Joseph Caulfield represented me in a divorce…read more
Caulfield charged a flat rate for his services, over and over.
Caulfield did not follow my instructions, "complete the proceedings as quickly as possible, while preserving as many of my parental rights as practical". Caulfield refused to draw up a separation agreement and when I produced one, was upset and disdainful.
At the various meetings Caulfield and opposing counsel carried on about nothing and if I drove consensus, would disrupt the meeting.
Caulfield told me divorce was supposed to take 6 weeks and cost two thousand dollars. He dragged it out for years and ran the total expenses into six figures.
Caulfield participated in getting us before Judge Edward Ginsberg, someone known to Caulfield zealously pro-single parent families... Ginsberg has written and lectured on the merits of single parents.
Caulfield insisted that I "trust him". He insisted that I move out of my home - against my declared intent to not leave the children. Caulfield assured me that I would not lose any rights, that the court would not look upon this negatively and that I would have unrestricted access to my office, lab, shop, and children.
I was denied access to my office, lab, and shop. The office, lab shop and all records were ultimately destroyed.
I was denied access to the children and the alienation and abuse of the children are now profound.
When opposing counsel obviously lied, to him directly or in court Caulfield did nothing.
Caulfield did not protect me from a wide range of false allegations, leaving these things to chance.
During the start of the protracted divorce process, I gave my entire net pay to the family, took on a second job, then a much better paying job, sufficient to support two households. My employment was abused and chronically terminated by the harassment of me and my employers.
By the time we got to trial, I had a lousy and unstable job. The court "imputed" income to required I pay more than my total income in support, and gave all assets to the "woman". Caulfield won me the long destroyed assets of my business; all records, supplies, and equipment lost - not even the phone number survived, child support in the words of Ginsberg, "beyond the guidelines" and overall more liabilities than assets. In order to pay the implicitly delegated debts, I had to liquidate everything, including the retirement accounts I funded since age 23, eventually filed for bankruptcy protection and ultimately was found legally destitute.
During the trial, we did not get to see "their" evidence folder until nearly the end of the trial. Caulfield was OK with this.
The "trial" concluded with the judge yelling at counsel and then from the bench dictating his judgment. This aspect of the trial was done in a different courtroom, with no gallery or court recorder. The Judgment was hastily drafted by Caulfield and I was told I must sign the Judgment. Caulfield told me, "this is the way it is done". Innocently I signed the document, which was then altered many times without my consent or knowledge.
On a related note, Caulfield teaches perverted versions of martial arts, contrary to the philosophy of the schools he claims to represent.
After carefully detailing the abusive and fraudulent actions of the budding Ex, Caulfield advised me to "get laid".
Caulfield used the term sadistic a lot and in retrospect, that seems about right: Caulfield, opposing counsel, the judge, and many others seemed to revel in the acrimonious abuses.
Caulfield claims to be an expert in family law. He demonstrated a high level of cluelessness and failed to even mention rampant abuses that occurred on his watch.
So, if you are ready to leave a quiet and thoughtful family life, to give you kids to someone Caulfield described as "mentally defective", ready to have your kids taught to hate, your alienated child forced kids into a locked insane asylum and personally head for skid row, Caulfield is your man!
P.S.
Joseph Caulfield's response: "In 2002, **** and his mother, choose to enter into a separation agreement, rather than risk an adverse decision from the probate and family court. Seventeen years later, Mr. ****has decided his lawyer and the judge "done him wrong," his wife's lawyer was "sick," and we all caused his "personal and professional destruction." To right this great wrong, Mr. **** has started posting "poison pen" reviews of me. His last review was removed two months ago by Avvo for violation of its standards concerning lewdness and accusations of criminal activity or unethical behavior. I tried to write to Mr. ****, but he has no mailbox. I suppose if he continues to try to harm me, must fly down and visit him."
It seems that counsel is confused, I don't think one can divorce one's mother... As for his threat, that is concerning.
