The now-famous Blog spotlights how court whores of Connecticut run up excessive bills for mediocre legal representation in obtaining simple, administrative, no-fault divorces for their clients: they talk on the phone!!! New Blog star, Attorney Maria McKeon runs the fraudulent McKeon Law Group, a group of one, with ‘vast in house legal experience’, sitting at her kitchen table, too pathetic to have an actual office for the Group. Running up a huge bill of over $150k, dragging out litigation, then quitting her client who could not afford to pay for McKeon’s putrid non-performance.
There is an expectation of professional services when contracting for legal representation for a simple no-fault divorce. The vultures of the Bar have a better game to play than simply executing statutory necessities; fleecing clients under the deception of professional legal services is an art form. A review of Attorney McKeon’s fraudulent billings from June ’20 to August ’21 reveals 250 line entries describing work performed, 145 of these entries were for ‘calls’. The scam of family court lawyers is to talk on the phone to everybody while fleecing the client for $300/hr. A closer examination of the descriptors reveals that professional legal services to obtain a divorce expands in scope to cover radon in the basement, a kid who is not allowed to drive, squabbles over paying taxes, lengthy debates on picking psychologists, vacation planning, opinions of a GAL, talking on the phone about irrelevant matters once to opposing counsel, then with the therapist, then with the evaluator, then with the GAL, then again with opposing counsel, same phone discussion, billed five times … an awesome scam, almost looks legit. McKeon chats with GAL Finch for one hour it costs her client $650; the phone is the ATM for free cash. A bit of an adder to all the ‘calling’ is that there are 20 entries for the work of a ‘paralegal’ the industry term for a overpaid secretary shuffling files. Blog can’t make this shit up. See Maria McKeon’s invoices here. See GAL Kevin Finch’s scam billing here.
Attorney McKeon is now represented by Kerry R. Callahan, Esq. of Updick Kelly Spellacy, a major Connecticut based law firm of 55 washed up lawyers camped out in five offices across the state. Needless to say not all of her fraudulent bills have been paid by the unsatisfied client. Callahan is a huckster, making a ridiculous argument that McKeon is a real lawyer, running a real law group, with vast experience from her kitchen table, with boxed wine in the fridge to keep the demons at bay. Family court is a den of thieves, McKeon’s invoices tell how the game is played.
McKeon loves litigation, she represents herself in her own protracted post judgement slug fest against her ex William Lennon. The love birds were divorced in 2007 but can’t stop meeting each other in court to argue over something new. A Blog warning goes out to the public to beware of being swindled for phone calls, discussions, chats, boxed wine induced buffoonery masquerading as practice of law.
Attorney McKeon will stay on the phone as long as it takes to resolve basement radon issues, recovering Xbox passwords, arguing over grandparent visits, proper use of Facetime app, paying household bills, taxes, gossip with therapists, gossip with GAL, gossip with opposing counsel, gossip with evaluators, critique therapy treatment, dining at CheeseCake Factory; at $300/hr it is hard to put the phone down.
Editor’s Note: Signing a retainer agreement with a lawyer is granting a license to steal, no limit to billing, clients billed for time while attorneys sit on the toilet, a system designed for thievery.
