About this Event
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This event is at the Napa County Library in the community room.
ABOUT THE BOOK
In 1988, a major San Francisco drug bust led investigators to discover a massive
financial fraud scheme in the Napa Valley. Hundreds of residents, many of them elderly,
had entrusted their life savings to a respected businessman. Their trust was shattered
when it was revealed that he had defrauded them. In the small city of Napa, the
devastation spread like ripples in a pond. It seemed that most people knew someone
who was financially ruined as a result. Join author and retired Napa Superior Court
judge Raymond A. Guadagni as he tells the story of the investigation into the discovery
of the fraud, the subsequent court trials, and the lingering effects on the citizens of
Napa.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ray is a Napa native who grew up in the Little Italy neighborhood. He attended Alta
Heights Elementary School, Silverado Middle School, and is a proud 1964 Napa High
School graduate. After graduating from Napa Valley College, he left Napa to attend
U.C. Berkeley and law school at Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. After a
brief stint as a public defender in San Joaquin County, he returned to Napa to establish
his law practice, Guadagni, Gasper and Flax. Following a varied and successful private
practice, he was appointed as Napa’s first Superior Court Commissioner. In 2001,
Governor Gray Davis appointed Ray to the Napa Superior Court bench. Retired since
2012, Judge Guadagni continues to work part-time with the Temporary Assigned
Judges Program. He lives in Napa with his wife Ann, a retired Napa schoolteacher. His
two daughters and their families also reside in Napa. He enjoys spending time with his
grandchildren, writing, and music.
You can visit him on his Facebook page at: Raymond Guadagni
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Napa County Library, 580 Coombs St., Napa, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 26.93
