Law Office of John E. Perry, Jr.

07/17/2026

REMINDER: I still receive occasional inquiries for legal help--I need to remind everyone that I am no longer practicing law and now devote my time to caring for my daughter.

06/11/2025

I just received an email from the "Arizona Ministry of Communications" claiming that I have an outstanding unpaid traffic ticket (I have none). Failure to click a link and pay by June 13th (2 days after the message was sent) will cause license suspension, a 35% "fee", and more!

This is yet one more scam to be aware of. Arizona state government has departments but not ministries. Moreover they do not communicate important notices via email. The state Attorney General has posted this warning:

PHOENIX – Today, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is warning consumers about an increase in text scammers impersonating government agencies. Fraudsters are using fake text messages to trick Arizonans into downloading malware, sharing sensitive information, or sending money by pretending to be a...

06/02/2025

Following the death last year of Hiroko Perry, my wife and partner, I ceased taking on new clients and I have recently closed my office for good. After more than 2 decades overseas working for investment banks, the 15 years representing working families and individuals in Arizona has been a real eye opener. I had intended to continue the office for another six or seven years, however without Hiroko's help that proved not to be feasible. My main occupation now is providing care for the special needs of our daughter Annie. Many thanks to all of my former clients, I wish all of you the very best! Ned https://www.forevermissed.com/hiroko-perry/about

10/02/2024

Maricopa Title Alert

"Maricopa Title Alert is a free program which monitors and alerts subscribers when documents are recorded with the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office under an individual and/or business' name. The program, which launched in June 2023, can help to monitor you and your business' name. More than 70,000 Maricopa County residents currently have an account."

Everyone who owns real estate in Maricopa County Arizona should take advantage of this free service which will alert you whenever a document (such as a deed) is recorded which includes the name of any person whom you want to protect from "deed theft". Here is how the Recorder's Office describes the service:

"This service applies only to documents recorded after sign up. There is no limit to how many names a subscriber can monitor under their account. Users may unsubscribe or make updates to this service at any time, but subscribers must maintain a current email and/or phone number to ensure accurate notification."

I received an email notice today informing me that 2 documents had recently been recorded by a person named "John Perry" (fortunately the middle name was different from mine and the property description did not match mine). If someone did try to forge my signature on a deed purporting to sell my home I would have received an email which would allow me to take immediate action before the problem became much worse.

Registration with Maricopa Title Alert can be done on-line at:

Maricopa Title Alert is a free program which monitors and alerts subscribers when documents are recorded with the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office under an individual and/or business' name. The program, which launched in June 2023, can help to monitor you and your business' name. More than 70,000...

05/22/2024

I just learned about a fraudulent scheme to steal someone's home (in this case Elvis Presley's Graceland!). Although this one isn't going to be successful, as though a scam to foreclosure on Graceland wouldn't attract plenty of attention, I imagine the identical scheme for a less famous property might very well be successful.

CNN did a good job running to ground the facts, however what is missing mention of any activity by the local district attorney's office--this must be a crime that can be prosecuted!

Elvis Presley’s granddaughter is suing to stop a foreclosure sale of the late singer’s historic Memphis home, Graceland, scheduled this week, alleging fraud and saying the purported company behind the sale doesn’t exist and has no rights to the property.

04/03/2023

My clients who are on Medicaid, and others who have family members in the program need to know that the federal government is requiring all states to review their entire list of "enrollees" to determine whether they are eligible to continue receiving benefits. This happened as the result of the national health emergency (COVID) which officially ended on April 1st. When AHCCCS (the Arizona Medicaid agency) contacts you (and they have 14 months to do so) you need to respond to their request for information. Failure to do so will likely result in a denial of benefits and will require the enrollee to start a new application and the family will need to pay for care which AHCCCS has been taking care of. And another thing, once AHCCCS stops paying the enrollee may face eviction proceedings brought by the care facility!

As pandemic protections expire, states are redetermining which people are eligible for the health insurance program.

01/31/2023

Elizabeth Warren asks bank regulators (in the video below) a very pertinent question (to which she already knows the answer): when was the last time you took a Wall Street bank to trial? While I was an in-house attorney with banks the knowledge that there would never be litigation for even the most egregious violations of law made it rather difficult to get bank staff to take compliance seriously.

Someone drank too much coffee this morning before a Senate Banking Committee hearing and decided to "do the job we hired her for" and ask the question the rest of us have been "asking for years." That someone is my new favorite senator, Elizabeth Warren. Someone go on another Starbucks run for her,....