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American Thinker picks up the Beermann bribery story

American Thinker picks up the Beermann bribery story

The word is spreading on this corrupt law firm

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Feb 20, 2025
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Investigative journalists Richard Luthmann and Michael Volpe’s exposé on Beermann LLP’s alleged bribery scheme is gaining traction, with American Thinker now amplifying the story. Their reporting uncovers systemic corruption in the Cook County Domestic Relations Division, where Beermann LLP and court-appointed custody evaluator Dr. David Finn appear to tip custody cases in favor of the firm’s clients—in one case a mother accused of abuse, drug use, and worse. The scandal is deeply tied to corrupt Democrat Party political networks, campaign contributions, and judicial elections, raising serious ethical concerns. With lawsuits and mounting evidence, this story is far from over as more outlets begin to investigate the firm’s influence in the Illinois court system. -
Richard Luthmann

Someone at the American Thinker has been reading my investigation into Beermann Law Group.

Two cases symptomize the problem in the Cook County Domestic Relations Division, where divorces and child custody cases go to die. Women who are simply unfit to be mothers are winning custody disputes against their fairly normal ex-husbands and ex-boyfriends.

In the Girard case, the woman is accused of sexual misconduct by her two teenage daughters. In the Feliza Castro case, the woman is accused of everything from prostitution, to abusing cocaine and ketamine (a horse tranquilizer), to dealing heroin.

All this is part of the public court record. The unfortunate child’s father, as well as the court-appointed pharmacologist — this case is so bad that this writer has never even heard of a court-appointed pharmacologist before — have dutifully made it part of the record.

But somehow, Feliza Castro still has custody. The father, once a millionaire entrepreneur, is now teetering on the brink of bankruptcy — because an essential part of DPDS Lawfare is driving the Republican into bankruptcy with all the fees, as Michael Flynn can confirm.

The common threads of these two miscarriages of justice, and many more, appear to be the Cook County Domestic Relations Division, Beermann Law Group LLP, and Dr. David Finn, a “custody evaluator” who admitted in a deposition that he has never made a finding against a Beermann client.

This writer has a degree in statistical analysis, but this is high school level math. What are the odds against a custody evaluator finding that a particular law firm’s female clients are better parents than their exes — twelve times in a row? That’s like throwing 12 quarters on your desk and they all come up “heads.”

Find my articles on the Girard case, Castro case, and the article linking Dr. Finn and favorable rulings for Beermann.

Kent Girard has sued Beermann Law Group, alleging that they run a bribery scheme.

The American Thinker agrees, arguing that Beermann is part of systemic bribery in Cook County courts.

Just about everyone with a stake in these two cases (except the fathers) is a Democrat. A web of campaign contributions and endorsements between Beermann, key Democrat politicians, and judges — whose offices are elected, not appointed, in Illinois — is readily apparent, like a spiderweb made visible by an early-morning dew.

Beermann’s managing partner, John D’Arco III, hails from a scandalous lineage: “his father and grandfather [were] both implicated in bribery scandals.” But like Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, the real headline-makers aren’t the suppliers, but what they’re supplying, and who they’re protecting with their silence.

I have reached out to Jim Davis who wrote the article. Hopefully, we’ll do an interview soon.

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