Burt Ross

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If a man's life can turn on saying "yes" or "no," Burt Ross may be the perfect example. Almost four decades ago, as mayor of Fort Lee, Ross faced a decision: Should he accept a $500,000 bribe from mob-linked developers to approve a controversial high-rise plan for a vacant 16- acre parcel of land overlooking the George Washington Bridge?

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• January 05, 2012

• Leslie A. Ross, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Saint Augustine'S College, a Non-Profit Corporation; Dwight J. Fennell, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Saint Augustine'S College; Gregory P. Sligh, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Senior Class Advisor, Saint Augustine'S College; James E. Burt, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Senior Class Advisor, Saint Augustine'S College, Defendants-Appellants, and Prezell R. Robinson, Individually and in His Capacity as President, Saint Augustine'S College; Marshall W. Harvey, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Registrar, Saint Augustine'S College; Charles R. Edwards, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Supervisor of Postal Services, Saint Augustine'S College; Richard L. Moore, Jr., Individually and in His Official Capacity as Coordinator, Division of Social Sciences, Saint Augustine'S College; Unknown Persons, Defendants., 103 F.3d 338 (4th Cir. 1996)

ARGUED: Charles Theophilus Francis, Wood & Francis, P.L.L.C., Raleigh, NC, for Appellants. Theaoseus Theaboyd Clayton, Jr., Clayton & Banks, P.A., Ral...

• Federal Circuits

• Mayor's Reporting of Bribe in 1974 Cries Out for More

A generation ago and a moral universe away, Burt Ross found himself in a Paramus diner -- in a panic. Ross was the brash, 31-year-old Fort Lee mayor but at that moment, he was a secret government informant, helping the FBI document a grubby, old-fashioned New Jersey bribe.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• October 07, 2010

• Tackling the Unspoken Offense in the Madoff Scandal

BURT ROSS of Englewood lost $5 million to Bernie Madoffs investment scam. But Ross got religion. Rosss investment scars have been widely chronicled. Articulate and unashamed to be open, Ross has emerged as one of the most outspoken of Madoffs estimated 2,000 victims.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• July 29, 2009

• Births

Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital PROM -- To Jacob Nathaniel and Danielle Marie (Ross) Prom of Selah, a daughter, Makayla Marie Prom, 8 pounds, 2 ounces, at 10:01 a.m., on Sept. 17, 2009. Grandparents are Burt and Christine Ross of Selah and Mike and Brenda Prom of Redmond, Ore.

• Yakima Herald-Republic
• October 01, 2009

• For Former Mayor, Madoff Conveys a 'Deeper' Evil

BURT ROSS has seen his share of evil, first as a young mayor in Fort Lee, when he achieved national fame by turning down a mobster's bribe. But in a federal courtroom last week, as Ross sat in the second row and sized up convicted swindler Bernie Madoff, Ross felt another kind of evil - something far more profound than the mob ever exuded.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• March 19, 2009

• Madoff Fraud Means Business for Cpas, Lawyers in New Jersey

[Burt Ross] said he's still a millionaire, describing himself as "64 and healthy." He said he's more concerned about victims of the scheme who are elderly or in ill health, and are now wiped out financially. His connection to [Bernard L. Madoff] was first reported in The Wall Street Journal. - Martin C Daks and Beth Fitzgerald The CPA firm Marcum & Kliegman LLP, which has offices in Roseland and elsewhere, announced it formed a task force to advise investors "who may have been defrauded" by Bernard L. Madoff and his alleged pyramid scheme.

• NJBIZ
• September 02, 2009

• Ross v. Aguirre, 191 U.S. 60 (1903)

...60 (1903) . 191 U.S. 60 . BURT ROSS, Appt., v. MARTIN AGUIRRE, Warden of the Stat...

• U.S. Supreme Court

• Donovan Wins Endorsement of Democratic Former Mayor

Burt Ross, a former Democratic Fort Lee mayor who aided federal agents in a 1970s mob sting, has endorsed Bergen County Clerk Kathleen Donovan in her bid for county executive this November. Ross said he is endorsing Donovan, who is a Republican, for her honesty and because of his frustration with what he described as government corruption and "the indictments and convictions of key Democrats.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• September 27, 2010

• 44 Acres and a Vision ; Developer Sets Sights On Industrial Ridgefield Parcels

RIDGEFIELD A national real estate development company is moving to buy 44 acres of underused industrial land along Overpeck Creek in a bid to carry out the borough's plan for a waterfront development worth hundreds of millions of dollars. New York City-based Tarragon Corp. has agreed to buy the 12-acre site of the former J. C. Penney distribution plant for an undisclosed price, said Burt Ross, managing owner of the land. Tarragon is negotiating with owners of the two other properties that make up the boot-shaped parcel along the creek south of Route 46, Ross said.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• July 26, 2006