rauscher, head of the federal public defender office. The bar is urging Yurko's clients to contact Winiker at 704-333-8440 or e-mail yurko@winikerlaw.com. Some of Yurko's friends privately worry that he might have skipped town because of financial pressures. If that's the case, they say he might never come back. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/06/0...r-vanishes.html |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | Jun 9 2010, 09:50 AM Post #2 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/06/0...laywers-in.html video with additional photos |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | Jun 9 2010, 09:51 AM Post #3 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/rec...lawyer_vanishes Trustee Named to Oversee Lyle Yurko’s Practice After NC Lawyer VanishesPosted Jun 8, 2010 4:17 PM CDT By Martha Neil EmailPrintReprints The North Carolina State Bar has appointed a trustee to oversee the practice of a a well-known Charlotte solo practitioner who has apparently vanished. Neighbors haven't seen Lyle Yurko for weeks and it's possible he may have moved to Vietnam, where he married a woman a couple of years ago and has spent a significant amount of his time, reports News Channel 36. Some clients may not even know that they are now apparently unrepresented, and trustee Fredrick Winiker is urging them to make contact, reports WSOCTV. “I'm sure people have run into problems already, and we're trying the best we can. It's like being left on an operating table, and that's what the bar is trying to do is to make sure those people are taken care of,” Winiker tells WSOC. |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | Jun 9 2010, 09:53 AM Post #4 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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An article BY Lyle about his beloved Vietnam http://www.talkhousemagazine.com/World-Eco...t-its-best.html By Lyle Yurko Like most Americans, my image of Vietnam was forged by that devastating fifteen-year war. This vision was exacerbated by Hollywood. In fact, when my plane landed at Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City (formally Saigon), I expected to find that ramshackled hut, so indelibly seared in my memory by “The Deer Hunter”, where cadres forced P.O.W.s to play Russian roulette while they gambled on the morbid outcome of their war games. But such images are light years away from 21st Century Vietnam. After attempting classical communal land reforms with disastrous results in the late 1970’s, the Vietnamese leaders began a series of true economic changes called “Doi Moi” or new beginning. Pure Adam Smith capitalism slowly replaced state-run industries and farms. Small family-owned businesses built on a remarkable work ethic in an environment of laissez-faire competition now dominate the urban centers of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. In fact, the free market abounds in Vietnam. In America, if a family wanted to establish a coffeehouse in New York or L.A, licensing fees, legal costs, franchise expenses and permit requirements would place such a business totally out of reach for the average family of entrepreneurs. In Saigon though, all my wife needed was a little capital (less than $2,000) and ingenuity, and voilà, the first floor of our home in District Seven became “Shop Coffee” earning a profit after the first few months it opened. Doi Moi has created an economic boom in this beautiful Southeast Asian trade Mecca. The skylines of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are peppered with hundreds of development projects. The country’s seafood, coffee, furniture and textile industries are producing first quality goods at international standards and are competitively priced. Foreign investments from Asia, Europe, and the Americas are proliferating and are fueling what has become the second fastest growing economy in Asia. Vietnam’s growth rate of 8% annually has continued for the past five years. Mark Penn, the statistical adviser to the Clinton Administration, who used his polling skills to help shape presidential policy, recently has authored the book, Microtrends, Small Forces Behind Tomorrows’ Big Changes. The book’s eighty-eight chapters identify economic under currents that are largely unnoticed today but will have a significant impact on the economic future of American business and the global economy, which we all compete in. As an example, the book discloses that today 15 million American teenagers are vegetarian and their numbers are growing dramatically. Think of the impact this trend will have for McDonald’s and Burger King! Penn’s book has a section on international trade and one of the first chapters is entitled “Vietnamese Entrepreneurs”. Penn reports that Vietnam has become one of the most capitalistic nations on earth. Over the past 15 years, they have done more to reduce poverty and build a middle class than any other nation in the world. These mid-level wage earners behave like westerners. 50% have cell-phones and computers. 20% percent have e-mail at home. 75% of Vietnamese teens are enrolled in school, a rate higher than China or India. A recent Gallop poll named the Vietnamese” the most optimistic people on earth”, topping the citizens of Hong Kong by 20%, who were in second place. One of the most important growth factors is Vietnam’s age structure. While the western world’s population is aging, a fact all of us baby boomers discover with painful clarity every time we attempt a game of tennis or softball, in Vietnam, 60% of the country’s 84 million people are under the age of 27. Each of these new 21st century boomers represents a powerful block of potential consumers. Imports and exports are flowing in and out of Vietnam daily as trade barriers crumble due to the WTO. If your restaurant chain needs seafood, try Vietnam. If your clothing chain is tired of shoddy goods, consider Vietnamese textiles. If you’re tired of paying more for a cup of coffee than a gallon of gas, try Vietnamese Java. You’ll be as delighted with the taste as you will with the price. And if your furniture company is not already importing Vietnamese products, get in line, because most major manufacturers are already here. And trade with the Vietnamese is far from a one-way street. There are tremendous resort development opportunities along the one thousand miles of one of the world’s most beautiful coastlines, far away from international terrorism. There are abundant markets for the low cost tools of global communication from cell phones to computers to eBay type distribution outlets. And the entire country is an ESL classroom. The European and American influences have already made English Vietnam’s second language, but almost everyone needs to improve his writing and speaking skills. Companies with the right tools and professionals can satisfy this demand at a decent profit. Finally, what Americans do well is to produce the best technical training on the planet. The campuses of MIT and Cal Tech as well as the engineering and computer science classrooms of every major American University look like meetings of the U.N General Assembly with students from every corner of the globe. But many foreign students cannot afford the cost of international education. The need for American-based technical institutes in Vietnam is profound and an entire generation of American-trained young professionals can help assist this blossoming nation into becoming one of Asia’s industrial powers. Providing such skill sets can produce a profitable enterprise for American educators. Exploring any or all these opportunities can lead your business toward continued success in the global market place. And relations between America and Vietnam are stable and friendly. I recently was invited by the Vietnamese Ambassador to attend the TeT New Year celebration at the formal Vietnamese Embassy in Washington. Among the guests was the Commandant of the US Marines Corps. When I asked him why he was present, he responded, “We have just established a program to train Vietnamese fighter pilots!” What a remarkable transformation has occurred since those helicopters evacuated the US Embassy in Saigon in 1975. The legislation establishing permanent, normal trade relations was sponsored by the following Senators: Senator Baucus (D) - Montana, Senator Hagel ® - Nebraska, Senator Kerry (D) - Massachusetts, Senator McCain ® - Arizona all Vietnam veterans. So come to Vietnam, open your eyes and see what amazing changes have occurred. Those archaic Hollywood images are more like “Ben Hur” than “Syriana”. So explore this land of opportunity filled with friendship, hope and delightful entrepreneurs. Lyle Yurko is a leading American attorney. He also advises the United States Sentencing Commission in Washington. In addition, he is CEO of Broadleaf Educational Consultants whose mission is to help integrate American businesses into the dynamic economy of Vietnam. He resides in Charlotte, North Carolina and Ho Chi Minh City, a true global entrepreneur. |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | Jun 9 2010, 09:56 AM Post #5 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.wsoctv.com/news/23820870/detail.html High Profile Charlotte Attorney Missing For Months Posted: 3:44 pm EDT June 7, 2010 Updated: 6:35 pm EDT June 7, 2010 CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Anyone who knows Lyle Yurko will tell you that he is hard to miss. He is an outspoken attorney who's handled high-profile cases in state and federal court and he has been missing now for months. Yurko’s office is still strewn with books and boxes of files but the door is locked and a notice posted outside announces that a trustee has been appointed to oversee his practice. Rick Winiker agreed to take the job after the state bar notified a judge that Yurko has abandoned his law practice and left no one to handle questions from clients, many of whom may not know that their attorney has disappeared. “I'm sure people have run into problems already and we're trying the best we can. It's like being left on an operating table and that's what the bar is trying to do is to make sure those people are taken care of,” Winiker said. Channel 9 tried contacting Yurko on his cell phone and only to get voice mail. A White Pages search directed us to his address but there was no sign of him there and a neighbor told us he hasn't lived there for years. The neighbor also told Channel 9 that in the last week someone showed up and started cleaning the house out, which only adds to the mystery of the missing attorney who has left friends and clients wondering where he has gone and why. You can contact Rick Winiker III at 704-333-8440. |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| Begood | Sep 30 2011, 08:33 AM Post #6 |
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Winiker Appointed Trustee for missing attorney, Lyle Yurko High Profile Attorney Missing for Months Video here Additional Video Here A Charlotte attorney has seemingly disappeared and now the state bar is taking action. Many of Lyle Yurko's friends say they haven't seen him for months. Neither have his clients. "His friends are very concerned for him and they wish him the very best," said attorney Fredrick Winiker, who has been appointed trustee over Yurko's practice. "It's very unusual. It's a process that is designed by the state bar to help address situations where there is a sole practitioner attorney." http://rickynotes.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html |
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