Kleinfeld Law Firm

Twenty nine insureds of British Virgin Islands domiciled Boston Life and Annuity Company Ltd. (in liquidation) have suffered a humiliating end to their attempt to recover premiums they claimed were defrauded from them. In an agreement dated April 8, 2009

Litigants in the British Virgin Islands who claim to have been defrauded of $11 million in an alleged offshore insurance scam masquerading as a U. S. tax avoidance scheme have turned their attentions to the United States in their search for evidence.Alleged victims recently obtained an order from the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida compelling the appearance for deposition of, and production of documents by, Michael Rosenbaum, a former employee of The Kleinfeld Law Firm, of Miami, and they have just made a similar application concerning Jerome M. Hesch, who is a Miami-based attorney with Greenberg Traurig law firm.

Fifty-six beneficiaries of offshore insurance policies have accused well-known asset protection attorney Denis Kleinfeld and three alleged associates of defrauding them of $11 million in an offshore insurance scheme.They are seeking full compensatory damages, plus punitive damages, in a civil complaint that was filed at the Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit, Miami-Dade County, Florida on May 25, 2006. The causes of action are anticipatory breach of contract, unjust enrichment, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, conversion, and conspiracy.

Tax attorney Denis Kleinfeld and related parties have come out victorious in a bitter legal battle with a former employee of The Kleinfeld Law Firm. The ex-staffer, Michael Rosenbaum, has returned $159,000 that he allegedly misappropriated from the Kleinfeld parties and retracted allegations of wrongdoing that he made against them, including that Denis Kleinfeld had forged Rosenbaum's signature on a corporate check to buy himself a Cadillac and that Kleinfeld was involved in setting up questionable tax shelter arrangements for clients.

For the second time in 12 months, a Florida-based law firm that specializes in offshore wealth and tax planning has become involved in litigation with an ex-employee.The Kleinfeld Law Firm filed a lawsuit against its former associate, attorney Sergio A. Pagliery Jr., at the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami-Dade County, Florida on April 22, 2005, alleging civil theft, conversion and breach of duty of loyalty and good faith.

Offshore-focused attorney Denis Kleinfeld "masterminded" a widespread tax avoidance scheme known as the 'United States Virgin Islands Program', according to an ex-employee. The allegation was made in a counterclaim and third party claim filed at Miami-Dade Circuit Court, in Florida, on September 7, 2004 by Michael Rosenbaum and Demi International Consulting LLC, of Florida.