Bill Fleming in his closing argument went on with his soliloquy about lying and truth. One who tells the truth, he explained, always tells the same story because that person knows what happened. But liars, when they’re making it up, can’t keep track of their story. Louis Santillan, Bill said, testified on the stand that... Read More
Bill Fleming, left, with his client, Sim Hoffman, leave the preliminary hearing on September 2, 2015.
Defense lawyer Bill Fleming in Sim Hoffman, M.D. trial delivers closing argument. His pounds his point that Louis Santillan is a liar.
Defense attorney Bill Fleming stood at the podium before the jury in his charcoal grey suit. He is slender and tall. He looked relaxed, handsome, and with his hair torked up on the sides at the crown of his head as he always has it combed. It is March 1, 2022. He began by thanking... Read More
Closing arguments take place in the Sim Hoffman, M.D. fraud trial in Orange County. The prosecution goes first.
It was time for the prosecution to give closing arguments. So, Vincent Marinaccio stepped up behind the podium facing the jury. He wore a yellow tie. It was the morning of February 28, Monday, 2022. Vince Marinaccio: You’ve sat here and you’ve heard the evidence. We’re going to hear a lot about Louis Santillan and... Read More
Dr. Hoffman leaves court on November 17th 2021
Sim Hoffman M.D. Trial – Deposition taken in 2010 from civil case indicates Hoffman was involved in sleep center.
The court room opened at 9 am to its blue and white cloth flecked audience seats, its short wooden swing doors leading into the court well, and its amber bankers’ lamps on the long attorneys’ table as well as on the judge’s bench. It was January 26th 2022. Court room C-45 in Orange County has... Read More
Sim Hoffman, M.D. Trial — Interpreter whose license was used for billing testifies he didn’t do the interpretations.
Michael Zarrabi, who set up Dr. Hoffman’s Better Sleeping medical center around 2008, testified at the preliminary hearing on September 11th and 18th 2015. He testified that he warned Dr. Hoffman that the billing amounts were too high. When asked by prosecutor Shaddi Kamiabipour how he determined what sleep tests to give the patients, he... Read More
Sim Hoffman, M.D. Trial – Prosecution Can’t Provide Testimony About Standard of Care.
It was January 6th 2022, Thursday, in court room C-45 of the honorable Richard King in the Santa Ana Superior Court. The blue with white flecked audience chairs were empty, the jury absent, and the lawyers alone at the table were ready to go on the legal issues in the Sim Hoffman, M.D. trial. Defense... Read More
Sim Hoffman, M.D. Trial: Court shuts down over sick juror and COVID 19 scare. Judge has a raspy throat. Lawyers will deal with new legal motions on Thursday.
The workers’ compensation claims fraud trial of Sim Hoffman, M.D. was about to resume in court room C-45 of the honorable Richard King in Orange County (Santa Ana) Superior Court. It was January 3, 2022, Monday. The blue and white flecked gallery seats were all still there between two aisles and the low wooden swinging... Read More
Sim Hoffman, M.D. Trial – 50 3D MRI Counts Dropped. Prosecution felt it was the right thing to do. But what’s left of the People’s case? The judge asks…
Again, the jury is dismissed for the day and told to return on January 3, 2022. The judge expresses his usual and customary “Enjoy your friends and family,” message and acknowledges once again their festive holiday attire. It is Thursday, December 16th 2021. The jury had appeared for work in Christmas and holiday themed shirts... Read More
