Justice in Hawaii?Justice in Hawaii?
Sometimes we like to see the bad guys win for a while who wasn't rooting in a way for Tony Soprano? But we always feel better when the good guys emerge victorious in the end. That's essentially the plot of every action blockbuster. Unfortunately, life isn't a James Bond movie. Broken Trust the true story of a multi-billion dollar charitable trust established by a Hawaiian princess and looted by its
Alexander A. Bove, Jr., principal, Bove & Langa, P.C., Boston
Sometimes we like to see the bad guys win for a while — who wasn't rooting in a way for Tony Soprano? But we always feel better when the good guys emerge victorious in the end. That's essentially the plot of every action blockbuster. Unfortunately, life isn't a James Bond movie.
Broken Trust — the true story of a multi-billion dollar charitable trust established by a Hawaiian princess and looted by its trustees — seemed to have all the ingredients of a promising morality tale. For years, terrible wrongs were done: trustees, lawyers and even justices of the Hawaiian Supreme Court openly committed unethical, underhanded and often illegal acts.
But then Samuel P. King, a senior fede...
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