You know, if ever there was a toxic cloud over couples in the throes of a divorce, it is those paid losers you have around you. Whether you call them nannies, housekeepers or baby-sitters, they are a potential plague that can kill you in court. Many of these paid hangers-on don’t like you! YES! I [...]

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What is it about women who decide “this is it!” — and then pack the bags and leave?! What the hell is wrong with you? Did you watch too many episodes of “I Love Lucy?”…you know, the one where she does the Wah Wah face and cries and takes her bags and says “I am [...]

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Judge Frederick Shaller is leaving the Family Law Court (LA Superior Court), and this is going to be a real loss, people!  This is a judge who is respected and very well-liked by the legal community.  One lawyer tells me in no uncertain terms that this guy was a breath of fresh air and will [...]

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Have you ever noticed how a little dog will attack and attack, and never totally realize that it is too small to kill the German Shepherd that is towering over it?  Elyse Margolin, Esquire is tiny in size, but just watch how she will go for the “win!”  Her nickname among admirers is “Pinball!”  She [...]

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Having a little time on my hands, I hung out in Department 22, The Bench of Judge Michael Paul Linfield. There are two boxes of tissue on the “long table,” one at each end. One for the respondent and one for the petitioner…aka the former husband and wife…depending on who drops the hammer first! Judge [...]

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What comes to mind for me when I think of Lisa Helfend Meyer, Esquire, is a very large and hungry shark! When you meet Lisa at her totally tricked out office suite in Century City, you won’t find a “large hungry shark,” you will find one of this city’s best family law attorneys that money [...]

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If ever there was a “Rock Star” in the judicial world, it is my opinion that Judge Kenneth Black would have that title!  His court is never going to be boring as long as he is sitting in the #1 spot.  Judge Black has coined many expressions from the bench, and I believe that I [...]

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Why anyone would ever go to Glendale for a lawyer or a doctor, I am a little confused by those who do this! Is it looking for a cheaper retainer or offices with no personality, self-parking? What? Great police department for sure, but other than that, go figure. Noelle M. Halaby, Esq. was at one [...]

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Robert M. Cohen, Esquire! When you have Bob Cohen for a lawyer — if you can behave yourself and take good legal advice — you have one of the best! Be warned, he will not take any “guff” from anyone, that includes his clients!  He is smart — very smart — and another lawyer who [...]

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OK, time to give the “sperm donors” a break! What is it with these rich guys — and a couple of not so rich ones — that fall in love with their “paid date,” “escort,” “woman of the night”…HOOKERS! When I was a cop, I never arrested any girls for prostitution. Sometimes I had to [...]

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