An attorney, Michael Waxman, is accused of multiple ethical violations and possible criminal acts in his representation of a client, Igor Malenko, during a child custody dispute. Waxman is accused of fabricating an official document from DHHS to deny the mother, Lori Handrahan, unsupervised visits with her daughter and influencing a judge. Handrahan files an official complaint with the Overseers of the Bar, providing a transcript and recordings from an encounter with police as evidence of Waxman's misrepresentations. She requests the Bar investigate and hold Waxman accountable for his actions.
1. 9 July 2011
Scott Davis
President
Overseers of the Bar
Manchester Maine
Dear Mr. Davis;
Please accept this letter as another official complaint filed against attorney Michael Waxman.
That Mr. Waxman has been allowed such abuse of power and process, that, to date, there has
been no oversight for his action, is shocking.
Mr. Waxman is, and has been for 3 years, on an obsessive mission to destroy me and my small
child, Mila, now four years old using his law license and transparent abuse of process and power
to accomplish this. Mr. Waxman is now holding Mila, my daughter, hostage.
I have not seen Mila since 10 May, despite retaining joint custody, and extensive visitation. As
the Bar well knows, Mr. Waxman vowed to take her from me and to use the substantial resources
of his family to do so, very early on, as the Overseers is aware and has evidence of, and that is
exactly what the State of Maine and The Overseers of the Bar have, so far, allowed Mr. Waxman
to do.
Will this be stopped? Or will the State of Maine and the Overseers of the Bar allow this out of
control, abusive, obsessed attorney to continue to destroy lives?
Mr. Waxman Providing Public Evidence of his Close Relationship with Judge Moskowitz
1. Judge Moskowitz has been unwilling to hold Igor Malenko in contempt of court for such
gross violation of a court order which includes keeping my daughter from me for
essentially the last four months despite a court order for joint custody.
2. Mr. Waxman, as usual, has been publically proclaiming his close relationship with Judge
Moskowitz. Mr. Waxman issued a letter to DHHS [attached] where he says he and his
client: "do not trust DHHS to act in the best interests of this little girl. We
shall not cooperate in any manner from here forward. Please let me
know if you are going to file a Title 22 action, for I shall immediately file
pleadings to bring the case before Judge Moskowitz for a full determination."
3. Mr. Waxman had his client, Igor Malenko, bring a false PFH against me when I
attempted to pick up Mila for her court ordered summer vacation with me on 21 June
2011. By law, one cannot be charged with a PFH when there is court ordered joint
custody and visitation. See: Wiley v. Wiley, 896 A.2d 363 (Me. 2006).
4. After filing this false PFH Mr. Waxman then request that Judge Moskowitz be specially
assigned the case. See attached.
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2. Mr. Waxman's Action on 21 June 2011
1. On 21 June 2011 Mr. Waxman committed, what I believe to be, are several serious
crimes against the State of Maine under Maine Criminal Code 17-A: (1) §456. Tampering
with Public Records or Information, (2) §453. Unsworn falsification, (3) §455. Falsifying
physical evidence and (4) §751. Obstructing government administration.
2. On 21 June, after not seeing my four year old daughter, Mila, for some 45 days or more,
although I have joint legal custody, I went to the home of my daughter’s father. At this
point, Mila, age 4, had not been in school for over a month and I had not been told why.
Nor had I been told why her father was in contempt of court refusing to allow the court
order visitation schedule to occur. Nor had Judge Moskowitz taken any action to stop this
gross contempt of court. Governor LePage, himself, called Mila’s school to ask why she
had been removed from school. It is important to note, all of this occurred after blunt
force trauma by Igor Malenko to Mila’s head with a metal pan and expert opinion on
56ng of meth in my daughter’s urine.
3. Prior to 21 June 2011 Mr. Waxman had continued to send emails to me, although I had
told him I had blocked his emails. These emails went into my junk folder. When I finally
retrieved these from my junk folder I found many emails where Mr. Waxman, himself,
has declared himself judge and jury and Mr. Waxman has placed me on supervised visits
with Mila, inviting me to contact Connection for Kids if I want to my daughter.
4. Mr. Waxman then apparently wrote an email on 17 June 2011, sent by Igor Malenko but
clearly written by Mr. Waxman, informing me that DHHS had placed me on supervised
visits. I was then informed on 20 June 2011 by Mark Dalton, DHHS Program
Administrator for York County, that this was a false statement made by Igor Malenko.
Please see the following emails listed at the end of this email.
5. On 21 June 2011 I arrived at my daughter’s father’s home, I recorded the interaction and
attach it here. My daughter, who has not seen her mother for more than 45 days,
screamed Mama! through closed doors and windows when she heard my voice. This is
clear on the recording, although the recorder was under my clothing and Mila was
screaming for her mother behind closed doors and windows.
6. Igor Malenko and his lawyer Michael Waxman then proceed to lie to the Police Officer
who arrived. Mr. Malenko and Mr. Waxman showed the Police Officer an official piece
of paper, supposedly from DHHS, saying I was on supervised visits. You can hear the
recording of the officer explaining to me that she saw this piece of paper and that I was to
call Mark Dalton at DHHS if I wanted to see my daughter. The Officer even wrote Mark
Dalton DHHS on a piece of paper and gave it to me. See attached transcript and audio
recordings.
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3. 7. Retired Sgt. State Trooper Steve Pickering also called South Portland Police and I believe
he was also informed that the reporting officer had been shown an “official” piece of
paper by Igor Malenko and Mr. Waxman which purported to claim that DHHS had
placed me on supervised visits.
8. On 22 June 2011 in a meeting with DHHS Commissioner Mary Mayhew and Mark
Dalton, Mr. Dalton again informed me that DHHS had never placed me on supervised
visits and there was no such paper issued by DHHS. Mark Dalton said he had questioned
Mr. Waxman about this and, I was told by Mark Dalton on 22 June 2011, that Mr.
Waxman had denied to Mark Dalton producing any such paper or ever saying anything
like this to the police officer.
9. I believe that Michael Waxman’s actions clearly constitute: (1) §456. Tampering with
public records or information, (2) §453. Unsworn falsification, (3) §455. Falsifying
physical evidence, (4) §751. Obstructing government administration.
The Cummings Case
1. The Cummings told me and Retired Sgt. Steve Pickering as well that Mr. Waxman had
sent them a letter detailing how he and Rodway could commit insurance fraud and saying
at the end of the letter that they Cummings must destroy the letter. They told me they did
not destroy it but gave it to Attorney Silan and that it should be in their file at his office.
The email chain from the Cummings documents what happened when they tried to get
that letter and also what happened when Mr. Waxman discovered I was in contact with
the Cummings, which gives every appearance of witness tampering in the extreme.
2. All 10 Cummings emails are attached. They speak for themselves. Mr. Waxman,
apparently, reached the Cummings sometime after the last hearing when someone had
informed Waxman that I was in discussions with the Cummings. The Cummings last
email is clearly extremely suspect and gives every appearance of gross witness
tampering.
3. My understanding is there is a judgment [see attached] saying Westport has no liability
because Mr. Waxman signed up for insurance after he had Peter Rodway filed this
apparently false claim for malpractice against Mr. Waxman. Jeff Thayer Westport
lawyer still, and the one who handled the case, says Westport never insured Mr.
Waxman. See email.
4. But then, after Mr. Waxman learns about all this, suddenly a Vice President at Swiss Re
(now owns Westport) says Westport and Mr. Waxman did work together [see attached].
5. It is unclear exactly what happened with Mr. Waxman, the Cummings and Westport but
it is very clear that something concerning is occurring, with radically different accounts
being told by all the players and a $1.2 million settlement at the center of the case
[granted by which judge?] of very questionable insurance issues and concerning legal
practices.
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4. I sincerely hope the Overseers of the Bar and the State of Maine will take these actions very
seriously. As Aria Eee knows, Michael Waxman has a long history of abuse of process and
history of grossly misusing his law license.
As many people and other lawyers told Ms. Eee, Mr. Waxman has literally done what he is doing
to me to many other people in Maine. In my case, Mr. Waxman is literally holding my daughter
hostage so I cannot walk away and put Mr. Waxman's abuse behind me, as other have had the
luxury of doing.
Due to the Overseer of the Bar inability to hold Mr. Waxman accountable so far to the most
basic provision of the Bar, Mr. Waxman now believes he can do anything he likes, even
misrepresenting a government agency and lying to law enforcement.
Will Mr. Waxman be held accountable or will he be allowed to continue to use his Maine law
license as a weapon and a menace to society and continue his obsessive destruction of me and
my daughter and our lives and the lives of countless others?
Sincerely,
Lori Handrahan, Ph.D.
207-812-0191
52 Waukeag Ave
Sorrento Maine 04677
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5. Attachments
(1) Emails from and Around the 21 June 2011 Event
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From: Dalton, Mark R. [mailto:Mark.R.Dalton@maine.gov]
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 3:42 PM
To: lorihandrahan5@gmail.com
Subject: Update
Importance: High
Dear Lori-
I would like the opportunity to clarify a few things. My goal in calling you last Friday was
simply an attempt to start a dialogue between the parents in supporting your daughter and to see
if in any way I could help navigate contact. In no way was I intending for you or anyone else to
believe that you were obligated to DHHS visitation supervised or otherwise. I would still like
the opportunity to meet with you in person. I realize under the circumstances they may prove to
be difficult, however I want you to know this is an option and would be happy to accommodate
your schedule.
I would also like you to be aware that a formal letter will be sent to you surrounding our current
involvement and the results of this most recent assessment. Ms. Austin will be sending this letter
in the next few days.
Thank you for listening to me and I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Mark Dalton
Child Welfare Program Administrator-York County
207-286-2529
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From: igor malenko [mailto:igormalenko@hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 2:12 PM
To: lorihandrahan5@gmail.com
Cc: mjwaxy@aol.com
Subject: RE: summer vacation schedule I will pick Mila up today around 4 at your home or
Scratch Bakery
Importance: High
Lori,
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6. Michael has spoken with Mark Dalton from DHHS (Rebecca Austin's boss) and he has learned
that DHHS is unsubstantiating your latest, false claims about me, and that DHHS supports me
using my decision-making authority to deny you any unsupervised visitation. Mr. Dalton called
you but you have refused to speak with him or call him back. At our suggestion, he will be
reaching out to you to offer visitation with Mila over the weekend, supervised by DHHS. It is
very sad that Mila has not seen you or heard your voice or had any communication with you in
over a month. I don't understand why you aren't making an effort to let her know you love her
and are thinking about her. In any case, no one here supports you and your efforts to drag Mila
away from me. No one. If you want to see her, then please call Mark Dalton back and arrange
it. I am sure she would love to see you. I am also sure she is very happy for not having to go
trough more of your abusive practices.
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From: igor malenko [mailto:igormalenko@hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 8:11 AM
To: lorihandrahan5@gmail.com
Cc: mjwaxy@aol.com; rebecca.austin@maine.gov; mark.r.dalton@maine.gov;
alicia.cumming@maine.gov; dean.staffieri@maine.gov
Subject: RE: summer vacation schedule I will pick Mila up today around 4 at your home or
Scratch Bakery
Importance: High
You are not welcome here and if you show up, the following will occur: -- the police will arrive
and you will be served, finally, with the Motion to Modify and the Motion for Contempt, and
you will then be removed from my property with a summons for criminal trespass.
No unsupervised visits will occur with Mila until the court addresses this issue-I have been very
clear about this. You need to accept service and show up in court.
Stop e-mailing me directly and send anything further to my attorney - Michael Waxman.
From: lorihandrahan5@gmail.com
To: igormalenko@hotmail.com
Subject: FW: summer vacation schedule I will pick Mila up today around 4 at your home or
Scratch Bakery
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 06:35:08 -0400
Igor,
As you know Mila’s summer vacation time with me starting last Friday on 10 June. You have
been refusing to abide by the schedule.
“Friday 10 June I would like Mila to stay with me for a two week period starting 10 June Friday
until 26 June Sunday. Then on July 8 Friday I would Mila to stay with me again until Sunday
July 24th.” This was a month’s notice, as I am required to do by the latest court order.
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7. I have 21 make-up days now from the time you have been withholding her which puts us at 2
August which is when I will return Mila to you. Mila and I plan to spend her summer vacation
in Sorrento.
I will pick Mila up today, around 4:00pm, at your house or at Scratch Bakery, as you prefer.
Please indicate if you plan to allow this visit to occur.
(2) Partial Transcript 21 June 2011-At Igor Malenko's House with
Michael Waxman Present with the Police.
10:03
Officer Maynard: I just saw the paper work.
Lori: Yep.
Officer Maynard: And your daughter can be here. It's in her best interest. It's all documented.
My advice to you. Get an attorney. Start that route.
Lori: ah-hum. Ok.
Officer Maynard: And uh, um, call Mark Dalton. And I guess you can see your daughter but
it has to be um supervised visitation.
Lori: Oh really? It has to be supervised visitations?
Steve Pickering: No that is wrong. That is wrong.
Lori: No wait that is interesting Steve. Who told you it has to be supervised visitation?
Officer Maynard: Well his attorney just said.
Lori: Oh Michael, Michael Waxman said that?
Officer Maynard: But I…
Lori: Oh Michael Waxman just said that? Oh and who is giving the supervised visits? Mark
Dalton at DHHS?
Steve Pickering: Lori, Lori… Let me talk to Police Officer..
Lori: Yeah ok. Go ahead. Here you go.
Officer Maynard: No.. no.. Sir, let me deal with this Please. If you don’t… Hang that up or he
can listen.
Lori: Ok. Please Steve stop talking.
Officer Maynard: Um. Take my advice. Get an attorney.
Lori: Ok.
Officer Maynard: And get some good, good advice. This is a civil issue and we don't want it to
go criminal.
Lori: Ok.
Officer Maynard: Alright.
Lori: But I am curious to know who, who… allegedly who am I suppose to contact for my
supervised visits because….
Officer Maynard: Mark Dalton
Lori: And who is he?
Officer Maynard: I'll write it down.
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8. Lori: And where do I contact him?
Officer Maynard: I don't know. I guess he leaves you messages…. And…
Lori: And so he is supposed to be… I am supposed to be on supervised visits Michael Waxman
says?
Officer Maynard: Talk.. talk to Mark Dalton from DHHS.
Lori: Oh from DHHS? Ok. He's going to let me see my daughter on supervised visit. Thank you
very much.
Officer Maynard rips off piece of paper from her notebook with the words Mark Dalton DHHS
on it and hands it to me.
Officer Maynard: You're welcome. Alright. Good luck.
Lori: Thank you.
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9. (2) Emails from The Cummings Case
From: David_Newkirk@swissre.com [mailto:David_Newkirk@swissre.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 10:32 AM
To: lorihandrahan5@gmail.com
Cc: Carlos_Ramos@swissre.com; Francesca_Savona@swissre.com
Subject: Re: Fw: Cummings non-discloure Statement
Dear Ms. Handrahan:
Thank you for your note to Carlos Ramos and Francesca Savona in our Life Insurance Department. Mr.
Ramos and Ms. Savona are not involved in the liability insurance portion of the business or in Westport
matters.
I have reviewed the documentation and can assure you that the settlement you referenced is one that
Westport was aware, participated in, and signed, and that the underlying matter is closed and has been
for some time. Westport's only interest in this matter would be as respects claims made against
Westport's policy when it was in effect. I cannot discuss further due to confidentiality.
If you are aware of any evidence of fraud by plaintiffs in the Cummings v. Waxman matter, as opposed to
other activities of Mr. Waxman, please forward them to my attention.
I would stress again the claim you reference has been closed for some time, and that Mr. Ramos and Ms.
Savona are my counterparts in the life portion of the business and are the incorrect people to contact.
While I wish you luck with any other proceedings that you are involved in, Westport's involvement is quite
limited and relates solely to any issues on claims made on Westport's former policy.
Best regards -
David Newkirk | Senior Vice President | Corporate Solutions Legal
Swiss Re America Holding Corporation | 5200 Metcalf Ave KS, Overland Park 66201, USA
Direct: +1 913 676 5467 Fax: +1 913 676 5221 Mobile: +1 913 749 6935 E-mail: David_Newkirk@swissre.com
_____________________________________________________________________________________
From: Jeff Thaler [mailto:jthaler@bernsteinshur.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 2:45 PM
To: Lori Handrahan
Subject: RE: Waxman and Westport Insurance
Lori, thanks for the email, but I really cannot get involved on one side or the other of your issues with
Waxman, given that I still do work for Westport/Swissre, even though they do not insure him. Sorry. Jeff
Jeffrey A. Thaler
Bernstein Shur
100 Middle Street
PO Box 9729
Portland, ME 04104-5029
From: Jeff Thaler [mailto:jthaler@bernsteinshur.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 10:56 AM
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10. To: Lori Handrahan
Subject: RE: Waxman
Ms. Handrahan—Westport/Swiss re does not insure Mr. Waxman, and has not since 2005. It has not
done anything with Mr. Waxman since then, and has no plans to do so in the future.
Jeffrey A. Thaler
Bernstein Shur
100 Middle Street
PO Box 9729
Portland, ME 04104-5029
_______________________________________________________________________
From: Debbi Cummings [mailto:JCummings96522@roadrunner.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 8:02 PM
To: Lori Handrahan
Subject: Re: Waxman and Westport Insurance
Dear Lori,
The e-mail from Jeff Thaler is interesting. If they haven't represented Michael Waxman since
2005, who in the world paid us? We didn't settle this thing until Oct. 2006 and received our
check in Nov. 2006. OMG this is really getting spooky. I think I will have Jim call Silan's office
tomorrow morning and tell them we want to be present when those boxes are unsealed. Do
you think my questions were valid points? Our understanding was we were paid by Westport
and the attorneys that were there from Chicago were representatives of Westport Insurance
Company. I wonder if Jeff Thaler ever saw the check that was supposed to be issued to us from
Westport, since he was at the mediation? I can see plainly now, I need to do some
investigation work also. Thank you Lori, maybe we will end up helping each other in a very
positive way.
Debbi
From: Lori Handrahan [mailto:lorihandrahan5@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 11:40 AM
To: jcummings96522@roadrunner.com
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11. Cc: James R. Marsh
Subject: FW: who was the judge that signed that 1.25 million?
James/Deb, Do you know the answer to this?
From: Debbi Cummings [mailto:JCummings96522@roadrunner.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 2:33 PM
To: Lori Handrahan
Subject: Re: who was the judge that signed that 1.25 million?
Dear Lori,
The only attorneys that we ever met with were Michael Waxman first, then Barry Schklair, the
bankruptcy attorney, who steered us to Steven Silin. The bankruptcy occurred in 2006, so Silin did come
into all of this either the end of 2005, or beginning of 2006. I know we went to court about the
malpractice against Waxman in July and had to appear before a judge, and he is the one who awarded
us the 1.25. I'm looking at the summary judgment and it says the U. S. Magistrate Jude was Margaret J.
Kravchuk and this case was assigned to Judge Gene Carter, and that name does ring a bell in our
heads. You can see this entire transcript on line, District of Maine, Cummings v. Westport Insurance
Company Civil No. 05-206-P-C. Hopes this helps. It's only about 12 pages long, and I just printed it out
for my own records. Look it over and see what you think.
Deb
From: Debbi Cummings [mailto:JCummings96522@roadrunner.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 2:14 PM
To: Lori Handrahan
Subject: Re: and is Waxman still liable for the 1.25 if Cummings settled? I think not--right?
Dear Lori,
I found the paperwork of when we received our settlement check from Berman & Simmons.
The copy of the check only shows our net settlement of $72, 963.07. The gross amount was
$150,000.00, and I have the breakdown of how it was allocated. When we picked up the check
in their Lewiston office, Attorney Silin was not "available", his secretary met us in the waiting
area and we both had to sign for the funds. We did sign a release at that time and I have a copy
of those documents. (not sure what exactly that release was for, I.e. just for the check or other
reasons). We never saw the check that was issued to Berman & Simmons, supposedly from
Westport Insurance Co. Is it possible that the original check that went to Berman & Simmons
was a substantially larger amount? Good question, right? One palm greases the other, so to
speak. I have a call into my friend, the attorney, and hopefully he will call me back. I need to
know what my rights are to obtain those 2 boxes of material that went to Silin's office, which
includes that letter from Michael Waxman that told us to sue him for malpractice. I do not
have that letter in my possession now.
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12. On a confidential note, my friend's name is Ricky L. Brunette, maybe your lawyer friend knows
him. I think he's an upstanding guy, but I only know him on a friend to friend basis. He did
represent me in an auto accident claim back in the 80's. At that time, I signed the check that he
got from the women's insurance company that rear-ended me, which was made out to Ricky's
firm and myself. After signing, he then issued me a check after his fee, but I at least got a copy
of the original check. Why not from Silin? Really makes me question Silin's practices now.
Let me know what you think. Maybe your friend also would have some input, and I will let you
know if I hear anything from my friend.
God Speed and keep plugging along, Lori. You have friends who are praying for you!
Debbi and Jim Cummings
From: Lori Handrahan
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 11:38 AM
To: jcummings96522@roadrunner.com
Subject: FW: and is Waxman still liable for the 1.25 if Cummings settled? I think not--right?
Deb/James, Did you sign a release?
From: Debbi Cummings [mailto:JCummings96522@roadrunner.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 8:49 PM
To: James R. Marsh; Lori Handrahan
Subject: Re: who was the judge that signed that 1.25 million?
Dear Lori,
I am going to try to attach a pdf file of the District Court document that says Gene Carter was the
assigned judge. We never went into the courtroom again after that award. The next thing that
happened was a mediation with Attorney Silin, the mediator, 2 attorneys from Chicago (or at least one
was from Chicago) and the local attorney from Berstein, Shur, and Sawyer. The mediator's reaction to
Westport's proposed amount was shock to say the least. He told us after that mediation, that he was
expecting no less than $600,000. to $650,000. After a couple of hours the entire mediation went down
the tubes. The day of the award, our trial was interrupted for over an hour, because the Judge was also
the Judge for the Srey murder trial about the Gorham boy who was killed at Denny's in Portland. This
may confirm Gene Carter or at least give the name of the Judge that presided over our case. I hope the
attached documents may give you a clue. I am not a legalese, by any stretch of the imagination, so
maybe your friend can interpret. I'm still waiting for my friend to call back, but, I do think he has retired,
so may be in a warmer climate for the winter months. I called his Scarborough number, since that is all I
have.
Let me know if you get this attached pdf file.
Debbi
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13. From: Debbi Cummings [mailto:JCummings96522@roadrunner.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 9:52 PM
To: Lori Handrahan
Subject: Boxes from Attorney Silin
Dear Lori,
Please accept my apology for not getting back to you sooner, I had a family emergency regarding my
sister. Jim called Silin's office today and played it very cool by telling the secretary we were in the
process of getting medical records and legal records for a possible move in the near future. The boxes
are stored off site, as I suspected, but she is going to call us tomorrow and we are going to do our very
best to get them on Thursday if they have been gotten from the off site storage facility. Of course, as
you know, our main concern is getting our hands on that letter from Waxman that tells us to sue him
and he then sent us to Peter Rodway for representation. Rodway, did, however, back out and that is
why there was such a lapse in our lawsuit. I'm sure we will also find out the name of the judge that
ordered the 1.25. I am praying that we can get it on Thursday. I will go through every piece of paper to
find that letter, and hopefully it will be of help to you.
I'm not sure whether we would be able to be at the courthouse on Friday, but, if I find that letter, I will
scan it and send it to you to give to your attorney. It should, at very least, show how fraudulent this SOB
is. I am still having a hard time fathoming how this idiot is getting away with all this crap. I guess the old
adage that money talks, and bullshit walks is true. His money seems to speak volumes.
When Jim talked with that young lady at Silin's office today, she did remember working on this case for
him, but gave Jim the impression that Silin doesn't need to know we are requesting our boxes, since she
told Jim that we have every right to take them, since they belong to us. Let's hope that nothing has
been tampered with in any way.
I will send you off an email as soon as we hear from her tomorrow and hopefully it will all be good news!
I'm praying for you and Mila, Lori. God Bless you and please keep the faith.
Debbi
From: Debbi Cummings [mailto:JCummings96522@roadrunner.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 5:55 PM
To: Lori Handrahan
Subject: Just between you and me
Dear Lori,
I continue to be so baffled by a judicial system that seemingly just don't care about the welfare of an
innocent little girl. I have to tell you, and it's hard putting into words, how much I admire your tenacity
and all the leg work you have done. I personally think that I would have shot those two SOB's by now, or
at very least, been looking into where I could flee to get that sweet baby away from them. Your friend is
so right, this is like a true life made for TV movie! I don't know your age, dear, but surmise you must be
in the same age bracket as one of my girls, who both have 2 children, and I have to tell you, I would be
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14. honored to call you my daughter. I can picture both of my girls fighting for their children, just as you are
doing for your sweet little Mila.
You must have incredible strength and you are obviously very intelligent and I for one, certainly applaud
you. You go girl! I hope they find a way to lock those two up for the rest of their miserable lives, so that
you can give Mila her ballet, singing lessons and she gets to play soccer, anything she wants. She is
certainly entitled to be free from all that crap and should be allowed to live like any other little girl of her
age. She deserves to be happy and healthy and not endure what those men are putting her through.
I will certainly inform you when we get those boxes, and pray we find that letter. Please do let us know
how things go in court on Friday, and my prayers are with you and Mila everyday and night!
God Bless and you keep that strength going!
Debbi
From: Debbi Cummings [mailto:JCummings96522@roadrunner.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 8:10 PM
To: James R. Marsh; Lori Handrahan
Subject: Re: Requested boxes
I have a suspicion that those boxes have already been tampered with, long before they were sealed
after our case was settled. I will have Jim request that we be there when they are "logged". The more
we delve into this, it seems, the more discrepancies we are finding. Supposedly, Mr. Waxman has not
been represented by Westport Insurance since 2005, per Jeff Thaler, we never settled until October of
2006 and received the check in November of 2006. I definitely have a feeling that Waxman and Silan
did, in fact, know each other and made some sort of deal. They both knew we were in dire straits, I.e.
our bankruptcy was on the verge of going forward. I hope we can untangle this web of lies and perjuries
that Waxman has created.
Keep in touch Lori, and I will do the same. Good luck in court tomorrow, our prayers are with you and
Mila.
Debbi & Jim
From: Lori Handrahan [mailto:lorihandrahan5@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 6:22 PM
To: 'Debbi Cummings'
Cc: James R. Marsh; 'Sherwood, Roxanna Z.'
Subject: RE: Requested boxes
Smells rotten to me. Do you mind if I forward to the AG office? I copy my lawyer
James Marsh here. I’m also copying a wonderful producer from Nightline who is
interested.
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15. From: Debbi Cummings [mailto:JCummings96522@roadrunner.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 8:15 PM
To: Lori Handrahan
Subject: Re: Requested boxes calling Silan office to get the leter that Waxman outlined his intention to
commit insurance fraud
Dear Lori,
Steve Silan is part of the law firm of Berman & Simmons. They have offices in Lewiston and Portland.
There is an 800 number and then the Portland number. 1-800-244-3576 and Portland is 774-5277.
Should we tip them off or just see what is presented to us? Maybe Attorney Marsh could guide us. I
pray to God that letter hasn't already been destroyed! Let me know.
Good luck tomorrow Lori and know that Jim and I are praying for you and Mila.
Debbi
From: Debbi Cummings [mailto:JCummings96522@roadrunner.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 2:07 PM
To: Lori Handrahan
Subject: Requested boxes
Dear Lori,
The young lady (she is a paralegal) just called back from Attorney Silin's office in reference to the boxes
of materials we requested. Now she gave the impression that we could pick them up today and there
wasn't much of a need to seek Silin's approval. When I just spoke to her, she said that she had not been
able to sit with Silin and "log" everything out that we would be getting back. She said she would have to
contact us on Monday of next week and set up a day, probably Tuesday or Wednesday for us to pick
them up. This makes me a bit uncomfortable as to why everything needs to be "logged". Why would
they have to log out everything when they put most of it in there? Hmmmm? The first thing that
popped into my mind is this: When Silin first got those boxes, I'm sure everything had to be logged in as
to what was in those boxes. Once the case was settled my impression would be that those boxes were
sealed, labeled and sent to the off site storage facility. If that be the case, why, if the seal has not been
broken, would the seal have to be broken to "log" out those materials? Why also, did this woman not
identify herself as Silin's paralegal on Monday, but she identified herself as so today? And why was Jim
told that it was all our personal property on Monday, not have to be gone through by Silin and the
paralegal, but today the entire scenario has changed? Something is rotten in Denmark, so to speak.
The more we delve into this case, the more rotten it smells. I'm thinking there should be at least 3
boxes now, since Silin's materials should be included with the 2 previous boxes. It will be very
interesting to see how this material ends up being condensed. I certainly don't have the funds for an
attorney, and as we know, which one would we be able to pick in this state that might not be connected
to Michael Waxman. He has certainly woven a very tangled web indeed.
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16. I hope I'm not rambling Lori, however, it certainly looks like they were connected and possibly "on the
take" along with some judges. I would love to hear what your take is on all this. You have much more
legalese than I do, definitely not my line of expertise, since I was an accountant all my working career.
My prayers are with you and Mila. Stay strong and know that we are with you everyday.
Debbi
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From: Debbi Cummings [mailto:JCummings96522@roadrunner.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 7:24 PM
To: Lori Handrahan; Jeffery A Thaler
Subject: Your case against Michael Waxman
Lori,
As you probably surmised very early on, I'm a very emphatic person. When you told me your plight with
your daughter, especially since I have 2 daughters and 2 granddaughters, I was sorry to hear all that was
going on. Friday, I came down with a flu that made me very sick. Something you did not know about
me is that I had a gastric by-pass surgery many years ago, and have an extremely sensitive stomach.
Due to this condition, when I'm sick, I'm not able to take my pain meds, and the meds that the doctor
has me on are very powerful and make me groggy and I have a tendency to ramble on, along with
nostalgia. Today, with a clear head, I re-read emails from you and my responses back to you and I was
horrified! I seemed to have given you the wrong impression about Michael Waxman. The man never
mistreated Jim and I in any way, nor do we feel that we were not represented properly to the best of his
abilities. You also did not know that we are in the process of re-located to a warmer climate, therefore,
we were already requested personal legal and medical records.
I feel like you are on a mission to destroy Michael Waxman's career and anyone else that gets in your
way, and Jim and I have no intention, nor did we ever, to excoriate anyone for your purposes. We were
represented by Attorney Silan in a very professional and courtesy manner also, and have no intention of
alienating people that tried their best on our behalf.
As you may, or may not know, Jim had a very large spinal surgery in November and we have both been
on potent pain medications, and quite frankly, our focus is on his healing. I am a breast cancer survivor,
but have more medical tests to be done before I have any sort of diagnosis on my own medical issues
that I'm being treated for now.
I wish you luck in your endeavors, but please do not contact us via email or telephone again. Jim and I
both feel you found 2 people who were nice and you took advantage of us, sensing we were totally lay
people in reference to anything legal and you played that card to snooker us into your personal
problems. After re-reading those emails, I can see how you maneuvered things your way and we want
no part of any of it, and firmly includes your phone message statement of "If I were you, I would call the
Governor and AG's office", you must be kidding! Had I not been taking those maintenance drugs that
I'm required to take, I would not have talked to a total stranger about anything personal, especially
something of a legal nature. Jim and I are private people, we mind our business, pay our dues, and stay
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17. to ourselves and are not in the habit of talking about anyone. You have a way of manipulating and
drawing information out of people, especially when they are at a disadvantage. Well, it stops now!
I have forwarded a copy of this letter to Mr. Thaler, so there will be no misunderstanding of our
intentions and you will not be able to misconstrue what I'm saying to you.
Again, please, we do not want any more communication from you, nor will you ever hear from us again.
Respectfully,
James & Deborah Cummings
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