Imagine This Was Your Ex-Wife’s Lawyer…
“She was an ambitious lawyer and TV commentator who starting going to Atlantic City casinos to relax, and soon was getting high-roller treatment that included limousines whisking her to the resort….But her gambling spun out of control…She says her losses totaled nearly $1 million.
“Now she’s chasing the longest of long shots: a $20 million racketeering lawsuit in federal court against six Atlantic City casinos and one in Las Vegas, claiming they had a duty to notice her compulsive gambling problem and cut her off.”
In family court fathers are often vilified by their ex-wives and their exes’ attorneys. Whatever it is, somehow dad is always wrong and has let everyone down.
Feminist family law attorney Arelia Margarita Taveras (pictured) wrote The Gangsta Girls’ Guide To Child Support, described by the Associated Press as a “guidebook for women dealing with deadbeat dads in the court system.” According to the AP, Taveras’ gambling losses totaled nearly $1 million. She lost her law practice, her apartment, her parents’ home, and owes the IRS $58,000. She dipped into her clients’ escrow accounts to finance her gambling habit, was disbarred last June, and faces criminal charges.
She does know right where to place the blame, though–on the casinos. “They had a duty of care to me,” she explains.
It certainly is sad to see someone destroy their life this way. Still, given her “it’s always their fault” mentality, can you imagine what it would be like if this was your ex’s lawyer?
The story is below–thanks to Katie, a reader, for sending it to me.
Woman Files $20M Long-Shot Casino Suit
By Wayne Perry, Associated Press
3/8/08
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) She was an ambitious lawyer and TV commentator who starting going to Atlantic City casinos to relax, and soon was getting high-roller treatment that included limousines whisking her to the resort.
Arelia Margarita Taveras says she was even allowed to bring her dog, Sasha, to the blackjack tables, sitting in her purse.
But her gambling spun out of control: She said she would go days at a time at the tables, not eating or sleeping, brushing her teeth with disposable wipes so she didn’t have to leave.
She says her losses totaled nearly $1 million.
Now she’s chasing the longest of long shots: a $20 million racketeering lawsuit in federal court against six Atlantic City casinos and one in Las Vegas, claiming they had a duty to notice her compulsive gambling problem and cut her off. (more…)
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March 11th, 2008 at 11:24 am
Couldn’t happen to a nicer lady.
Gee, you think a federal grand jury might indict her for her numerous crimes of peonage?
March 11th, 2008 at 11:31 am
“Rights without responsibilities” is the definition of a child.
Sounds like this skank qualifies in spades.
She’s a bit fat too, should the casinos have told her, “No soup for you?”
Like “Son of Sam”, did her dog in her purse tell her to gamble?
Phewee! This is one girl who deserves everything she gets…
March 11th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
The world would be a kinder place is this waste of skin just happened to “disappear” before the court case.
It could happen….
March 11th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Hopefully she will soon be safely locked away within the confines that the criminal justice system provides and receive the assistance she deserves.
Unfortunately for the people she stole from, they may never be adequately reconciled with their financial loss.
And naturally, it is not the woman’s fault. It never is.
March 11th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Had she allowed Eliot to Spitzer for $5000 a “pop” she coulda been debt freeeeeeeeeeeeee
March 11th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
They had a duty of care to me,” she explains
Ahh the feminist model once again…they have to take care of ME! Once again we see a feminist is never responsible for their own actions….it is always someone else’s fault.
March 11th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
What’s that shadow?
It’s the “elephant in the room” that no one sees.
Hispanic + divorce lawyer = of course, she does immigration work also.
In my rather lengthy experience, the cross-over in hispanic attorneys (especially women) from divorce to playing all sides of immigration law is fairly high, at least in NYC.
For every client being divorced, they can find an illegal who will pay (them) for an introduction, based on his/her belief that marriage to a citizen guarantees legal status (it doesn’t).
For every client being deported, they can find a citizen who will pay (them) a commission on his fee for an arranged marriage.
The alien, the citizen, or both may also already be married in the Dominican Republic, etc. – but the US has no direct method, and no interest, in finding out.
On of the major reasons for stolen ID is… to marry an illegal, for money, using someone else’s name – so you can do it every few weeks.
How can this possibly continue?
Isn’t the INS and Manhattan District Atty. aware of what’s going on?
Yes, they are. I know this because it was part of my job to tell them.
They don’t care.
March 11th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
As a denizen of the Anti-Family Court, she should have seen a stacked deck from a mile away. But I guess the ’something for nothing’ drive overcame her.
But guys, do you seriously believe she will suffer further? She will write another book and be guaranteed a market for it.
‘Fat’, Bubba? Nah. Perhaps a little chumpy. She had a lotta chumps in her time, trooping into her office and paying their ex-wives fees. Now that has dried up, the unfortunate sharkess will probably have to go on the game to make ends meet.