LOL, “It wasn’t planned, there was no coordinated series of attacks,” said Karen Connnolly, who represents Hernandez. “This was a spontaneous response.”
Ms. Connolly just turned hundreds of years of conspiracy law on its head, nice work! BuT ThEy DiDn’T HaVe A wRiTtEn AgReEmEnT
fyi, just poking fun, it’s a legitimate (but losing) argument.
This case is in front of TJ. There is nothing wrong with the defense believing that they can throw a fastball by her.
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Family Court Update: Attorney from a politically connected NV law firm is throwing a major tantrum in family court over an ONJ media request. Tells the judge client needs time to find a new attorney because she’s withdrawing over the media request. Judge gives more time, but instead of withdrawing the attorney submits a brief objecting to the media request. Rumor is that the brief was written by the same attorney who LOST on the Falconi writs at the Supreme Court. Why would you get briefing from the losing side? And why is the judge even entertaining this? Can the family court bench not analyze the Supreme Court’s decision on its own? And why would the bench be taking briefing from the losing side? Clearly the Supremes heard that argument and didn’t buy it. More to come…watch this space.
Don’t you understand that’s the point? Family court has been an absolute shit show for years and most lawyers avoid it for that very reason. I have had countless clients complain to me about how bad it is down there, how they don’t understand why the court is that crazy. It’s that crazy because most sane people are like you and avoid the place. However, if you think you can’t find yourself stuck in family court at the drop of a hat, think again. I’ve also had countless clients who thought they had reasonably stable lives one week and the next week they find out their wife has been gambling every day at lunch and the family has $100k in credit card debt they didn’t know about or their husband has a long time girlfriend with a kid and a house he’s been supporting for years. And once you’re in family court, you don’t get to just leave. Even a criminal case ends at some point. In family court your ex can take you back to court over and over and over. The judges don’t follow the law and don’t do the proper analysis and then you’re stuck. Year after year after year. It happens every day. That is why ONJ and the Falconi writs are so important and that is why we should all be watching the family law bar’s response to the writs. Anyways, sorry for my rant. I don’t disagree with your assessment of family court, but I do disagree with how important this issue is.
The issue is important. Posting every day that someone is losing their mind over it is boring. Childish and done for self-serving purposes, nothing to do with helping in any way with anyone involved.
I have nothing to do with the case I mentioned. It might be childish, but that’s your opinion. I have been in family court enough years to see that nothing is going to change until people outside of family court start paying attention. I have had clients hurt really, really badly by this family court. I am posting for the sole reason to get the word out. It might be repetitive, but shouldn’t that give us pause? Imagine that attorney’s client. They’ve paid thousands of dollars for representation and now their attorney is throwing a fit and threatening to withdraw on the eve of trial over a media request. The criminal bar would never act that way so why is it de rigueur in family court? And most importantly, why are the judges allowing it?
Are you the admin of the family court support group telling people to spam this blog with comments? Please stop. Heads up, Law Dawg, the conspiracy crazies are being sent this way.
You’ve been using that for years now. Do you think yourself clever? “Yawn” hahahaha All it really means is you can’t think of anything else to say but want to appear above it all which stems probably from a very low self esteem. You can do better.
I have had 2 Fam. Ct. clients with literally over a hundred hearings each and one with 9 trials in 20 years (this one was already being litigated while the kid was still in utero) and one with 7 trials.
Kid aged out in one case and opposing party volunteered and terminated parental rights over the 15 yr old in the other. Turns out that a Federal Security Clearance revocation hearing due to unpaid child support and their income were more important than taking care of the child that was parented.
Both of these cases needed an honorable OC and a Judge that gave a shit.
Family Court is a shit show primarily for three reasons:
(1)because people lie and their lawyers tolerate or facilitate it; and
(2) judges are hard pressed to actually take the time to give a shit and do the right thing; and
(3) because lawyers are more concerned with billable hours and churning files (running up the tab and then obtaining and recording an attorney’s lien than actually helping their clients.
Make no mistake, its mostly the lawyers that can’t or won’t control their clients, tolerate and validate their bullshit or are more interested in churning their files.
In 25 years of practicing family law (historically, between 10 and 20% of my practice), I have dealt with this dozens and dozens of times. You just haven’t lived until you have forced a Judge (now disgraced and former Judge) to do the right thing because he was too busy favoring (gawking at) the short skirt and tight A** of the attractive female sitting at the opposing table, because the evidence was irrefutable.
Rad is actually better than most and he is one the best trial attorneys in town.
His problem is that he is too busy to get in and KNOW his case and by virtue his client. His default attitude about parties is Deadbeat Dads and Shrieking Controlling Moms.
But, when he is finally convinced that his own client is actually in the right, watch TF out.
I referred a friend to him for a matter that I knew was going to trial (probably more than once over the years to come). It took some months and a few direct calls from me to get him to see his own client had actually done nothing wrong as accused, that she was in the right and wearing the proverbial “white hat” 100%. But, once he was on board, he killed it.
The file churners either have offices on Bonanza or used to. I will NEVER refer a case to them and will more than likely turn down a case against them unless I am convinced I will get regularly paid.
I understand this is a shot at Willick (although Ishi also used to have an office on Bonanza and she was and is great). Willick bills the hell out of his clients but he does a great job for them. Smith does not pay attention to his cases and he does churn the clients. I like Smith personally but you can see the toll that years of “Deadbeat Dads and Shrieking Controlling Moms” have taken on him.
The real problem with Family Court is the Beatitude Problem in my mind: ““Blessed are the peacemakers.” Clients do not want peacemakers in Family Court no matter how much that is what is necessary. They want blood thirsty savages. They want attorneys who will embellish their lies and bile to make it stronger. And Judges allow it.
That’s like blaming the gun in a mass shooting. Totally illogical.
Client control is paramount. Make no mistake, shot was not at Willick, directly, but the Bonanza firms that you mention are as guilty as any of churning files and billing cases for far more than they are worth, then withdrawing and taking a lien. It should be criminal.
Not advocating a peacemaker mentality when its not called for. But, far too many litigation decisions are made based upon the “marital community” and what assets can be gleaned, milked and gutted for nothing more than to pay the attorneys.
The blood thirsty savages you speak of are however responsible for the shit show that is Family Court. The art of managing expectations is lost in family court. Again . . . .client control. Its possible to zealously advocate without making unreasonable promises and without further damaging the relationships of reasonable parents and their children. Its the blood thirsty savages that promise the moon and stars and when they get their asses kicked, they blame the judge and lien the file.
I will give you a good example of a trustworthy practitioner. Chris Tilman is a great advocate for his clients. I have litigated over a dozen cases against him over twice as many years (though its been a few for me) and he does his job zealously, professionally and exercises client control. If he wins his Boulder City JP, it will be a loss to the daily practice down Pecos Road way.
Quite literally, the ability to grab a beer with after doing fierce battle, like in the old days.
You must be friends with him. I have witnessed him representing the most monstrous people and I’m not talking about his CPS cases. He does not exercise client control any more than the rest of the family court cabal. I’ve heard he’s a really nice guy outside of court, but you’ll never convince me that he has any more client control than anyone else in family court.
I disagree with you completely. As a baby lawyer many years ago I too was convinced by his self-promotion, but then I had a case against him and I very quickly learned otherwise. Over the years I’ve learned that he is not nearly as good as he says he is. Practice Tip: if you ever have a case against him, read the full opinion of every single case he cites. He routinely cites to cases that do not stand for what he says they stand for. Just do the work and read the cases.
Sane people work out child custody arrangements amongst themselves instead of leaving the decision to a stranger. Those that choose door number two are often times unstable and/or unfit, hence the shit show. As to cameras recording the shit show, if Jerry Springer is your cup of tea, then by all means..
OP here. This is my last post for today I promise. @11:29 I agree to some extent. In all the years I’ve been in family court, I have dealt with a few decent folks so I disagree that ALL the practitioners are bad. Most, but not all. Also, I disagree that all the clients are bad. Yes, there are cases where it’s two idiots who just want to fight each other, but there are a lot of cases where one person is just trying to move on and they cannot get out of the system because every time they try, their ex files something else and they end up back in court. You can google abusers in family court and read all about it because family court is most definitely a tool for abusive/crazy ex’s to harass their target and the judges allow it. Nothing will get better if we write it off. We’ve got to pay attention and remember when it comes time to vote because otherwise it will never change. The Falconi writs are a big part of getting rid of the secret proceedings and the backroom deals down there.
This is something I’ve observed as well. The “it takes two to tango” argument does not apply. A single high-conflict parent with an unscrupulous lawyer and an incompetent judge can and does appear to be sufficient. I usually look for cases that are connected to criminal cases since they tend to be more educational but I’m finding some of these cases are sufficiently newsworthy for coverage of the domestic relations matter alone.
11:29 AM here. First, Alex, congrats on your big win at NVSC. You’ve done the public, the State of Nevada and the legal profession a tremendous service. I wasn’t aware of how insane the sealing process was until your victory. The way these proceedings have been closed to the public is unacceptable.
While I agree with you that not ALL of the people down at the family court are the dregs of society, the exceptions prove the rule. Most, but not all, of the parties, practitioners and judges are malevolent turds who lack basic interpersonal conflict resolution skills, among other basic human traits. For them, I do not feel sorry for the self created hell they fester in. But for the minority of people involved in family court who are truly decent and actually victims, I am happy for your win and hope for further success on your part. For example, I hope you win in your battle against Dawn Throne and Michelle Hauser. I look forward to watching the hearing videos and reading the filings on ONJ.
Thanks. I agree with you and Judge Judy that Family Court has, unfortunately, been the “dumping grounds” for the malefactors you and others notice end up practicing there. I think my cameras will bring professionalism to the Division but we shall see. It will certainly apply pressure and if that stresses them out, that is the point of “the press”. We’re doing a job.
Alex, I’m sure you’re aware, but others may not be. It appears that all matters where the parents are not married are now considered P, or paternity, cases. Wherein C, or custody cases, will hopefully, soon, maybe, be reopened, court admin appears to be going out of its way to keep cases sealed. I agree these cases all need to be opened.
I’m aware of this, which is bizarre for several reasons. In the context of courtroom access, the writ issued against Judge Hoskin which was a C-case converted to P-case, so its obvious we have a right to access because if not, the writ would not have issued against Judge Hoskin. The anti-camera faction is trying to overcomplicate the question of sealing the docket which is probably frustrating both the Chief and Clerk. In a fundamental way, this is also illogical and nonsensical, since hiding hearing dates and times insidiously closes the courtroom in those cases. Just because I have sources leaking me information does not mean it is appropriate to hide hearing dates and times. Hopefully, they pull their heads out of their rears sooner than later. The press aside, this appears highly prejudicial to pro se litigants, of which most in family court are. It gives an enormous advantage to parents who can afford lawyers. Its disturbing the District and Legislature did not think of this before enacting/promulgating such draconian statutes/rules.
LOL, “It wasn’t planned, there was no coordinated series of attacks,” said Karen Connnolly, who represents Hernandez. “This was a spontaneous response.”
Ms. Connolly just turned hundreds of years of conspiracy law on its head, nice work! BuT ThEy DiDn’T HaVe A wRiTtEn AgReEmEnT
fyi, just poking fun, it’s a legitimate (but losing) argument.
Are we surprised?
This case is in front of TJ. There is nothing wrong with the defense believing that they can throw a fastball by her.
If there’s one thing drivers hate, it’s the law being applied to them. “Laws are for every other driver, not me.”
Family Court Update: Attorney from a politically connected NV law firm is throwing a major tantrum in family court over an ONJ media request. Tells the judge client needs time to find a new attorney because she’s withdrawing over the media request. Judge gives more time, but instead of withdrawing the attorney submits a brief objecting to the media request. Rumor is that the brief was written by the same attorney who LOST on the Falconi writs at the Supreme Court. Why would you get briefing from the losing side? And why is the judge even entertaining this? Can the family court bench not analyze the Supreme Court’s decision on its own? And why would the bench be taking briefing from the losing side? Clearly the Supremes heard that argument and didn’t buy it. More to come…watch this space.
No, please, let’s not watch this space. Family court is like watching Judge Judy, it’s entertaining for a moment but lacks substance. Let it go.
Amen.
Don’t you understand that’s the point? Family court has been an absolute shit show for years and most lawyers avoid it for that very reason. I have had countless clients complain to me about how bad it is down there, how they don’t understand why the court is that crazy. It’s that crazy because most sane people are like you and avoid the place. However, if you think you can’t find yourself stuck in family court at the drop of a hat, think again. I’ve also had countless clients who thought they had reasonably stable lives one week and the next week they find out their wife has been gambling every day at lunch and the family has $100k in credit card debt they didn’t know about or their husband has a long time girlfriend with a kid and a house he’s been supporting for years. And once you’re in family court, you don’t get to just leave. Even a criminal case ends at some point. In family court your ex can take you back to court over and over and over. The judges don’t follow the law and don’t do the proper analysis and then you’re stuck. Year after year after year. It happens every day. That is why ONJ and the Falconi writs are so important and that is why we should all be watching the family law bar’s response to the writs. Anyways, sorry for my rant. I don’t disagree with your assessment of family court, but I do disagree with how important this issue is.
The issue is important. Posting every day that someone is losing their mind over it is boring. Childish and done for self-serving purposes, nothing to do with helping in any way with anyone involved.
I have nothing to do with the case I mentioned. It might be childish, but that’s your opinion. I have been in family court enough years to see that nothing is going to change until people outside of family court start paying attention. I have had clients hurt really, really badly by this family court. I am posting for the sole reason to get the word out. It might be repetitive, but shouldn’t that give us pause? Imagine that attorney’s client. They’ve paid thousands of dollars for representation and now their attorney is throwing a fit and threatening to withdraw on the eve of trial over a media request. The criminal bar would never act that way so why is it de rigueur in family court? And most importantly, why are the judges allowing it?
Shouldn’t that give us pause? Once you pause the repetitive posts, I will answer your questions.
Are you the admin of the family court support group telling people to spam this blog with comments? Please stop. Heads up, Law Dawg, the conspiracy crazies are being sent this way.
OBC facilitates the insanity by their selective enforcement and playing favorites with family law practitioners.
Yawn.
You’ve been using that for years now. Do you think yourself clever? “Yawn” hahahaha All it really means is you can’t think of anything else to say but want to appear above it all which stems probably from a very low self esteem. You can do better.
Yawn.
Yawner.
Yawniest.
Based rant incoming.
I have had 2 Fam. Ct. clients with literally over a hundred hearings each and one with 9 trials in 20 years (this one was already being litigated while the kid was still in utero) and one with 7 trials.
Kid aged out in one case and opposing party volunteered and terminated parental rights over the 15 yr old in the other. Turns out that a Federal Security Clearance revocation hearing due to unpaid child support and their income were more important than taking care of the child that was parented.
Both of these cases needed an honorable OC and a Judge that gave a shit.
Family Court is a shit show primarily for three reasons:
(1)because people lie and their lawyers tolerate or facilitate it; and
(2) judges are hard pressed to actually take the time to give a shit and do the right thing; and
(3) because lawyers are more concerned with billable hours and churning files (running up the tab and then obtaining and recording an attorney’s lien than actually helping their clients.
Make no mistake, its mostly the lawyers that can’t or won’t control their clients, tolerate and validate their bullshit or are more interested in churning their files.
In 25 years of practicing family law (historically, between 10 and 20% of my practice), I have dealt with this dozens and dozens of times. You just haven’t lived until you have forced a Judge (now disgraced and former Judge) to do the right thing because he was too busy favoring (gawking at) the short skirt and tight A** of the attractive female sitting at the opposing table, because the evidence was irrefutable.
Number 3 all the way. Never going to refer anyone to Radford Smith for that reason.
Rad is actually better than most and he is one the best trial attorneys in town.
His problem is that he is too busy to get in and KNOW his case and by virtue his client. His default attitude about parties is Deadbeat Dads and Shrieking Controlling Moms.
But, when he is finally convinced that his own client is actually in the right, watch TF out.
I referred a friend to him for a matter that I knew was going to trial (probably more than once over the years to come). It took some months and a few direct calls from me to get him to see his own client had actually done nothing wrong as accused, that she was in the right and wearing the proverbial “white hat” 100%. But, once he was on board, he killed it.
The file churners either have offices on Bonanza or used to. I will NEVER refer a case to them and will more than likely turn down a case against them unless I am convinced I will get regularly paid.
I understand this is a shot at Willick (although Ishi also used to have an office on Bonanza and she was and is great). Willick bills the hell out of his clients but he does a great job for them. Smith does not pay attention to his cases and he does churn the clients. I like Smith personally but you can see the toll that years of “Deadbeat Dads and Shrieking Controlling Moms” have taken on him.
The real problem with Family Court is the Beatitude Problem in my mind: ““Blessed are the peacemakers.” Clients do not want peacemakers in Family Court no matter how much that is what is necessary. They want blood thirsty savages. They want attorneys who will embellish their lies and bile to make it stronger. And Judges allow it.
That’s like blaming the gun in a mass shooting. Totally illogical.
Client control is paramount. Make no mistake, shot was not at Willick, directly, but the Bonanza firms that you mention are as guilty as any of churning files and billing cases for far more than they are worth, then withdrawing and taking a lien. It should be criminal.
Not advocating a peacemaker mentality when its not called for. But, far too many litigation decisions are made based upon the “marital community” and what assets can be gleaned, milked and gutted for nothing more than to pay the attorneys.
The blood thirsty savages you speak of are however responsible for the shit show that is Family Court. The art of managing expectations is lost in family court. Again . . . .client control. Its possible to zealously advocate without making unreasonable promises and without further damaging the relationships of reasonable parents and their children. Its the blood thirsty savages that promise the moon and stars and when they get their asses kicked, they blame the judge and lien the file.
I will give you a good example of a trustworthy practitioner. Chris Tilman is a great advocate for his clients. I have litigated over a dozen cases against him over twice as many years (though its been a few for me) and he does his job zealously, professionally and exercises client control. If he wins his Boulder City JP, it will be a loss to the daily practice down Pecos Road way.
Quite literally, the ability to grab a beer with after doing fierce battle, like in the old days.
You must be friends with him. I have witnessed him representing the most monstrous people and I’m not talking about his CPS cases. He does not exercise client control any more than the rest of the family court cabal. I’ve heard he’s a really nice guy outside of court, but you’ll never convince me that he has any more client control than anyone else in family court.
I disagree with you completely. As a baby lawyer many years ago I too was convinced by his self-promotion, but then I had a case against him and I very quickly learned otherwise. Over the years I’ve learned that he is not nearly as good as he says he is. Practice Tip: if you ever have a case against him, read the full opinion of every single case he cites. He routinely cites to cases that do not stand for what he says they stand for. Just do the work and read the cases.
Sane people work out child custody arrangements amongst themselves instead of leaving the decision to a stranger. Those that choose door number two are often times unstable and/or unfit, hence the shit show. As to cameras recording the shit show, if Jerry Springer is your cup of tea, then by all means..
Family law practitioners, their clients and family judges all deserve each other. Just a giant hot mess of dysfunctional adults.
OP here. This is my last post for today I promise. @11:29 I agree to some extent. In all the years I’ve been in family court, I have dealt with a few decent folks so I disagree that ALL the practitioners are bad. Most, but not all. Also, I disagree that all the clients are bad. Yes, there are cases where it’s two idiots who just want to fight each other, but there are a lot of cases where one person is just trying to move on and they cannot get out of the system because every time they try, their ex files something else and they end up back in court. You can google abusers in family court and read all about it because family court is most definitely a tool for abusive/crazy ex’s to harass their target and the judges allow it. Nothing will get better if we write it off. We’ve got to pay attention and remember when it comes time to vote because otherwise it will never change. The Falconi writs are a big part of getting rid of the secret proceedings and the backroom deals down there.
Amen, good sir or madam. Well said.
–Based Rant above.
Not all family law practitioners are bad attorneys, but all bad attorneys practice family law
This is something I’ve observed as well. The “it takes two to tango” argument does not apply. A single high-conflict parent with an unscrupulous lawyer and an incompetent judge can and does appear to be sufficient. I usually look for cases that are connected to criminal cases since they tend to be more educational but I’m finding some of these cases are sufficiently newsworthy for coverage of the domestic relations matter alone.
11:29 AM here. First, Alex, congrats on your big win at NVSC. You’ve done the public, the State of Nevada and the legal profession a tremendous service. I wasn’t aware of how insane the sealing process was until your victory. The way these proceedings have been closed to the public is unacceptable.
While I agree with you that not ALL of the people down at the family court are the dregs of society, the exceptions prove the rule. Most, but not all, of the parties, practitioners and judges are malevolent turds who lack basic interpersonal conflict resolution skills, among other basic human traits. For them, I do not feel sorry for the self created hell they fester in. But for the minority of people involved in family court who are truly decent and actually victims, I am happy for your win and hope for further success on your part. For example, I hope you win in your battle against Dawn Throne and Michelle Hauser. I look forward to watching the hearing videos and reading the filings on ONJ.
Thanks. I agree with you and Judge Judy that Family Court has, unfortunately, been the “dumping grounds” for the malefactors you and others notice end up practicing there. I think my cameras will bring professionalism to the Division but we shall see. It will certainly apply pressure and if that stresses them out, that is the point of “the press”. We’re doing a job.
Alex, I’m sure you’re aware, but others may not be. It appears that all matters where the parents are not married are now considered P, or paternity, cases. Wherein C, or custody cases, will hopefully, soon, maybe, be reopened, court admin appears to be going out of its way to keep cases sealed. I agree these cases all need to be opened.
I’m aware of this, which is bizarre for several reasons. In the context of courtroom access, the writ issued against Judge Hoskin which was a C-case converted to P-case, so its obvious we have a right to access because if not, the writ would not have issued against Judge Hoskin. The anti-camera faction is trying to overcomplicate the question of sealing the docket which is probably frustrating both the Chief and Clerk. In a fundamental way, this is also illogical and nonsensical, since hiding hearing dates and times insidiously closes the courtroom in those cases. Just because I have sources leaking me information does not mean it is appropriate to hide hearing dates and times. Hopefully, they pull their heads out of their rears sooner than later. The press aside, this appears highly prejudicial to pro se litigants, of which most in family court are. It gives an enormous advantage to parents who can afford lawyers. Its disturbing the District and Legislature did not think of this before enacting/promulgating such draconian statutes/rules.
They might’ve thought about it and didn’t care.