On the other hand, the Satterfield circumstances reveal just one example among many of the extent to which AM was willing to commoditize others with whom he had a relationship (his housekeeper and her life) for personal gain and stole the things that belonged to or otherwise financially endangered them or their heirs (settlements due the housekeeper's children for her death) for his own benefit. Others commoditized:
- his relationship with his personal insurers, who he cheated by "suing" himself (with a friend "fronting" as attorney of record to reduce the apparent conflict of interest) to gain the proceeds of settlements from his liability and blanket policies for those injured on his own property.
- his relationship with his law partners, who he cheated by maximizing his own gain at their expense (accepting reduced %-fee for the partnership to give the impression he was increasing the share of the settlement due to the client, and then privately taking the full settlement for himself, while only reporting the reduced fee as belonging to the partnership).
- his relationship with his friends - Russell Lafitte, who allowed himself and his role at the bank to be exploited to financially benefit AM at the expense of the integrity and financial security of the bank and the clients to whom they owed a fiduciary duty; Chris Wilson, who he lied to - affirming that his law partners had been made aware he was diverting the partnership's share of fees to a "structured settlement company" (that was in fact an alternative company benefitting only AM).
In other words, through his actions AM has demonstrated a PATTERN of sacrificing others and what he owed them (as trusted friend, partner, client, and allegedly - spouse and child) to his own personal interests (ETA: And violating the law in doing so.)