“A Dunbar woman is accusing Barton Law Office of misappropriating funds from her dead mother’s estate.

Karen Richardson, acting as Executrix of the Estate of Freeda Pringle, says Jeffrey Barton and Barton Law Office stole at least $25,000 from Pringle’s estate and lost her case file in a lawsuit filed July 27 in Kanawha Circuit Court.”

“Barton is alleged to have been negligent and careless by: Failing to provide the minimum standard of care, failing to act with a degree of competence, failing to adequately advise a client, failing to provide adequate accounting, excessive billing, misappropriating funds, overcharging the estate, losing the file and failing to protect the file.
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