Judge finds prominent attorney circumvented state law for his benefit
Late last month, a judge blasted a prominent Albuquerque attorney and businessman, finding that he manipulated the law in an attempt to sidestep paying hundreds of thousands of dollars and surrendering assets in a judgment over a botched vehicle tune-up in 2017.
Judge Victor Lopez, of the 2nd Judicial District, found that William Ferguson transferred the title to a Ferrari between companies that he controlled and claimed unsupported liens to avoid paying a verdict in 2018 in favor of plaintiff Creig Butler.
Ferguson’s action related to the Ferrari “reveals his disregard of New Mexico corporate and other laws in avoiding creditors and taxation,” the order states.
“This conduct demonstrates a pattern of circumventing New Mexico laws for his attempted personal benefit that counsel was trained and sworn to respect,” Lopez wrote in the order.
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