Why are you trying to inherit from the brown guy? Is it that you wish to make it known that you could not do any of this work on your own? You want to hold the files for precedents but you should have photo copied them although that would have been a breach of continuing attorney client privilege. There is a Law firm that owns and manages the files and its on-going responsibility to these clients. Give his files back; the firm's files back. You say you are holding them contrary to law, There is no court order entitling you to hold them. It is a criminal offense as you well know and what more evidence do you wish to provide in addition to your emailed confessions that amount to confession? Without a court order, it is not a discussion as to this being a civil matter. It is a criminal matter. The trust was vacated.

Why are you trying to inherit from the brown guy?   Is it that you wish to make it known that you could not do any of this work on your own? You want to hold the files for precedents but you should have photo copied them although that would have been a breach of continuing attorney client privilege. There is a Law firm that owns and manages the files and its on-going responsibility to these clients.  Give his files back; the firm's files back.  You say you are holding them contrary to law, There is no court order entitling you to hold them. It is a criminal offense as you well know and what more evidence do you wish to provide in addition to your emailed confessions that amount to confession? Without a court order, it is not a discussion as to this being a civil matter. It is a criminal matter. The trust was vacated.