Patricia Cornwell Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Anchin, Block & Anchin=== In 2004, Cornwell assigned management of her financial matters to New York-based Anchin, Block & Anchin, managed by principal Evan Snapper. Agreeing to pay the firm a base rate of $40,000/month,<ref name=BGlobeFM/> her lawyer later claimed that Cornwell had hired Snapper to insulate herself from her money due to her ongoing mental health issues, and that Snapper knew this and took advantage of her over her four-and-a-half-year relationship with the company.<ref name=BGlobeFM>{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/01/09/patricia-cornwell-case-that-reads-like-one-her-mysteries-sues-her-financial-management-firm-alleging-cost-her-tens-millions/zbm35N6sZXjRaOQOaVsvPO/story.html|title=Mystery novelist accuses her manager of betrayal|author=Milton J. Valencia|publisher=Boston Globe|date=January 9, 2012|access-date=January 13, 2012}}</ref> Cornwell fired the firm after discovering in July 2009 that the net worth of her and her company, Cornwell Entertainment Inc., despite having above $10 million in earnings per year during the previous four years, was a little under $13 million, the equivalent of only one year's net income. After Cornwell filed the lawsuit, Snapper pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance regulations. The court case opened in January 2013, with Cornwell suing the firm for a combined sum of $100M.<ref name=BGlobeFM/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21010235|title=Crime novelist Patricia Cornwell sues finance firm|journal=BBC News|date=January 14, 2012|access-date=January 14, 2012}}</ref> On February 19, a Boston jury awarded Cornwell {{usd}}50.9 million (£33.4 million).<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/9882052/Crime-writer-Patricia-Cornwell-wins-51m-lawsuit-against-accountants.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/9882052/Crime-writer-Patricia-Cornwell-wins-51m-lawsuit-against-accountants.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Crime writer Patricia Cornwell wins $51m lawsuit against accountants |first=Mark |last=Hughes |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=February 20, 2013 |location=[[London, UK|London]] |access-date=June 20, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page