Levitt & Quinn Family Law Center has managed to pull of another self serving event to pack their coffers with cash or as it is promoted, STAND FOR JUSTICE GALA. Back when I would attend all of these ‘self serving’ cash drives I still have vivid memories of how terrible Levitt & Quinns was. Horrible food and no entertainment, just lots of Blah, Blah and ‘give us your money’. One of our sources tells DESPERATEEXES.COM that several million maggots were crawling along the paths all over the Skirball Cultural Center with signs warning attendees not to eat the food!
Several years ago I was asked not to attend any future Levitt & Quinn galas due to what I had to say about the ‘shake down’ event as I had witnessed. All I did was to tell the truth, and in this case it did set me free from ever attending this event again. Levitt & Quinn “Gala’s” has to be one of the worst of the worst money grabs I have ever attended. Not sure if I had suggested back then of perhaps providing those small travel bottles of Pepto Bismol at table side…… for the trip home at the end of the evening!
Once again, this event as are so many of these money grabs, are so self serving! DIVORCE lawyers sucking up to the very same judges that will sit in judgement of their cases. We are all assured that all of this sucking up is all very legal. This one is real ‘stinker’, September 13th., 2025 this gala is honoring The Honorable Louis M. Meisinger aka Mr. Disney. Da Judge was counsel to the Big Mouse for many years, a very powerful position to say the least. No question that Meisinger is one hell of a power house in the world of law and ‘huge’ money. After all it never hurts to kiss and or suck up to the “Old” judges and the businesses that they now run. (Many of these high dollar law firms only attended to be sure to have the Meisinger See that they attended and gave lots of cash for this benefit.) Keep in mind now that ‘Signature Resolution’ is where almost all the retired judges go to collect incredible fees being private judges after retirement. This is now the world of “Rent a Judge”. Now all of this is legit and giving great big galas and fund raisers and hanging out with some of the same judges who may or may not hear your case is just more of the DIVORCE BUSINESS model. Another Title of these events could be, “Don’t show up at your own risk”. Sometimes these big law firms buy a table or two and give the seats away to all the grunts and gophers in their offices and the principals don’t show up…. not in this case. Louis Meisinger was a big, big, big draw to mingle and be seen. All the Principles were sure to SHOW UP! Our sources tell us that Meisinger charges $2,600.00 per hour and requires a $25,000.00 retainer, nothing wrong with those numbers, almost like visiting Disneyland!
Here comes the best part of all, Signature Resolution was the title sponsor, that is really very cool! And the Honorable One, Meisinger is in fact Mr. Signature Resolution, this is Meisinger’s baby. The Honorable featured guest is the guy that built this cash cow rent a judge business! And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Do you see “The Happy Ending” here? Filthy Rich DIVORCE lawyers, very well off judges some retired and some not are all just mingling.
Many years ago a couple of really rich asshat divorce lawyers threw a fund raiser for the needy or some such nonsense. These two arrogant asshats did in fact give each other the awards of the evening to themselves! I cannot make this stuff up….. The best part was when one of these filthy rich assholes who loved his Teddy Bear was showing some under privileged guest his $100,000.00 watch! Funny DIVORCE lawyers make so much money and love to flash all their wealth. On the other end of the spectrum are CRIMINAL DEFENSE fuck wads, talk about a bunch of miserable hustlers. For sure the there are a few making big money, many are working as bartenders and parking valets to keep the doors open and the phones working!
One of our favorite little divorce lawyers, Julie McAlarnen, Esq. was roaming around the hall and it was really cute. Making the rounds and looking up and shaking hands this is what DIVORCE lawyers do to stay in the mix. Seriously though, Levitt & Quinn should actually lower the banquet tables height so Ms. McAlarnen won’t catch her nose on those unprotected table corners, (Julie Proof the room )! The other hit of the night was of course when the whole crew from Meyer, Olson, Meyers and Lowy showed up with the exception of one of the benefactors of Lisa’s generosity. Had you not known better this could have been a casting call for a new NetFlix series, “The Hateful Ones!” What a group, we can assume mirrors are not readily available at some of the homes of these ‘well and poorly dressed’, never mind the hair cuts. Men if wearing leather shoes should be shined or at least cleaned.
Lisa Helfend Meyer, the founder and primary meal ticket for this crew looked unbelievable in her Gucci outfit, very classy. No question, Lisa is one of the best dressed female lawyers in the country. She always had the best of the best. ( she is very rich and don’t mind showing off her wealth ) It is a good thing that Lisa seldom eats a great deal and is very cautious of her weight. Being thin gives her the good fortune of not needing slings for her jowls, if she was on the tubby side, those jowls would hang down by that Gucci belt! Good Job Lisa!
No mistake here either that there is a pecking order, on the Whammies and Big Bucks! Levitt & Quinn have titles for all there wealthy donors, “Pillars of Justice”, “Champions of Justice”, “Sentinels of Justice” and on down to the Whammie seats/cheapskates….. Patrons and Friends. And the names of all the Big Buck givers are all printed right there for all the unfortunates to see and read. A more appropriate title for this “Gala” would be “Donate Money and Fast” or the “We Will Never Have Enough Money Gala”. BTW, ever look at the comments about the satisfaction of the services of Levitt & Quinn on line? Vladimir Putin gets more likes on his attacks on the Ukraine.
Back to the pissed off maggots, the food was just as bad as it always is. One time I attended this function with a very famous honoree and we stopped at ‘In and Out’ and got burgers as he knew the food would be terrible and we would be hungry by the end of the tortuous ‘give us your money event’. Consistency is good, and the Levitt & Quinn have mastered it! May I suggest FOOD TRUCKS and maybe a little kick back at the end of the night? Have the FOOD TRUCK operators wear Kippahs and tell everyone that it is all kosher!?
How do you manage to mess up short ribs, the salmon was just terrible. The portobello mushrooms were not too bad actually surprising. Prior to the function and to justify your $250.00 dollar ticket you got some Sam’s Club looking sushi and just awful pigs in a blanket. And in the finest traditions of Levitt & Quinn’s “Gala’s” they ran out of that mess that they pawned off as a dessert…. all I can say is it was a mess of cheesecake, a chocolate something and another unknown something item. Most of the time you can look forward to a decent dessert at these events, not when the name Levitt & Quinn is involved. One of the titles of discussion to keep the victims entertained was, ‘How not to suck at DIVORCE’.
Next year’s title should be, “How not to suck at doing a fund raiser aka a GALA!” Levitt & Quinn are proud of the 44 years of doing it all wrong and consistently for all those years! Here is the bottom line, Levitt & Quinn does bring in lots of money and they do try to do the right thing and they are really terrible at doing this game of fund raising with the worst food….. I hope they do continue as we here at DESPERATEEXES.com love them so much and all they bring to entertaining us.
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