Ford Greene

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ford Greene
Occupation	Lawyer
Date Of Birth	Dec 21, 1952(1952-12-21)
Age	72
Country	United States
Birth City	United States of America
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Ford Greene Biography

Ford Greene is one of the most popular and richest Lawyer who was born on December 21, 1952 in United States of America, United States. Aylsworth Crawford Greene, III (born on December 21 1952) is an American lawyer, politician and, as of the year 2020, the Mayor in San Anselmo, California. Greene is well-known for his successful litigation with The Church of Scientology and the Unification Church of the United States. Greene is currently serving his fourth term being chosen San Anselmo town council member. He was elected to the office of Mayor in 2010 2015 and 2019.

In 1998 in Bertolucci In 1998, in Bertolucci. Ananda Church of Self Realization, Greene won a $1.625 million jury verdict in the case of coercion, fraud and sexual abuse of one female devotee.

In November 2005, Greene ran for a seat on the San Anselmo Town Council against Ian Roth, but came 300 votes short of being elected. Roth resigned in September 2006. Greene interviewed to be appointed to the Council seat he had nearly won, but former Ross Hospital CEO Judy House was chosen by the Council in a 4–0 vote. Greene said “It was a done deal. I’m not going anywhere. There’s an election in a year.”

Greene was elected to the San Anselmo Town Council in November 2007. “There was a compost pile that needed to be turned,” Greene said when the election results became known. “The government in this town was so embedded, so self- absorbed, that a substantial number of the population didn’t like it. That was the issue.” Greene was elected by the council to the position of mayor in December, 2010.

in Molko In Molko. Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, Greene represented two former members of the Unification Church, David Molko and Tracy Leal, before the California Supreme Court. (Paul Morantz, who was an amicus curiae for the Cult Awareness Network, also participated in the briefing and argument.) It was in the year 1988 when the state’s highest court ruled that religious organisations could have to be sued on charges of fraud or intentional infliction on psychological distress for when they employ deceit to make candidates who are seeking recruitment to be exposed to techniques of brainwashing. They claimed that the members from the Unification Church that enlisted Molko were lying by not mentioning any religious affiliation in their marketing pitch to recruit him and, when Molko trusted them, they brainwashed the man. In a legal opinion drafted by Justice Stanley Mosk regarding tactics that religious groups employ to gain adherents, the court concluded that any burden placed on the freedom of exercising of religion was outweighed by the public interest in defending from “fraudulent induction of unconsenting individuals into an atmosphere of coercive persuasion” due to the fact that many victims of brainwashing without consent or knowledge could develop serious and often irreparable mental and physical illnesses, including self-mutilation, schizophrenia, and suicide. The defendants filed an appeal to the United States Supreme Court which declined to reconsider the ruling by the California Supreme Court, and the case was resolved outside of the court.

Ford Greene Net Worth

Ford Greene is one of the richest Lawyer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ford Greene 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Greene became a part of Greene joined the Unification Church in late 1974 in an effort to persuade his sibling Catherine to quit her membership in the church. He was unable to achieve this, and Greene left the church in July of 1975. Between 1976 and 1978, he was able to deprogramme around 130 of those in the Unification Church. The character of the deprogrammer on the movie Ticket to Heaven was based on his work. Greene began his law studies in the New College of California Law School in the year 1978. The law school admitted him to the State Bar of California in 1983.

Greene is a lawyer who has represented a range of clients in litigation against his client’s Church of Scientology. The most notable case was Wollersheim in Wollersheim. Church of Scientology of California the case, Greene formed part of the group who represented the former Scientologist Lawrence A. Wollersheim and was successful in suing to recover emotional pain. Wollersheim was an associate in Scientology’s Church of Scientology for over 10 years before he resigned in 1979, before suing the church in the year following. The case before the court was heard in the year 1986. Wollersheim was an administrator in Scientology’s prestigious SeaOrg group. His job included recruiting celebrities to Scientology. The trial led to an $2.5 million settlement that later was later increased to an $8.7 million payment because of the accrued interest more than 20 years of litigation. In the New York’s Village Voice newspaper in June 2008, Greene commented: “If it had been shown in court that the 350 organizations of the church of Scientology were all controlled by [Scientology leader] David Miscavige, it doesn’t look like a legitimate religion but the authoritative cult that it is. It would have been terrible public relations, and they still would have had to pay the money. And that’s why they paid the money when they did, to avoid the bad PR.”

From 2003 to 2005, Greene was involved in a controversy about a changeable ‘Freedom’ sign with political messages on the side of his San Anselmo law office, facing eastbound traffic on busy Sir Francis Drake Blvd. Greene was vehement regarding his opposition to the policies of President George W. Bush, one example being Greene’s recommendation for his readers to “defy evil Bushism”. After San Anselmo police removed his sign in 2003, Greene sued the city. After a new sign ordinance was passed limiting the size of signs to 6 square feet (0.56 m), Greene put up 16 small signs together to form a large one. A court declined to stop this, deciding that the town could only limit the size, not the number of signs. Greene settled the dispute in October 2005 by agreeing to use only half the space for messages, and was reimbursed by the town for nearly a thousand dollars in expenses.

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Top Facts about Ford Greene

1. Ford Greene is an American lawyer and activist.
2. He specializes in civil rights, environmental law, and cannabis law.
3. Greene has been practicing law for over 40 years.
4. He was a member of the Green Party and ran for public office several times.
5. In 1996, he represented medical marijuana patients in a landmark case.
6. Greene has also represented clients in high-profile cases involving police brutality and government corruption.
7. He is known for his unconventional approach to legal representation.
8. Greene has authored several books on legal topics, including “The Marijuana Casebook.”
9. He currently practices law in California’s Bay Area.
10. Greene continues to be an advocate for social justice issues and progressive causes.