Litigation would follow, including a countersuit filed by Monarch’s attorney/business partner Aaron Kelly that named Gorman’s wife, a homemaker that was never involved in Gorman’s business affairs. When Attorney Aaron Kelly was disqualified from the case, Kelly’s partner, Daniel Warner, entered his appearance.
Richart Ruddie, unbeknownst to Gorman at the time, was good friends with Monarch, Kelly, and Warner. Richart Ruddie, whom Monarch chose to use as a professional witness against Gorman in Monarch’s countersuit, is alleged by the Arizona Bar to have engaged in multiple scams with Warner/Kelly in a complaint filed this past Friday.
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According to several legal experts, Monarch’s business partner and attorney, Aaron Kelly, and his law partner Daniel Warner, are facing the most egregious bar complaint seen in years.  It is believed that both attorneys will get disbarred this year.
It may be more than a coincidence that the SEC is now targeting lawyers that are assisting companies like Shipchain that are offering ICO cryptocurrency sales, which the SEC has claimed is a securities violation.  Shipchain’s general counsel, Julian Zegelman, could face legal consequences in his role in the ICO offerings at Shipchain.
