Is Lyle Yurko on the lam or a missing person?
His friends, neighbors, clients and the North Carolina Bar Association will tell you his office and his home are dark, and he’s not answering his phones. Some suspect he’s in Vietnam with his Vietnamese bride while others speculate that he’s running from money troubles and won’t be back. Until he returns, checks in or shows up somewhere, no one will know for sure.
Meanwhile, the North Carolina Bar Association has put Rick Winiker III in charge of Yurko’s law practice.
Here’s the scoop:
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.
If you are one of Yurko’s clients, the North Carolina Bar Association asks you to contact Winiker at 704-333-8440 or e-mail yurko@winikerlaw.com.
This article appears in Jun 8-14, 2010.
Wow, sounds like he has gotten himself into a bit of a jam. I hope everything works out for him, but more for his clients. They might want to hire a criminal lawyer just to project themselves.
If he were a cute blonde coed he would be covered on the news every night.
Lyle where are you I need you to take care of a record expungement for me and I will pay you $145.38 for this service of yours. Let me know when you get it done and meanwhile I will send you payment of $145.38. Thank you much!
Regards,
Billy Joe McBride and the McBride Bros.
Hey Billy Joe this is Lyle I have been out of the country for several years and I am swamped with work. Please forgive me for not getting back with you sooner, yea just mail the check with payment to my office downtown and again thank you for the work. Consider this expungement done.