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HARTFORD, CT: George David and Marie Douglas settle their divorce case for $50M! Do they read my blog???

July 17, 2009: Oh My Word! They settled for $50 million!!! I can't believe it. That is exactly what I thought they should have done from the beginning. That is exactly what I said here: http://www.divorcesaloon.com/george-david-yes-i-did-have-sex-with-that-woman-ms-wendy-touton-i-did-not-lie oh wait. that was the wrong link. It's here: [...]

Countess Marie made $400,000/year as Wall Street analyst; will that factor into her divorce settlement?

Roffey v. Roffey; Hartog v. Hartog; DRL section 236(B)(6)(a)(1)-(11). Does Countess Marie really need the alimony/maintenance she is asking for given that she was such a high earner when she was on Wall Street a few years ago? Girlfriend made more than Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner made when he was president of the Federal Reserve! (He made [...]

How to get the best divorce settlement: checklist by New York Divorce Attorney

 One lesson I think this recession has taught us all is the importance of dotting your i's and crossing your t's when drafting settlement agreements. One only has to look at the recent divorce cases both in the US and across the pond, where numerous husbands (usu. the monied spouse) have gone back to court to get their settlement agreements set [...]

Renegotiating your divorce settlement: What UK’s Brian Myerson and Madoff’s Steven Simkin teaches us

Bankers' wives, just like wives of lawyers in big firms, have always lived a posh life filled with things like Yves Saint Laurent dresses, Chanel bags, and Hermes scarves -- to wit: Kathy Fuld (wife of Lehman Brothers' Dick Fuld), Laura Blank (ex-wife of Madoff investor Steven Simkin),  and Ingrid Myerson (ex wife of UK's Brian [...]

Stephen Walsh’s (Walsh Greenberg & Co.) divorce settlement with ex-wife Janet Walsh Schaberg comes under attack: Will the agreement be set aside?

Walsh Greenberg & Co the latest securities firm to come under attack from the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for fraud, takes ex-wife, Janet Walsh Schaberg along for the ride. According to Reuters: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two money managers who oversaw investments for Carnegie Mellon University and other institutions were [...]

Ruth Madoff on how to get the most money ($15 million) as a divorce settlement

Ruth Madoff is not a fool. At least, I didn't used to think so. She understands what is at stake once her husband Bernie Madoff is indicted and then convicted of securities fraud. And what is at stake is her distributive share of the marital assets she owns with Bernie, which, as it now stands, amount to zit. So, you know what she did? She took [...]

On celebrating the holidays with your ex for the kids’ sake

The holidays are upon us and many families are struggling with the issue of where the kids will spend the holidays. Here in New York, many divorce settlement agreements include visitation schedules, holiday schedules and parenting time schedules. What often happens is that the kid(s) get to alternate the holidays with each parent. So if the [...]