My review of their Attorney Bruce Bickel:
In my opinion, Bruce Bickel is a complete failure to act as a Fiducial Trustee. Stay away from this guy. Run away and find someone else so you don't experience what I have had to experience.
Bruce Bickel was assigned by Judge Oliver and the Fresno Superior Court to act as the Fiducial Trustee with assignment to meet the terms specified in the a family agreement and to provide all decision and communications associated with home health care and financial management of the Trust. I and my brother were then terminated as co-trustees.
But Bruce Bickel has FAILED to meet several important and health critical requirements and refuses to communicate. I have called several times, wrote emails, and sent a complaint letter to Bickel and his legal firm and still no response. I also learned my Dad had suffered a broken leg, was taken to a hospital and still no communications from Bickel.
Below are the specific actions Bruce Bickel FAILED to do in meeting his requirements as Fiducial Trustee.
1. No financial reporting to each co-trustee has ever occurred and was specified to occur quarterly, plus never received a copy of the yearly tax statements filed with federal and state.
2. The air quality testing that was to be performed to ensure the eradication of the mold and aspergillus found within the home, was to be performed prior to my elderly Dad was moved back into the house for his living. NOT DONE. I called the testing company and they were never contacted by Bickel.
3. No reimbursement of money I submitted to Bruce Bickel for expenses allowed was either paid to me or communicated as to when would be paid to me.
4. No reporting of the in-home skilled care provider employed to provide the 24/7 care for my Dad in the home. There is no report from Bruce Bickel as to this in-home skilled care provider meeting state, local, and health requirements.
5. My Dad's Social Security checks and assets are the property of the Trust, yet my brother per Bruce Bickel July 2015, had been taking several months of the Social Security money and was accessing my Dad's checking account with no confirmed actions from Bruce Bickel to remedy. Bruce Bickel refused to communicate to me the status of this issue and if resolved after several follow-ups by myself. For a Fiducial Trustee to not take action to support the Trust and agreement and allow fraudulent actions to take place is beyond negligence.
6. I have emailed and called and left messages with Bruce Bickel for several months and he refuses to answer or respond to my emails or calls. He has not communicated with me in any way since July 2015.
7. I have had to notify and alert Fresno Adult Protective Services to my concerns for my Dad's health and lack of performance by Bruce Bickel towards his health, his well-being, and his financial security. read more