David Shapiro

News hit today that morning talk show host Mika Brzezinski has listed her Bronxville, New York, home for a sweet $2.09 million, a nice bump up from the $1.6 million she and her now-ex-husband James Hoffer paid for the property back in 2012. The status of the house had been a lingering question … [Read more...] about New York TV Personalities Quietly Get Single As Romance Rumors Fly

Luckily, the world is filled with capable professionals whose skills and maturity can ease their way through life’s harder moments, like coming through a divorce and custody issue. Unfortunately, divorce and custody matters can be so stressful and emotional that even the best training in the … [Read more...] about Cop & Psychology Expert Fail At Anger Management In Contemptuous New York Divorce

An eye popping business dispute between former lovers is putting the conflict inherent in building a business with a romantic partner on full display. The issues involved may even end up before the Supreme Court, and the parties may one day come to wish they’d married and used the mechanisms in … [Read more...] about “Business Divorce” Highlights the Problems of Love & Commerce in New York

Two of Costa Rica’s titans of finance and real estate development have been embroiled in a divorce valued at some $800 million. The action has now spilled over the nation’s borders, with one spouse allegedly seeking refuge in Nicaragua to find more favorable divorce laws, and another launching an … [Read more...] about $800M International Divorce Spurs Allegations of Misconduct Against Lawyers in New York

In a bizarre case of late-in-life marital breakdown, the 87-year-old wife of an 88-year-old real estate mogul has filed for divorce in Palm Beach, Florida. Burton and Lucille Handelsman have been married for 67 years, and have built a fortune in commercial real estate in Palm Beach, Key West, … [Read more...] about 87-Year-Old Files For Divorce After 67 Years, Wants Half of $500M Fortune

New York’s Taxi King, Gene Friedman, hasn’t had the best few years. By 2013, he owned 860 taxi medallions in the city, plus vehicles in Chicago, New Orleans, and Philadelphia. He had fought bitter public battles against Rudy Giuliani’s administration and sued the city and Michael Bloomberg … [Read more...] about NYC Taxi King’s Divorce Just One Part of a Terrible Ride