Frank Parlato
Edward Nusbaum, a family law attorney based in Connecticut, has filed a motion to hold his former client, Karen Riordan, in contempt of court. The dispute centers on Riordan’s alleged failure to pay arbitration fees in a case involving Nusbaum’s billing practices.
Since 2020, Nusbaum has retained $64,000 of Riordan’s funds. He is now seeking a ruling from a paid arbitrator—rather than the state courts, which are free to the parties—to determine whether he may keep the money.
In 2020, Riordan retained Nusbaum, a Westport, Connecticut family law attorney, to represent her in a contentious custody and divorce proceeding. As part of their engagement, Nusbaum presented Riordan with a retainer agreement stipulating that any future dispute would be resolved through arbitration. The arbitration would be private. The arbitrator would be selected from among Nusbaum’s local peers—specifically, another family law attorney based in his hometown.
It was arbitration, yes—but of a particularly familiar flavor.
Nusbaum’s retainer also stipulated that arbitration would not allow for discovery.
Riordan signed the retainer agreement with Nusbaum. She paid him $40,000 up front, with the understanding that the sum would be billed against his hourly rate of $750.
FIVE YEARS LATER, A MOTION TO PUNISH
Five years after concluding his legal services for Riordan, Nusbaum has filed a contempt motion against Riordan for her inability to pay arbitration fees. Nusbaum is asking that she cover not only her share of the arbitration costs—but his as well.
There are many things a man can ask for in life. Nusbaum asked a judge to hold a mother in contempt. Not because she defied the law. Because she couldn’t afford the cost of a stranger deciding what’s fair.
Five years later. A woman who ran out of money. A man who never ran out of bills.
Nusbaum asked a judge to hold Riordan in contempt—not for defiance but because she couldn’t pay an arbitrator.
Riordan informed the court she was indigent and unemployed, and raised the issue of a possible fee waiver during a November 2024 hearing.
Judge John Kavanewsky told the parties to split the arbitration fees but if one couldn’t pay, the other could cover the cost and seek reimbursement.
In January 2025, Judge Kavanewsky picked retired Judge Antonio Robaina as arbitrator – from a list of possible arbitrators submitted by Nusbaum.
Robaina set his rate at $600 per hour. Riordan’s attorney, Tricia Lindsay, informed Robaina of her client’s indigency and to request alternative arrangements, including a potential fee waiver.
Neither of Nusbaum’s attorneys—Daniel Kaufman nor Alex Trembicki—objected to Riordan’s indigency claims. Kaufman acknowledged that the issue of a fee waiver had been addressed with Judge Kavanewsky.
Despite the judge’s provision that a party could advance arbitration fees and seek reimbursement, neither Kaufman nor Trembicki proposed that Nusbaum do so.
Robaina, aware of Riordan’s financial situation, declined to take the case without payment.
And still Nusbaum wants her punished.
BILLING
In 2020, during the four-month period Nusbaum represented Riordan, his billing records totaled $98,000 and indicate his work primarily consisted of phone calls and email correspondence.
He did not file any motions, conduct depositions, or argue in court. Some of his lengthiest calls involved inquiries into Riordan’s financial situation. What he did was ask around. Who knew how much money Karen had? Could she borrow more? How much was her home worth?
Additionally, Nusbaum billed hours for facilitating the sale of Riordan’s home, a task that she had not requested or authorized.
SOLD THE MARITAL HOME, TOOK THE MONEY
The marital home, located in Westport, Connecticut, was ordered sold by Judge Jane Grossman as part of the divorce proceedings between Riordan and her husband.
Both Riordan and her husband had joint discretion on what was an acceptable offer.
Nusbaum coordinated with the Guardian ad Litem, opposing counsel, the real estate agent, and the court to direct Riordan’s share of the proceeds into his escrow account – for his alleged past due payments.
When a buyer made an offer, Riordan attempted to exercise her legal right to rescind within 72 hours. Nonetheless, Nusbaum lied to thc court —on the record—that she had agreed to the sale and did not disclose her rescission of the contract. Following the sale of the marital home, the $64,000 in proceeds allocated to Riordan was transferred into Nusbaum’s escrow account.
Having already consumed the $40,000 retainer, Nusbaum claimed he had earned the entire $64,000 and requested an additional $100,000 to continue representing Riordan.
Riordan was shocked. No court filings. No hearings. Just calls. A house she no longer owned. And stipulations she never saw that Nusbaum signed without consent.
Tricia Lindsay, Civil Rights, Constitutional and Family Law Attorney, has taken on the case to try to bring justice long overdue for her client.
Is Contempt Motion a Cover for $64K Billing Scandal?
At the center of the dispute is the $64,000, sitting in Nusbaum’s escrow account for the past five years.
Riordan’s attorney, Tricia S. Lindsay, argued that Nusbaum’s recent contempt motion fails to meet the statutory requirement under Connecticut law that contempt must be based on a willful violation.
Riordan’s financial disclosure was submitted in accordance with court orders and her ethical obligations as a litigant.
Her attorney is requesting that the court deny Nusbaum’s contempt motion and award reimbursement for the legal fees she incurred in responding to the contempt filing.
The contempt hearing is scheduled for June 2.
A Study of Billings Expected
If the matter proceeds to arbitration, Riordan may reciver some or all of the $64,000 held by Nusbaum and possibly some of the $40,000 already spent.
The arbitrator – whoever that may be – is expected to review Nusbaum’s invoices, which reflect numerous phone calls and email communications. Among them are 36 documented calls with Guardian ad Litem (GAL) Jocelyn Hurwitz, each recorded with precise durations—down to the tenth of an hour. Billed at $750 per hour.
Both Nusbaum and the GAL Hurwitz billed Riordan separately for the time each spent on her case; Like Nusbaum, GAL Hurwitz charged in precise increments down to the tenth of an hour. She billed at $450 per hour.
Did Nusbaum Bill for Calls, Emails, and Hearings That Never Happened?
Nusbaum invoiced Riordan for 36 phone calls with Hurwitz. However, Hurwitz’s billings reflect only 12 calls with Nusbaum.
Hurwitz’s invoicing is known to be meticulous, documenting every call, email, and action at $400 per hour, racking up bills of over $200,000. She did not account for 24 calls Nusbaum claims occurred.
Nusbaum billed thousands of dollars for those phantom calls and seeks to extract those funds from the $64,000 he continues to hold in escrow ( See: CT Atty Edward Nusbaum Billed for Scores of Phone Calls and Emails That Don’t Match GAL Hurwitz Billings).
Nusbaum also billed for thirty-two email communications with Hurwitz. However, at least sixteen of those emails appear to have gone unread, were never received or never written.
Then come the conferences. Nusbaum invoiced Riordan for five status conferences—yet three of these do not appear in the court record.
Additionally, Nusbaum charged Riordan thousands of dollars for calls and meetings with individuals who had no documented connection to her case. He logged hours with strangers and billed them to a mother in crisis.
Nusbaum billed Riordan nearly $2,000 for a hearing that occurred after he was released as her counsel.
You don’t need a law degree to do that math. This guy’s double billing. The evidence points to fraud.
From Contempt to Convict? Will Lawyer’s Motion Backfire?
Yes, Edward Nusbaum has filed a motion to hold his former client, Karen Riordan, in contempt. But allegations now surfacing may present more serious consequences for Nusbaum himself.
An attorney billed his client for phone calls never made, emails never sent, status conferences that never appear and meetings with strangers who had no connection with her case.
If substantiated, these acts may constitute larceny in the first degree under Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-122, a Class B felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Further exposure includes possible charges of criminal attempt to commit larceny (§ 53a-49), perjury (§ 53a-156), and—if systemic across clients—federal RICO violations.
Nusbaum may also face professional discipline for violating Rules 1.5, 8.4(c), and 1.15 of the Connecticut Rules of Professional Conduct.
His request for arbitration may see the arbitrator compelled to report what he discovers to the appropriate authorities. Nusbaum may lose his license. His freedom.
No contempt order will change that.
Frank Parlato is an investigative journalist, media strategist, publisher, and legal consultant.
Please leave a comment: Your opinion is important to us!
This situation is both disturbing and deeply disappointing. When a legal professional—especially someone practicing family law—enters into such a conflict with their own parent over withheld funds, it reflects poorly not just on the individual but on the ethical standards expected in the profession. Family disputes are hard enough without adding layers of legal complexity and mistrust. I hope the court handles this with transparency and justice, but it’s heartbreaking to see such personal matters escalate this far.
“ … Flynn’s supporters have launched a fundraising effort to secure experienced legal representation and challenge what they see as a gross misuse of power.
Flynn has filed multiple habeas corpus motions, but so far, these legal efforts have not secured his release.
“This is bigger than John,” say the Friends of Flynn. “This is about protecting First Amendment rights, due process, and the ability of any American to run for office without fear of retaliation or silencing.”
Those wishing to support John J. Flynn’s legal battle can contribute to his Legal Defense Fund, which aims to help him regain his freedom, clear his name, and return to the campaign trail to fight for the issues he believes in. … “
https://givesendgo.com/freejohnjflynn2025?utm_source=sharelink&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=freejohnjflynn2025
Connecticut jailed John Flynn on March 24, 2025.
He knows too much.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-167062925
During a public hearing on family court corruption, I sat a few rows away from court administrator Patrick Carroll III. I was shocked when he started mocking Representative Gonzalez. Those he sat with looked like his office staff. They heard and saw him mock Representative Gonzalez. One young woman who looked like she might have been his secretary looked embarrassed and pressured. Maybe she knew that the court administrator’s office should have been helping Representative Gonzalez, not mocking her.
Representatives Gonzalez and Vargas were the bravest legislators back then. They tried to help children and families in Connecticut’s family courts. AG Tong knows what happened. So do so many other state representatives and senators. Many state office workers witnessed crimes committed against families.
Where are the whistleblowers?
Which state office investigates and records damages done?
You all know about Mr. Hessler’s comments about years of “slave training”?
How many corporate news outlets asked state and/or federal law enforcement offices for comments?
Were good state and/or local law enforcement officers allowed to investigate the Mawhinney-Hessler connections?
Who controls child trafficking operations in Connecticut and who allowed Mawhinney and Hessler to be cell mates when both men were in prison?
If Simon Hessler and Philip Rubin have connections to Rothschild networks, why did Mr. Hessler’s comments include years of “slave training”? Why did Hessler order a children in DCF care?
Do Ms. Katz and Mr. Rubin know who Mr. Hessler is? Did DCF investigate his activities in Connecticut?
No investigation could indicate unmentionable blackmail operations in Connecticut.
See Keith M. Phaneuf’s February 16, 2022 CT Mirror article:
What other kind of history could explain such purposeful and blatant destruction of so many nations’ families in so many nations’ “family courts”?
Who would know how much of any of this is true?
It looks like maybe AG Tong is letting Mr. Nusbaum steal Ms. Reardon’s money because Connecticut family courts are still businessmen’s courts of equity and/or because some Connecticut businessmen/politicians worship themselves alongside ancient pagan “mystery school” gods.
If …
And …
Then …
The businessmen who arranged for a celebration of an ancient Roman god the day before every Ash Wednesday were the same kind of businessmen who arranged for American “family courts” to be for-profit purposely adversarial public-private offices “of equity”.
A Wikipedia note about “courts of equity” in America:
Former judge and AFCC activist Lynda B. Munro left employment with Connecticut’s judicial branch in 2014. She joined the law offices of Pullman & Comley.
Former judge Robert Holzberg, working in the offices of Pullman & Comley, blamed the entire Catholic Church for the actions of certain businessmen who infiltrated the Catholic Church to destroy it.
It would be interesting to hear what State Representative Steve Stafstrom of Connecticut’s judiciary committee thinks about all of this — he works at Pullman & Comley, too.
ARIZONA STATE LEGISLATURE
INTERIM MEETING NOTICE
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
JOINT LEGISLATIVE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON FAMILY COURT ORDERS
Date: Monday, June 16, 2025
https://www.azleg.gov/videoplayer/?clientID=6361162879&eventID=2025061002
The Most Exclusive Mardi Gras Krewes:
https://www.facebook.com/people/Tamara-Gay/pfbid035ZYe8aEwRoEbwamzv6A1wqhyZ6WUxEdnZ6X742hdbc2x25edy6rK1D6V2ffP7gLsl/
No wonder Mr. Nusbaum stole so easily from families in Connecticut. If law enforcement offices refuse to investigate racketeering in family courts, maybe the Department of Consumer Protection can help?
https://fatherandco.substack.com/cp/166060267
the right to parent one’s child: something that can be procedurally erased
https://fatherandco.substack.com/p/a-father-in-court-alone-the-high
Mahwinney: “Obviously, it’s a tragedy, but, ya know, I have as much responsibility for that tragedy as you do.”
https://www.wtnh.com/dulos/kent-mawhinney-charged-in-jennifer-farber-dulos-case-to-appear-in-court/
Two obvious facts:
Two obvious questions:
How many individuals were complicit in that tragedy?
How many individuals were complicit in the coverup after the tragedy?
It is beyond reprehensible that Edward Nusbaum—an attorney sworn to uphold justice—has not only exploited the legal system but also weaponized it against the very person he was hired to protect. Karen Riordan came to him during one of the most vulnerable times in her life: a mother fearing for her children, navigating the chaos of divorce and family court. Instead of offering competent advocacy, he offered a contract laced with loopholes, self-interest, and a shocking absence of ethical restraint.
To hold $64,000 of a client’s money hostage for five years, demand arbitration she cannot afford, and then attempt to punish her in court for being indigent—is not only unconscionable, it is predatory. This is not law. This is financial abuse under the color of authority.
Billing for phantom calls and fabricated emails? Charging thousands for court appearances that never happened? Logging hours with people who weren’t even connected to the case? If these allegations are proven, Nusbaum hasn’t just violated ethical codes—he has committed larceny and potentially fraud. Every decimal-point invoice is a possible fingerprint of deception. Every fabricated line item a betrayal.
And let’s be clear: this is not just about billing. This is about power. Nusbaum used the courts to silence a woman who already had too many reasons to stay silent. He took her money. He jeopardized her home. He chipped away at her right to legal recourse—then tried to criminalize her for being broke.
It is an outrage—and it should horrify anyone who believes the justice system should protect the vulnerable, not serve as a playground for those with money and connections.
To Karen Riordan: I see you. I believe you. You are not alone. Your strength in continuing to fight despite this sustained legal abuse is extraordinary. You are what courage looks like.
To those investigating this: pursue the truth with vigor. If Edward Nusbaum’s practices are as systemic as they appear, then what we are witnessing is not an isolated case—it is a blueprint of exploitation hiding behind the guise of legal professionalism.
Let this case be the line in the sand. Enough is enough.
—
Margaret
Advocate for Ethical Legal Reform
I think we should start a fund raiser. Nusbombed and the state it happened to you in on a tee shirt. With the Grinch’s picture.
How much does John Davis have to do with the state of Connecticut family court? According to John Davis from the men’s rights organization. He believe 77 percent of divorce related alligations are false. 90 percent of rape alligations. Davis a supporter of Richard Gardner theories has influenced the criminal and family court system. Who’s funding the research and who is looking at his research? Discrimination against men like Chris. John Davis has been intermental in the discrimination against women like Karen Riordan. Nusbaulm like so many other Attorneys in Connecticut and the United States have taken advantage of their clients. Especially women reporting to the court house. The state of Connecticut and the bar association will never take responsibility. So when the silver bullet band leader trys to convince you that this is not a men vs women issue don’t believe it.
DOCKET NO: TSR-CV-23-5001612-S : SUPERIOR COURT
SIMON HESSLER : J.D. OF TOLLAND AT ROCKVILLE
V.
COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION : MARCH 13, 2025
PETITIONER’S WITNESS LIST
The Petitioner, Simon Hessler, in the above referenced matter hereby gives notice through his counsel that he may call the following person(s) as witnesses during the parties trial currently scheduled for July 21, 2025:
1. MICHAEL ARCHER ⏤ is a forensic scientist who has reviewed the
files produced by movant’s trial counsel and will attest to its contents as
pertains to the ineffectiveness of counsel claim. He will also testify to
communications he had with the Connecticut State Police lab concerning trial
counsel’s review of evidence thereat. Mr. Archer may be reached through
petitioner’s counsel.
2. RICHARD DA VIS ⏤ is a cyber-security expert who has reviewed
photographs provided by the State/People and reached conclusions concerning
their provenance and authenticity which are relevant to the movant’s defense
but were never developed by his trial counsel. Mr. Davis may be reached
through petitioner’s counsel.
… 10. KENT MAWHINNEY ⏤ will attest to the conditions of confinement to
which petitioner was subjected in Connecticut and to his offer to provide legal
assistance to the petitioner and the results thereof. …
11. Petitioner reserves the right to supplement this list and to call other rebuttal witnesses, as may be required, along with the right to call any witness listed or called by the Respondent.
PETITIONER
Respectfully submitted by:
__________________________
Darnell D. Crosland, Esq.
Crosland Law Group LLC
1200 Summer Street, Ste 202
Stamford, Connecticut 06905
https://civilinquiry.jud.ct.gov/CaseDetail/PublicCaseDetail.aspx?DocketNo=TSRCV235001612S
…
When will Connecticut corporate news outlets publish articles about the connections between … Crosland, Mawhinney, Hessler, Rothschild, Rubin and Katz?
How many more journalists judges and attorneys will be punished for exposing the corruption in Connecticut “family courts”?
https://substack.com/home/post/p-164890567
https://civilinquiry.jud.ct.gov/CaseDetail/PublicCaseDetail.aspx?DocketNo=FSTCV215024907S
On January 28, 2025, Mr. Trembicki wrote in an email:
“… to be clear I represent Attorney Nusbaum in the fee collection matter. … Mr. Nusbaum’s office obtained a PJR against funds that the firm has in its IOLTA account. …”
Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C.’s “extensive experience representing creditors in recovery litigation matters, offering effective and strategic legal counsel” tells us:
“… In Connecticut, a prejudgment remedy (PJR) allows a creditor to attach or encumber a debtor’s assets—including bank accounts, real estate, business property, and personal assets—at the outset of litigation, before a final judgment is entered. This statutory mechanism is intended to preserve the value of a creditor’s claim during the pendency of a lawsuit by preventing the debtor from transferring, concealing, or dissipating assets. Without such relief, even a favorable judgment may ultimately be uncollectible if the debtor’s assets are no longer available. For example, a commercial lender pursuing a borrower for default may seek a PJR to attach the borrower’s operating accounts or business equipment prior to trial, thereby preserving a viable source of recovery if judgment is entered in the lender’s favor. …”
From The Connecticut General Assembly OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH in 1995:
“… IOLTA is an acronym for Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts. The IOLTA program is defined and described in Rule 1.15 of the Rules of Professional Conduct. Interest earned on IOLTA accounts is transferred to the Connecticut Bar Foundation to fund the delivery of legal services to the poor and for law school scholarships. IOLTA accounts are “pooled” trust accounts for holding the funds of more than one client or third person. Attorneys are not required to maintain an IOLTA account unless they wish to pool their clients’ funds in a trust account. If you maintain an IOLTA account or accounts you must report the account number(s) and bank name(s) as part of the attorney registration process. See Practice Book Section 2-27(d). An IOLTA account must be maintained at an eligible financial institution as determined by the Connecticut Bar Foundation and at a financial institution that has been approved by the Statewide Grievance Committee …”
Read the name
May 29, 2025
William R. Bay
President
American Bar Association
321 North Clark Street
Chicago, Illinois 60654
Dear President Bay:
For several decades, the American Bar Association has received special treatment and enjoyed special access to judicial nominees. In some administrations, the ABA received notice of nominees before a nomination was announced to the public. Some administrations would even decide whether to nominate an individual based on a rating assigned by the ABA.
Unfortunately, the ABA no longer functions as a fair arbiter of nominees’ qualifications, and its ratings invariably and demonstrably favor nominees put forth by Democratic administrations. The ABA’s steadfast refusal to fix the bias in its ratings process, despite criticism from Congress, the Administration, and the academy, is disquieting.
Accordingly, while the ABA is free to comment on judicial nominations along with other activist organizations, there is no justification for treating the ABA differently from such other activist organizations and the Department of Justice will not do so. Specifically, the Office of Legal Policy will no longer direct nominees to provide waivers allowing the ABA access to nonpublic information, including bar records. Nominees will also not respond to questionnaires prepared by the ABA and will not sit for interviews with the ABA.
Sincerely,
Pamela Bondi
Attorney General
cc:
Pamela J. Roberts, Chairwoman and Member-at-Large
Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary
👇 🫤 👆
“The DOJ and FBI should be in these bar offices today, They have jurisdiction because these courts get federal money. … This is happening everywhere, California, Texas, Connecticut—it’s the same corruption.”
https://luthmann.substack.com/p/georgia-family-court-whistleblower
The government is part of the problem. They already know. Have been ignoring it for years. Where is Trump? The court system in Connecticut is curpt as hell. Trump pardon Rolland.
https://archive.org/details/a-nation-betrayed/page/n15/mode/1up
Obviously, most corporate “news” outlets are unaware of the intentional infliction of harm done to children and families in “family court” cases across the nation.
sc*mbag. Along the many other smelly& filthy flee infested divorce “attorneys”
Exactly which individuals decided so much would be done to children and families in “family courts” so often with virtually no oversight and without effective accountability?
What Connecticut lawgivers gave Connecticut this year:
https://www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/CGADisplayTestimonies/CGADisplayTestimony.aspx?bill=SB-01357&doc_year=2025
Imagine getting charged $100K for the absolute piss-poor “legal services” of Ed Nusbaum.
Nusbaum is a little pussy wrestler who was an “east coast champion”? Lol. Where have we heard these words before? Was it fraudster Kieth Raniere?
East coast champion of being a pussy, maybe?
You should see Nussbaum in real life. The pic Frank posts must be AI generated. In real life Nussbaum is more wrinkled, and is a very small and frail person, physically speaking. Even if he self identified as female and joined a woman’s wrestling league, he would not be able to win a match against a lightweight.
Poor emaciated and feminine Nusbaum. That doesn’t sound good at all. It’s as if his HIV has progressed to AIDS.
BTW, does anyone know for sure if Nusbaum identifies as a female?
IDK but I hear he has a micropenis.
What a pathetic little troll Nusbaum is.
NutJob-
I concur!
It’s a pleasure to see you embrace Pilgrim humorist ways.
Perhaps Nusbaum will soon be able to utilize his high school wrestling champion skills fending off his fellow prisoners as they attempt to make him their boy toy.
Riordan’s first mistake was to retain a second rate lawyer like Nusbaum. Had she retained the great Gary Cohen she would have won her case, as only Gary Cohen is capable of getting the “justice” his clients deserve and pay for.
It’s not necessary to wait for the arbitrator to decide whether or not Nussbaum has violated the law or the Rules of Professional Conduct. Anyone – including Riordan, Hurwitz, Lindsay or my cousin Wilhelmina – can file a complaint against an attorney with Connecticut’s Statewide Grievance Committee, which has subpoena powers. In fact, as an attorney and officer of the court, Lindsay has an ethical duty to report suspected misconduct by another attorney, or she could be sanctioned herself.
A significant number of lawyers on the grievance panels are “ family” lawyers. Much like the judiciary committee is controlled by family attorneys and their close relatives. Nothing will happen if a complaint is filed just like nothing happens when complaint against judges and GAL’s are filed. They don’t call this state Corrupticut for no reason.
The bar association is doing nothing to uphold the integrity of the practice of family law. It’s a dog and pony show. Nusbaulm is an embarrassment to the profession. Yet, they stand behind his shitty attorney work product. It’s a complete joke he’s fishing from a well he dryed up a few years ago. Hard up for cash, cause his lack of zelous representation is nation wide news.
The grievance panels are also full of family attorneys sitting on them. The one that covers Stamford has Michael Meehan on it.
Nothing will change in CT unless the feds step in. The legislature is corrupt and enables the RICO corruption. CT is not AZ where the legislature is reforming family court. It is rotten to the core in CT and needs outside intervention.
Matrimonial Division in CT is no better than in NY, evidently.
Can confirm I was double billed and tripled billed.
Also: Billed while a lawyer made jokes with his friends, when my retained lawyer (already paid) did not want to challenge her buddies by protecting me.
They are all in a pact together to take your money. They laugh at the judges behind their backs! Even the person who signs the check, and has his lies presented as fact, is probably considered a mark too.
Attorneys know exactly what they are doing: Taking advantage of people who are at their most vulnerable with contracts and agreements that should be illegal. The wife who has focused on child rearing? It’s like stealing candy from a baby!
Forget attorneys, forget psychologists.
Divorces are financial, it’s obvious. Therefore, forensic accountants should determine the split and that’s it.
Limit the power of judges: Our judge couldn’t count to save her life. Married to a prison guard, she did not understand how lifetime wealth works. My ex had reached the golden point of infinity supply of income. Literally millions of earnings yearly on stock that will or can outlive him, forever.
He convinced her he was skint! She threw us out of our homes, one way and another.
I am dying of cancer because I couldn’t afford health insurance. I was already old by trial, having survived decades of abuse. There only because it got to my children. I was terrified to go against my ex I knew how cunning he is.
How likely is it after all the court trauma that my family will live out our natural full lifespan?
He kept us there for nearly a decade, he and his lawyers creating thousands of pages of empty, abusive litigation. He lied in almost every sentence! I can prove that, no one allowed me.
Women in my family usually live to 80. No one had cancer.
The stressful divorce action spanned years I might have dated and remarried, built a new career. But instead I had to defend my children’s safety under extreme pressure; to be devoured by these wolves, who didn’t care how much my children were put through in the abrupt and dangerous separations.
Ex was rarely around during their childhood, obsessed with his job, his time-consuming fitness regime, and his mistress.
Judge was such an idiot, a dangerous idiot, a cruel and poisonous idiot. She let herself be used to kill me and traumatize my family. (It was sheer luck that my children survived time with him, though they bear lasting physical damages.)
Judge was there to assure fairness, and did the opposite. I wouldn’t trust her to decide heads or tails accurately. Her powerful friends help her market herself for election, hiding her serious underlying religious prejudices. Now serving NY in the Appellate Division.
A page with numbers on it would have spared me and my children the lasting effects of her incompetence.
The judges should not be trusted.
Ninety percent of the corruption would disappear if forensic accountants acertained the total marital assets from the beginning of the marriage to the end. Just get that fact.
Have a universal charge set for how much that costs.
Put a few laws in place that spouses have to reveal the location of all matrimonial earnings, including those they have their spouse sign away before the divorce action begins. (You make life decisions based on the lies your spouse tells you. If the spouse is manipulative, controlling or dangerous your compliance was signed under pressure.)
Then divorce court divides that determined asset amount according to law, sans lawyer and psychologists.
Custody is formulaic at this point, kids are divided in half, no matter how much they are in danger. Leave any exception to that up to the cops. Proof has to come from outside the corrupt matrimonial factory.
The court psychologists are bought. Their opinions are worthless because most believe they can read minds. Hey, if they were that smart, they would’ve passed the MCAT.
No one can read someone else’s mind. That’s not science, it’s a magic trick.
Most of psychs can’t be real doctors, but how they love wielding diagnostic power! Our evaluator used ink blot tests–custody can’t be based on ink blots! Are you kidding me?
Psychologists are some of the dumbest people you will ever meet. They are too stupid, too greedy and too unsupervised to be involved in child custody decisions. Get them out.
Accurate forensic accounting would end most of the abusive litigation now, which is monied absentee/abusive/controlling spouse hammering the unmonied spouse. (Everyone else jumping onboard for payday.)
“Best interests of the children” is a very bad and dangerous joke as things are now because money is the motivator for the bad abusive parent, and for abusive lawyers, and the dimwit psychologists….They make vulnerable people and children more vulnerable to abuse as it stands now.
Judges are too stupid to see through the scam. So leave less to chance and give them the forensic accountant’s numbers directly.
The judges, lawyers, and psychologists hooked up in matrimonial cases now (with only one exception I can think of) are the most disgusting, crass, dishonest, uninsightful, poorly educated heels you will ever meet.
And remember kids: Never go to the law for protection!
“I don’t wanna take my time going to work, I got a motorcycle and a sleeping bag and ten or fifteen girls. What the hell I wanna go off and go to work for? Work for what? Money? I got all the money in the world. I’m the king, man. I run the underworld, guy. I decide who does what and where they do it at. What am I gonna run around like some teeny bopper somewhere for someone elses money? I make the money man, I roll the nickels. The game is mine. I deal the cards”
Ex Con Didio
Micheal Lawlor. He went from CT to NY
Matrimonial Division in CT is no better than in NY, evidently.
Attorneys know exactly what they are doing: Taking advantage of people who are at their most vulnerable with contracts and agreements that should be illegal.
Forget attorneys, forget psychologists.
Divorces are financial, it’s obvious. Therefore, forensic attorneys should decide and that’s it.
Limit the power of judges: Our judge couldn’t count to save her life. And, married to a prison guard, she did not understand how lifetime wealth works. My ex had reached the golden point of infinity supply of income. Literally millions of earnings yearly on stock that will outlive him.
He convinced her he was skint. She threw us out of our homes. I am dying of cancer because I couldn’t afford health insurance. I was already old by trial. She was such an idiot, a dangerous idiot, a cruel and poisonous idiot. She let herself be used to kill me and traumatize my children. All the while carrying herself with a despicable level of self righteousness. What a deluded idiot!
The judges should not be trusted. Especially the way they are completely unregulated in the matrimonial division. (Monarchy.)
Ninety percent of the corruption would disappear if forensic accountants acertained the total marital assets from the beginning of the marriage to the end. Period. Just get that fact. Have a universal charge set for how much that costs. Put a few laws in place that spouses have to reveal the location of all
matrimonial earnings. (You make life decisions based on the lies your spouse tells you.)
Then divorce court divides that determined asset according to law.
Custody is formulaic at this point, kids are divided in half, no matter how much they are in danger. Leave any exception to that up to the cops. Proof has to come from outside the matrimonial factory.
The court psychologists are bought. Their opinions are worthless because most believe they can read minds. Hey, if they were that smart they would’ve passed the MCAT. Most of them can’t, but how they love weilding diagnostic power. Some of the dumbest people you will ever meet. They are too stupid and too greedy and also too unsupervised.
Accurate accounting would end most of the abusive litigation now, which is monied absentee/abusive/controlling spouse hammering the unmonied spouse. (Everyone else jumping onboard for payday.)
The lawyers on both sides know who has the money and that’s whom they serve. It’s a scam folks.
“Best interests of the children” is a very bad and dangerous joke as things are now because money is the motivator for bad abusive parent, and for lawyers, psychologists. You make people and children more vulnerable to abuse as it stands now.
Judges are too stupid to see through it. I’d prefer accountants there too, deciding how to split it all up. But in any case, divorce should not be subject to the personal opinion of random judges. They can’t do it right, they don’t do it right. So leave less to chance and give them the accountant’s numbers.
The judges, lawyers, and psychologists hooked up in matrimonial cases (with only one exception I can think of) are the most disgusting, crass, dishonest heels you will ever meet.
I think Frank is part of the conspiracy to keep Karen away from her children.
They are going to keep Karen away Frank or no Frank.
I believe legally Nussbaum will need to release the funds back to his client.
There’s a long, long list of clients who tried to sue nusbaum only to get taken by an illegal retainer and crooked court system.
Nusbaum signs “agreements” without client consent and against their best interest to align with the gal and judge in cases after case. Brandt, DeLeo, and many many more. Trembicki and nusbaum have made a career out of forced, secreted arbitration where no discovery leaves clients without evidence to prove the fraud.
He’s destroyed families and stolen for decades.
See: https://frankreport.com/2023/01/14/clients-allege-nusbaum-malpractice-billing-fraud-arbitrator-daniel-portanova-to-cover-for-him/
That clause in Nussbaums retainer is also used by Jill Blomberg’s firm, Schoonmaker George in Old Greenwich. It’s disgusting and someone needs to challenge it in civil court asserting unconscionability.
Nusbaum has made a career out of screwing over his own clients! His private arbitration and illegal “no discovery” clause in violation of due process has trapped his clients for decades.
Nusbaum, Portanova and pondscum alex trembicki have scammed their way collection long millions from unsuspecting clients.
Private arbitration, no discovery, no court record, sealed findings and the judge rubber stamps the outcome – with Nusbaum and his cronies taking all.
“… They don’t send the lawyers to jail because we run the country. …” 🧐
That “privileged class” of lawyers running the country exploited families in crisis in “family courts” for the past several decades.
They still exploit families in crisis.
How many complaints have the DOJ and FBI offices already received about those worst lawyers?
Exploiting families in crisis is a crime.
Why have DOJ and FBI employees allowed the worst “family court lawyers” to trick hundreds of families into years of litigation, debt and total devastation?
Did DOJ and FBI employees allow the worst “family court lawyers” to trick so many families into “custody battles”?
Why didn’t the FBI arrest Norm Pattis after Jennifer Dulos disappeared? Who allowed Kent Mawhinney to room with the Rothschild’s acquaintance in prison?
Just as the worst bankers funded both sides of war, the worst lawyers bait both “sides” to fight against each other. It’s a blood sport for profit and kicks. What’s the difference between baiting to the point of murder in war and baiting to the point of murder in “family court”?
Do we need to help the new FBI and DOJ offices understand the need to investigate those small networks of “family court lawyers” and “family court evaluators” who committed so many crimes against so many families?
Do the few currently in control of the FBI and DOJ really not know that crimes have been committed against millions of families in “family courts” across America?
The “deep state” isn’t that deep and it’s not that wide.
It’s more like a few Wizards of Oz behind a few big fancy curtains.
https://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/appellate-division-first-department/2019/2019-ny-slip-op-00248.html
“[t]hey don’t send the lawyers [in the United States] to jail because we run the country.”
For example:
https://nypost.com/2025/05/30/opinion/acs-hides-deadly-child-abuse-unleash-the-citys-watchdog/