One of the nation's top divorce lawyers opens his case files to share true stories that rival the most outrageous fiction
Gerald Nissenbaum knows everything about his clients-how much is in their bank accounts, what kind of sex their spouses like, if they married for money or power, and who cheated with whom. For the first time in his long career, Nissenbaum gives the lowdown on all the antics he's experienced in dealing with clients who have money to burn.
From a C-note hooker-turned-trophy-wife who put her dying husband into a nursing home and drained his bank accounts, to the dad who spent millions to recover the kids his wife kidnapped, this memoir is by turns dark, cathartic, vengeful, and hilarious as it describes the high-end, high-conflict divorces that ruin the lives of everyone involved.
Currently commanding $700 per hour, Nissenbaum sees firsthand how neurotic, unrealistic, status-hungry, manipulative, and sex-crazed his multimillion-dollar clients can be. In the style of Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential , Nissenbaum and Sedgwick blow the doors off the dark side of marriage, making this outrageous and compelling memoir a truly guilty pleasure.

Nissenbaum, Gerald, Sedgwick, John

Hudson Street Press

United States, United States of America

New York, New York State, 2010

New York, c2010

PT, 2010

<p><p><b> In This Riveting Memoir, One Of The Nation's Best Divorce Lawyers Opens Decades Of Case Files, Exposing Salacious Stories That Make Fiction Jealous. </b> <p>we All Know The Stereotypes Of Divorce&#58; The Cheating Husband, The Financially And Emotionally Broke Wife. But After Handling Fighting Spouses For Nearly Forty Years, Attorney Gerald Nissenbaum Knows That The Truth Is Even More Outrageous And Extraordinary Than The Characters On Soap Operas Or Courtroom Reality Tv. <p>from A Money-hungry Wife Who Emptied The Entire House-from Furniture To The Light Fixtures-before Leaving Her Husband Penniless; To A Revenge-obsessed Husband Who Delivered Truckloads Of Documents To His Wife Trying To Deceive Her, Nissenbaum Shares The Best Tales From His Extensive, Successful Career. Commanding Upwards Of $700 Per Hour, He Knows Everything About His Well-to-do Clients&#58; How Much Is In His Bank Account; What Kind Of Sex She Likes And How Often; If They Marred For Money Or Power; How He Cheated And With Whom. <p>based On The Three Elements That Hold A Marriage Together And Ultimately Tear Many Apart, <i>sex, Love And Money</i> Examines The Darkly Humorous, Ironic, Cathartic, Vindictive, Sad And Simply Astonishing Situations People Go Through To Break Asunder What A Wedding Put Together. <p>in This Compelling Memoir, Gerald Nissenbaum And John Sedgwick Shed A Blinding Light On The Behind-the-scenes Work Of Divorce Lawyers With A Comedic Bang. Showing All Sides Of Human Nature, From The Very Best To The Absolute Worst, This Compulsively Readable Tale Is A True Guilty Pleasure.</p>

One of the nation's top divorce lawyers opens his case files to share true stories that rival the most outrageous fiction. Gerald Nissenbaum knows everything about his clients--how much is in their bank accounts, what kind of sex their spouses like, if they married for money or power, and who cheated with whom. For the first time in his long career, he gives the lowdown on all the antics he's experienced in dealing with clients who have money to burn. From a hooker-turned-trophy-wife who put her dying husband into a nursing home and drained his bank accounts, to the dad who spent millions to recover the kids his wife kidnapped, this memoir is by turns dark, cathartic, vengeful, and hilarious as it describes the high-end, high-conflict divorces that ruin the lives of everyone involved.--From publisher description

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