Feb 05 2012

Deborah Moskovitch: Can Divorce Really Be Smart?

Tag: Divorce LawAndrew @ 9:37 am

Did you know that divorce is a process?

di·vorce (dĭ-vôrs′, -vōrs′) n. the legal dissolution of a marriage; v. to sever the marital relationship with a spouse by a judgment or decree of divorce.

If divorce were as straightforward as the dictionary definition, the process would be a whole lot easier. But, the reality is, there are two sides to divorce — the emotional and the legal.

Couples, children, and extended families could carry on with their lives as if nothing much had changed. The “legal dissolution” could involve collegial discussions in lawyers’ boardrooms followed by the signing of papers, a handshake, and best wishes all around. Actually, some lawyers and judges favor the dictionary definition. “Treat your divorce as a business transaction,” they urge couples who come to see them. There’s a lot of wisdom in this piece of advice, if it is applied to the legal side of divorce. But this view neglects the emotional side of divorce. It’s as if they’re saying, “Business partnerships . . . marriage partnerships . . . what’s the difference?”

Most people who have gone through a divorce — and most lawyers and judges, too — will tell you that the dictionary definition captures

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Article source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deborah-moskovitch/can-divorce-really-be-sma_b_1235584.html


Feb 04 2012

The Florida Bar – Daily News Summary

Tag: Criminal LawAndrew @ 9:28 am

An electronic digest of media coverage of interest to members of The Florida Bar compiled each workday by the Public Information and Bar Services Department. Electronic links are only active in today’s edition. For information on previous articles, please contact the publishing newspaper directly.

Feb. 3, 2012

–The Florida Bar–

FORT PIERCE LAWYER HONORED POSTHUMOUSLY WITH PRO BONO SERVICE AWARDTreasure Coast Newspapers, http://www.tcpalm.com, Feb. 2, 2012. [Also: PRO BONO ATTORNEY OF THE MONTH SUZANNE JUDAS RECEIVES THE FLORIDA BAR PRESIDENT'S PRO BONO SERVICE AWARD-- Jacksonville Daily Record, http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com, Jan. 23, 2012; NONPROFIT HONORS ATTORNEY-- Daytona Beach News-Journal, http://www.news-journalonline.com, Feb. 1, 2012; THUMBS UP-- Florida Today, editorial, http://www.floridatoday.com, Feb. 1, 2012].
The articles highlight local recipients of The Florida Bar Pro Bono Service Awards who were honored at a Jan. 26 ceremony at the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee. The honorees included Fort Pierce attorney Norman Paxton, who was honored posthumously as the 19th Circuit recipient. Paxton, who died in October at age 63, was honored for donating hundreds of hours of free legal services. Carolyn Fabrizio, of Florida Rural Legal Services, was in

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Article source: http://www.floridabar.org/DIVCOM/PI/PINewsSummary.nsf/FV/470A2BD6561A002C8525799900542F9D


Feb 04 2012

Cashman's wife files for divorce

Tag: Divorce LawAndrew @ 9:28 am

The wife of Yankee general manager Brian Cashman filed for divorce Friday — a day after her husband was publicly accused of a second affair, this time with a woman who was charged with shaking him down, sources said.

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Mary Cashman, 42, submitted divorce papers in Stamford, Conn., superior court, listing her husband as “B.M. Cashman” and writing that the marriage “has broken down irretrievably.”

She is seeking permanent alimony, a split of their property and joint custody of their 13-year-old daughter and eight-year-old son.

Mary Cashman, who now has endured two publicly-humiliating allegations of her husband’s philandering, has been living apart from Brian Cashman in the family’s $3.7 million Darien, Conn., mansion with the kids, sources said.

She hired top divorce counsel Gaetano Ferro, who represented Jane Welch during her half-billion-dollar split from former General Electric boss Jack Welch.

Mary Cashman’s divorce filing came less than 24 hours after a TriBeCa woman, Louise Meanwell, appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court on charges she stalked Brian Cashman and extorted more than $6,000 from him.

Prosecutors said Meanwell bombarded him with hundreds

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Article source: http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/new-york-yankees-gm-brian-cashma%2527s-wife-files-for-divorce-after-cheating-allegations-020412


Feb 04 2012

Attorney General Bondi’s Statement on Decision to Postpone Consideration of Mega Casino Resort Bill

Tag: NEWSAndrew @ 9:28 am

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Feb 04 2012

Heat at their finest in win over Sixers

Tag: Criminal LawAndrew @ 3:25 am


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Dwyane Wade had 26 points, five boards and four assists in Miami’s win. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)

PHILADELPHIA — Let’s start with the appropriate perspective here: Just as the Sixers’ blitzing of Chicago on Wednesday didn’t suddenly make them the team to beat in the Eastern Conference, Miami’s 99-79 white-washing of Philly here on Friday doesn’t make the Sixers also-rans. As the Sixers reach the halfway point of a brutal stretch of games, they stand right where they did two nights ago — as the strongest candidate for the No. 3 spot in the East, a young, growing team that has a chance to push the elite hard in the playoffs.

The Heat? They’re elite, and they had one of those games Friday that makes you wonder how anyone could ever beat them four times in seven games. Three things of note from Miami’s resounding win:

• The Heat’s half-court offense played to the standards they’ve set for themselves. In a grueling 48-minute game, there will

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Article source: http://nba-point-forward.si.com/2012/02/03/heat-at-their-finest-in-win-over-sixers/


Feb 04 2012

Kim Kardashian Secretly Dating Again After Divorce Drama?

Tag: Divorce LawAndrew @ 3:25 am

Kim Kardashian has been making waves in Miami, as the divorce drama between her and ex-husband Kris Humphries seems to continually escalate. She’s reportedly in the sunny city for a new D-A-S-H store; however, are things taking a turn for the better and looking brighter for her love life, as well?

It may have been just a few short months ago that Kardashian and Humphries called it quits after their fairy-tale wedding and quick 72-day marriage. But K.K. might already be dating again, that is, if the recent rumors are true. As Extra reports, the reality show star of Kourtney and Kim Take New York may have something besides that series currently connecting her to the Big Apple. Gossip says she’s secretly hooking up with New York Jets’ handsome quarterback, Mark Sanchez, and that they’ve been spending time together, meeting in “hotels for dinner dates and flings.”

File:Kim Kardashian 2011.jpg“Whenever Kim is in New York, they hang out. They are very careful with not being seen together — Mark is seeing someone! She has her hopes set on a bigger star than Sanchez. But for now, he’ll do,” revealed a source. And

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Article source: http://celebs.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981084870


Feb 03 2012

The Florida Bar – Daily News Summary

Tag: Criminal LawAndrew @ 9:04 am

An electronic digest of media coverage of interest to members of The Florida Bar compiled each workday by the Public Information and Bar Services Department. Electronic links are only active in today’s edition. For information on previous articles, please contact the publishing newspaper directly.

Feb. 2, 2012

–The Florida Bar–

BAR’S ETHICS OPINION LITTLE CHILL TO FORECLOSURESSarasota Herald-Tribune, column, http://www.heraldtribune.com, Feb. 2, 2012.
The column by Herald-Tribune columnist Tom Lyons discusses The Florida Bar’s efforts to combat lawyer involvement in foreclosure fraud with an ethics opinion last year encouraging attorneys to report suspicious documentation or conduct in foreclosure cases or face possible discipline.

–Lawyer Ethics/Legal Discipline–

FLORIDA SUPREME COURT REPRIMANDS LAWYER FOUND GUILTY OF MISCONDUCT FOR ATTEMPTS TO EXTORT CONGRESSMAN BUCHANANThe Bradenton Herald, http://www.bradenton.com, Feb. 2, 2012. [Also: INDIALANTIC ATTORNEY ORDERED TO PAY $10K TO CLIENT BY FLORIDA BAR-- Brevard Times, http://news.brevardtimes.com, Feb. 2, 2012; AROUND THE REGION: TWO GAINESVILLE LAWYERS SUSPENDED BY HIGH COURT-- The Gainesville Sun, http://www.gainesville.com, Feb. 2, 2012; FLORIDA SUPREME COURT DISCIPLINES SIX AREA LAWYERS-- Tampa Bay Business Journal, http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay, Feb. 1, 2012; SEVEN

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Feb 03 2012

Dad's dilemma is with divorce and disclosure (2/03/2012)

Tag: Divorce LawAndrew @ 9:04 am

Dear Amy: I have been putting off a divorce for far too long for various reasons. I have been married for 25 years. My wife had an affair early in our marriage

and we worked things out with counseling. Two years ago I caught her having another affair but for family and health reasons I did not divorce her at that time.

We put on an act for others, including our two children, so no one knows how bad our marriage is. Now my kids are in college and I want a divorce. My kids love their mother dearly, and she is a good mother.

Even though I am seething with anger under the surface, I do not want to do anything to hurt my children but I also do not like lying. I also don’t want them to somehow blame me for the divorce if I don’t tell them the real reason. We have a lot of family in town that we see often and my wife and I work in the same field.

My question is, what do I tell family, co-workers and, most important, my children about why we are divorcing?

My wife certainly does not want to tell anyone that

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Article source: http://www.denverpost.com/rss/ci_19871472?source=rss


Feb 03 2012

Miami-Dade court reporter ordered arrested over missing transcripts

Tag: Criminal LawAndrew @ 2:59 am

In a legal drama that is delaying a dozen criminal trials — including two Death Penalty cases — a Miami-Dade court reporter was ordered arrested Wednesday after she failed to appear in court to explain why her firm can’t transcribe a slew of depositions.

The court reporter: Roseann McMahon, whose company had been employed from 2008 to 2011 to digitally record depositions for a state-funded law firm representing poor clients.

McMahon, of Fort Lauderdale, had been ordered to court three times over the past month, each time to no avail.

“I need to know a reason why Ms. McMahon is not here,” Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Bertila Soto, the chief criminal administrative judge, told her lawyer Wednesday. “The court is beginning to think she is never coming in and she is wasting everyone’s time. Has she considered that there are defendants who are sitting in custody because they can’t get transcripts?”

Soto ordered a “writ of bodily attachment” against McMahon, which allows Miami-Dade police officers to arrest her and bring her before the court. As of Wednesday night, McMahon was not in custody.

McMahon’s attorney, Albert Cartenuto, told

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Article source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/01/2619810/a-miami-dade-court-reporter-was.html


Feb 03 2012

Kim Kardashian pours her curves into nude pink dress as reports claim she is …

Tag: Divorce LawAndrew @ 2:59 am

By
Sarah Fitzmaurice

Last updated at 5:55 AM on 3rd February 2012

She is in town to sound out premises for a new D-A-S-H shop in Miami but Kim Kardashian is squeezing in a bit of pleasure into her work schedule.  

The reality star, 31, stepped out for dinner in Miami tonight showing off every inch of her voluptuous figure in a tight bandage dress.

The nude pink ensemble highlighted her curves to perfection as she stepped out for dinner at Zuma with her best friend Jonathan Cheban by her side.

Daring dress: Kim Kardashian was seen showing off her shape in a tight bandage dress as she headed for dinner with friends in Miami

Daring dress: Kim Kardashian was seen showing off her shape in a tight bandage dress as she headed for dinner with friends in Miami

Kim has been pictured hitting the gym frequently in recent weeks and it appears whatever she is doing is working.

The reality star teamed the dress with matching peep toe heels and a hard clutch bag and had her newly-dyed tresses tumbling down around her shoulders.

Kim showed off a fake tan disaster earlier in

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Article source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2095801/Kim-Kardashian-pours-curves-nude-pink-dress-reports-claim-dating-new-man.html?ito=feeds-newsxml


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