On February 14, 2012, New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, heard argument in Simkin v. Blank, a case in which an ex-husband seeks to reform a years-old divorce settlement agreement and recoup millions of dollars from his ex-wife on the basis that one of the couples’ major assets was an account with now-revealed fraudster Bernie Madoff. ECBAWM partner Richard Emery argued on behalf of Laura Blank, the defendant’s ex-wife, a state employee. He was joined on the briefs by ECBAWM attorney Adam Pulver.

“Award From Madoff Fund Raises Issue of Finality of Divorce Pacts,” New York Law Journal
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