Readers Digests for judge Kevin Dowd

I received the transcript of the Mokay trial that was held in an ex parte and secret manner on April 7, 2015 - see my blog posts from end March and beginning of April on the topic.

There are many interesting things to report from the transcript, and I will run several blog posts about how that ex parte secret trial was held.

Before I go into any in-depth analysis though, it is interesting to mention that trial counsel for the plaintiffs in the Mokay case considered it necessary to give Judge Dowd summaries of pleadings that they claimed to be the basis of their claim of damages (wholly consisting of legal fees of Harlem & Harlem and Harlem & Jervis law offices).

Richard Harlem, in his sworn testimony, called one such summary a "Readers' Digest" version of what he is going to testify about (Richard Harlem's words, not mine).

Richard Harlem also calls the "Readers Digest" summaries of what he was testifying about as "posters":

The "posters" summarized the "legal activitity" of the Harlem & Harlem and then Harlem & Jervis law firm in the Mokay case.

Of course, given the level of misconduct of Richard Harlem, his father and their law firms in the Mokay case that I already wrote about and that I am going to write about based on the transcript that I received, activity of Harlem & Harlem and Harlem & Jervis law firm can hardly be called "legal"...

Richard Harlem claimed that the charts ("posters") of his two law firms' "legal activity" in the Mokay case will assist the court in "following" his testimony.

Apparently, Judge Dowd needs "Readers Digest" version of pleadings to follow the testimony at trial, and attorneys who know the judge know it.

The judge was appreciative, and, as the scan above shows, received the "Readers Digests" into evidence without question.

The judge was, in fact, so appreciative of Richard Harlem's efforts that at the end of trial, when Richard Harlem acknowledged that he failed to provide to the court what he is asking for in treble damages, the court humbly requested Richard Harlem to, please, provide the breakdown of what he is asking AFTER the trial, and apologized to Richard Harlem for inconveniencing him.

I will remind the readers that Judge Kevin Dowd is the judge who ranted about somebody building a urinal in his honor during discussion of custody and visitation of a child in divorce proceedings, so he may be completely off upstairs.

Evidently, Judge Dowd needs "Readers Digest" versions of the testimony to be able to comprehend and follow it, and attorneys who know him openly state that on record.

And this is the judge who holds in his hands property rights, custody rights of children and liberty of litigants appearing in front of him.

If that is not a condemnation of the farce that the New York judicial system has become, I do not know what is.