The federal court has ordered one of the lawyers for Junior Larry Hillbroom to submit information in court regarding his criminal case in the Republic of Palau.<\/p>\n
At a telephonic status conference last week, U.S. District Court for the NMI Magistrate Judge Heather L. Kennedy asked attorney David Bigelow to file by May 18, 2016, a report that will provide information regarding Hillbroom\u2019s release conditions and trial date in the Palau case.<\/p>\n
Kennedy set another telephonic status conference for May 18, 2016, at 9am pertaining to his pending lawsuit against his former lawyers David J. Lujan and Barry Israel. <\/p>\n
Hillbroom, one of the four DNA-proven children of the late business tycoon and DHL co-founder Larry Lee Hillblom, was recaptured hours after he allegedly escaped from police custody last Feb. 19, just a few days after he was arrested over the seizure of $160,000 worth of 160 grams of methamphetamine or \u201cice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hillbroom, 31, was recaptured after he allegedly dove into the water and tried to swim when police tracked a vehicle at a dock in a town called Meyuns Hamlet in Palau before, according to news reports.<\/p>\n
At the status conference last week in Hillbroom\u2019s lawsuit in federal court, attorneys Bigelow, Philip McDermott and Mark Hanson appeared on behalf of Hillbroom.<\/p>\n
Attorneys Theodore Frank and Victorino Torres appeared on behalf of Israel. Lujan and former Hillbroom trustee Keith Waibel appeared for themselves.<\/p>\n
According to the minutes of the status conference, Bigelow provided the court with updates on the status of Hillbroom\u2019s pending case in Palau.<\/p>\n
Frank stated that he had many issues with the declaration filed by Bigelow.<\/p>\n
Kennedy asked counsel to focus on the upcoming deadlines and stated that the discovery deadline was May 5, 2016.<\/p>\n
Bigelow said the parties were hopeful depositions would be completed in June and this was an informal agreement with the parties.<\/p>\n
Bigelow said with the new trial date, there are no currently set deadlines such as expert reports or dispositive motions.<\/p>\n
Kennedy ordered the parties to submit a proposed case management scheduling order by May 11, 2016.<\/p>\n
Hillbroom was first served with an arrest warrant for trafficking controlled substance charge when he arrived in Palau from Manila last Feb. 17, according to a press release by Palau\u2019s Ministry of Justice.<\/p>\n
Combined efforts of the Bureau of Public Safety, the Division of Customs, and the Belau Drug Enforcement Task Force led to Hillbroom\u2019s arrest at the Palau International Airport. <\/p>\n
The arrest of Hillbroom came after two women who arrived from Manila last Feb. 12 were allegedly found concealing 160 grams of \u201cice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Further investigation indicated that Hillbroom was the alleged supplier of the seized \u201cice.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to court papers, the two women claimed that Hillbroom \u201coffered to pay them when they arrived in Palau.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hillbroom was taken before a court on Feb. 19 and a bail of $500,000 (RM 2.1 million) surety or $250,000 cash bond was imposed. <\/p>\n
On Feb. 20, Hillbroom was allegedly talking to a visitor inside the Division of Corrections when he escaped by running out the front door and jumping into the passenger side of a pick-up truck that was parked outside the Koror jail.<\/p>\n
The driver of the truck was arrested that same day. <\/p>\n
Hillbroom\u2019s mother, Kaelani Kinney, is Palauan. Hillbroom is based in the U.S. mainland, but has been staying in Palau in recent months, according to news reports in Palau.<\/p>\n
Lujan was the lead counsel in Hillbroom\u2019s successful legal battle in CNMI Supreme Court to claim part of Hillblom\u2019s multi-million estate.<\/p>\n
Hillbroom\u2019s name is spelled differently from DHL co-founder Larry Hillblom. <\/p>\n
Hillbroom has filed a legal malpractice lawsuit against Lujan and Israel in federal court. <\/p>\n
Hillbroom is suing the two lawyers for allegedly conspiring with former trustee Waibel to inflate the attorney\u2019s contingency fee when Hillblom\u2019s fortune was still undergoing probate proceedings in Superior Court.<\/p>\n
Hillblom, founder of DHL Express, died in a plane crash off Anatahan waters in 1995. His body was never recovered.<\/p>\n
Approximately $100 million in assets were distributed to Hillbroom in the settlement of the probate case for Hillblom estate. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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