Recently retired CT Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukowsher appeared on the Lisa Wexler Show, a live weekday radio show airing in Connecticut and Metro NY on WICC600 on September 28.
Judge Thomas Moukawsher Has 50 Ways to Reduce Needless Court Complexities
Moukawsher joined Wexler to discuss his book, The Common Flaw in American Courts, which outlines the reforms Moukawsher thinks are needed.
The publisher, Brandies University Press, wrote of Moukawsher’s book:
The Common Flaw seeks to rid the American lawsuit of needless complexity.
It argues that Americans are losing faith in their courts because, after long delays, they too often get rid of cases for technical reasons or force them to settle rather than deciding them, and because, when they do decide them, we can’t understand why.
The book proposes fifty changes from the filing of a complaint in court to the drafting of appellate decisions to replace the formalism that prevails in court with a kind of humanism—that decides cases promptly—more on the facts than the law—more for the parties than the lawyers—more for the consequences to the people and the public—and in words we can all understand.
The cost of the E-book is $34.95. For 5 cents more, you can get it in Cloth for $35.
The publisher, Brandeis University Press, is a scholarly publishing house supported by Brandeis University in Massachusetts.
Brandeis University is a private research university located in Waltham, Massachusetts. Named after Louis Brandeis, the first Jewish Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, the university was founded in 1948 and is nonsectarian, while its origins are rooted in the Jewish community.
In January 2023, Moukawsher, as judge of the Middletown Superior Court, disbarred former Hamden attorney Nickola Cunha.
The decision followed what Moukawsher deemed “empty and malicious claims” made by Cunha, including allegations against another judge, Gerard I. Adelman, saying he favored Jewish lawyers and therapists.
Cunha’s disbarment came while representing a party in a contentious divorce case, leaving the defendant, Karen Riordan, without an attorney.
Cunha has maintained her innocence, firing back at Judge Moukawsher, accusing him of judicial bias and abuse.
Connecticut stands out among other states in its process for disbarring attorneys. Unlike other states where a disciplinary board or committee decides to disbar an attorney, judges have the authority to make this decision right in court.
The case of Nickola Cunha has raised questions about this unique aspect of Connecticut’s legal system. Some argue this system puts too much power in the hands of individual judges, potentially leading to chilling attorneys from zealously representing their clients.
Moukawsher was born in 1962 in New London, Connecticut. He graduated from The Citadel military college in 1983 and later from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1986, where he was affiliated with the Connecticut Law Review and Connecticut Moot Court Board.
Starting in the office of Connecticut Governor William A. O’Neill, a Democrat, Moukawsher transitioned to lobbying for the Connecticut Bankers Association during his law studies. He was elected to the Connecticut General Assembly in 1990 and served on Groton’s Town Council. Later, he shifted to federal-court fiduciary litigation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act between 1991 and 2013.
Democratic Governor Dannel P. Malloy nominated Moukawsher in 2013 for the Connecticut Superior Court.
From 2015 to 2021, he was a complex civil litigation judge in Hartford. In September 2021, he was appointed presiding judge of the Regional Family Trial Docket.
Nickola Cunha an attorney disbarred by Judge Moukawsher
While appearing on Wexler’s show, Moukawsher didn’t mention Cunha by name. But he reportedly alluded to her referring to attorneys who lie about judges. Toward the end of the interview, he described his two years as a Regional Family Trial Docket judge presiding over family court cases.
Moukawsher said he told family court lawyers to call him directly instead of filing motions to schedule conferences.
Moukawsher repeatedly indicated that “family court cases are the worst!” adding that there’s a chapter in his book everyone should read.
Moukawsher’s website here.
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Lets see where he lands!
Let’s see what his conscience tells him to say as New Haven Temple brothers ignore the “Cash for Kids” racketeering Paul wrote about.
New Haven Temple brothers must know the World War III some planned so long ago has already done more harm than “Family Court Circus” vile words phrases, paragraphs and photos. They arrested and jailed Paul months ago.
Have any of them asked him yet why he started “The Family Court Circus” website? Have any of them asked him yet what Sidney Horowitz did in his “family court” case?
Of course not.
Most New Haven Temple brothers already know all about the Kids for Cash racketeering that’s gone on in Connecticut “family courts” for the past forty years.
Wherever Mr. Moukawsher lands, he will probably protect his temple brothers and contribute to WWIII if that’s what their “most worshipful master” tells them to do.
Guess who they worship.
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I want to read the book.
It’s a tough racket to be in this family court game. I works for some guys. But we all can’t be tough like Alex Cuda or Tom Mouk. Not everyone can take kids away from their happy home for dollars.
But you do what you gotta do.
This family court judge’s comments and arrogant attitude towards us “little people” are the reason that a family court judge in Maryland was just shot and killed. With the current bad economy, with all the indoctrination of our children into child sex abuse curriculum in the schools, with all the female teachers turning out to be pedophiles, and the way family court lawyers and judges destroy families emotionally, financially and psychically, more and more family court judges will be hunted down and removed with extreme prejudice.
He’s full of himself
“Moukawsher said he told family court lawyers to call him directly instead of filing motions to schedule conferences.”
Wouldn’t this be considered ex-parte communication with the judge? Isn’t this illegal? That’s how it works alright–
When he said that on The Lisa Wexler Show, I thought that sounded like he was talking about ex-parte communication, too.
Was there no Caseflow Office wherever he was presiding when he told lawyers to call him directly?
“Thomas Moukawsher, CT Superior Court Judge, joins Lisa Wexler to discuss his book The Common Flaw in American Courts which outlines what reforms are needed, from filing a complaint, to drafting appellate decisions, in order to create a more human-centered and accessible legal system.”
Nausea Warning:
Those who witnessed Judge Moukawsher covering for Mr. Adelman’s crimes in the Ambrose case might want to find a closed captioned version to mute the sound. “Tom’s” casual yet condescending tone and posturing were over the top that day.
The most important queston:
How many conflicts of interest throttle Judge Wexler’s honesty when she tells the public what’s happening in Connecticut family courts?
https://www.wicc600.com/2023/09/28/the-lisa-wexler-show-reducing-needless-court-complexities/
Fuck that piece of shit, Moukawsher. Child trafficking dirtbag.
He will burn in Hell.
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This is going to be fun
I’d rather wipe my ass with the 35 dollars than spend it to read his bullshit propaganda.
Dear Republicans. Senator Kissel and Carol Hall. You are both on the judiciary committee. I have been complaining about the court system and the discrimination against women in the family court. I have been labeled discruntaled litigant. I’m a life long resident of the state. I’m an a resident, voter and taxpayer in your district. I’m concerned over the safety of residents in the state. Especially in family court. As initially unwed mother and now divorced women in your state. I have paid property taxes since the age of 19. I’ve never received state assistance and have no criminal record. I have been given no real redress to complain about the discrimination I experienced in your family court system. My complaints are on record with the attorney general’s office. I should not have to pay court fees to have accountability for uneithical conduct. No resident in your state should have to allow an Attorney at law engage in and render mental health services to their minor children. It’s a violation of Connecticut general statues. The guardian ad lithiums is in your district. She is often placed on the cases of constituents in your district. The Connecticut bar association has dismissed my attorney grievance. Women complaining about the welfare reform act funding and the use of parental alienation as a means of gain preferancal treatment in family law cases. The MOU is discrimination and the legislation being passed. My family court cases was fueled by the union dues. I am discusted by the on going news article about DCF and the facility that they have contracted with. The data on the punishment of women coming forward with sexual assault claims. I believe the welfare reform is being misused, women are being painted and their character is being assassinated if you are not married. Please continue to investigate the safety of the state and the family courts. Please look into why the department of labor is using funds in family law cases as a weapon against women/mothers in family court.
The Democratic attorney generals office. Receiving campaign contributions from the labor union. Tax returns. Open secrets.
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Are you still allowed to do that in the United States of America?
Americans will need to hurry up and figure that out, 8:52 am.
“Connecticut has been officially known as ‘The Constitution State’ since 1959.
The nickname refers to Connecticut’s Fundamental Orders, which was arguably the first written constitution in the world.
The Fundamental Orders, adopted in 1639, set forth the framework for Connecticut’s government, who was eligible to vote, and how laws were to be made.”
https://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/law/connecticut-constitutional-history#s-lg-box-3037150
We could all go down a path of the cause of curruption. I would love to see what is happening to cases involving the Connecticut Labors legal services. Union dues is paying for the divorce attorneys, child legal services and realistate appraisals. Why is the department of labor contributing money to divorce proceedings? The labors union continuing to the democratic campaign funds. Over 56 percent of the work force in Connecticut are women. Over 76 percent of the union members are men. Are they using the same circle of judges and GALs for their cases? How many times have they used parental alienation in their family law cases? How many times have they used real estate appraiser that have differed from other appraisals? Why is it not a conflict that one of the Labors union attorneys are a real estate agent in Weathersfield CT? I wonder if this is why my complaints about my personal experience with the family court don’t go anywhere? Why my complaints of discrimination against women in family court using parental alienation don’t go anywhere.
If he thinks family court cases are the worst, he should consider the LIVES OF THE CHILDREN HE SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS– in violation of the 14th amendment and our unalienable rights!
So sorry his time was unpleasant. It PALES in comparision to the suffering of the innocent children he separated and allowed to be separated from their loving parent.
Listening to the interview I thought the same thing. After enduring the wide-awake years-long nightmare of Connecticut “family courts”, it was excruciating to hear how aloof yet casual “Tom” and “Lisa” were about it all.
How could they not mention the trauma and fatalities parents and children suffer in Connecticut family courts? How could they speak about family courts as “the worst” courts and not mention the possibility of corruption?
Attorney Cunha spoke boldly about “corruption in family courts” when she represented Karen Riordan. Could Tom and/or Lisa not even mention the remote possibility of corruption in any Connecticut family court case?
Is there some unmentionable code in Connecticut that stops people from mentioning the possibility of corruption?
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. Mr. Moukawsher and Ms. Wexler are both smart enough to know that. Whether or not they’re both knee-deep in the cover-up, that interview was a slap in the face to so many traumatized parents, children, guardians, relatives and friends.
Lisa agreed with Tom. The family courts are the worst. Have they both never heard about the possibility of corruption in the courts any time, ever? The official or unofficial censorship of words such as “corrupt”, “corruption” or “federal crimes” in discussions about family courts is a slap in the face to all Connecticut residents.
Lisa also recently interviewed retired Judge Thomas Colin.
Judge Conlin presided over family and criminal court cases. Words and phrases such as “corrupt” “criminal” and “federal crimes” weren’t spoken in that interview either.
They also agreed: Family courts are the worst. They spoke about the need for reviews of attorney ethics codes to allow attorneys to do what’s right, lawful and just in family courts.
Has there been no way for family law attorneys to do what’s right, lawful and just in family courts in the state of Connecticut, so far?
Did they not know about the 2013 Connecticut Judicial Ethics Committee findings re: Connecticut AFCC, Inc.?
Why not mention in those interviews: The need for oversight and accountability for all involved in the CT AFCC, Inc. racket?
In 2013, Gerard Adelman played “director” of CT AFCC, Inc. and Robert Horwitz played the “treasurer”.
Ten years later in the Riordan case: Mr. Adelman was the judge, Mr. Horwitz was the reunifier/groomer and apparently, Mr. Moukawsher, Ms. Wexler and/or Mr. Conlin had no idea.
“INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
P. O. BOX 2508
CINCINNATI, OH 45201
Date: Jun 19 2014
CONNECTICUT CHAPTER OF AFCC INC
385 ORANGE ST
NEW HAVEN, CT 06511
Employer Identification Number: 46-2716503
Dear Applicant :
We are pleased to inform you upon review of your application for tax exempt status we have determined that you are exempt from Federal income tax under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. …
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