New Amended RICO filing draws patterns to Beermann.
The divorce lawyers from Chicago may have several patterns of unethical practice.
The Girard family has amended their RICO, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, petition, and this new petition is full of patterns of unethical practices by the Beermann Law Group.
In August 2024, I first wrote about the explosive RICO civil lawsuit by filed Kenton and Marissa Girard, along with Kenton’s two daughters. That lawsuit alleges that the Beermann Law Group, a powerful Chicago area divorce law firm, has been running a sophisticated bribery scheme in which Beerman buys favorable outcomes for their clients. Below is part of that lawsuit.
Upon information and belief, Judge Boyd has shared some of the cash payments received from Beermann LLP with Judge Goldfarb wherein Beermann LLP has requested favorable rulings on proceedings before her – including those initiated by Jane Girard. Upon information and belief, Judge Boyd has similarly shared some of the cash payments received from Beermann LLP with other family law judges in Cook County. Upon information and belief, Judge Boyd serves as a gatekeeper to Beermann LLP to certain other judges in the family law courts in Cook County including without limitation Judge Goldfarb.
The lawsuit made several specific allegations in the Girard case, which I first described in the summer of 2023, while making general accusations of widespread bribery allegations.
Judge Renee Goldfarb, named in the lawsuit and presiding over the Girard custody case when the lawsuit was originally filed in the summer of 2024, quickly recused herself from the case after it was filed.
In an amended and recently filed petition, the Girard’s focus more on the patterns, introducing several other cases where bribery is alleged.
The amended petition also explores an unethical modus operandi. Beermann will often take a consultation with one party. That party won’t hire them, but then Beermann will get hired by their spouse.
This is a blatant violation of the conflict-of-interest principle in law. Even a consultation- which is often paid- is considered an attorney/client relationship. As such, a law firm has a duty to reject an overture from the other spouse.
In fact, it’s a dirty divorce tactic- especially in rural areas- for one spouse to take on numerous consultations as a means of limiting the lawyers who their ex-spouse can hire.
This is what Jackie Sample told me that Beermann did in her case.
Jackie consulted with Beermann, but she did not hire them. Shortly after that, her (still husband) Dr. Madison Sample did hire them, and they represented him until recently.
Because this sort of conflict is brazen, it suggests that Beermann does have a “special” relationship with judges when they do this repeatedly.
According to the lawsuit, this is a pattern.
I spoke with Karmen Andrews. She said besides consulting with Beermann before her ex-husband hired them- similarly to Jackie- she also said Beermann has a habit of submitting motions at the eleventh hour, and that the judge is lackadaisical in scheduling hearings when her lawyer objects to the late filing.
The lawsuit alleged that Beermann also has a tendency of representing abusers and celebrities.
Dwyane Wade, the lawsuit alleges, was represented by Enrico Mirabelli, and the case was presided over by Judges William Boyd and Renee Goldfarb.
Mirabelli is part of the team representing Jane Girard, Kenton’s ex-wife, in their custody battle, and both Judges Goldfarb and Boyd have presided over the case. Both Judges are accused of taking bribes.
Disturbing.