The Opportunist: From Gun Board Failure to Family Court Predator
In politics, reputations are hard to shake. In family court, reputations are too easily ignored. Maryland attorney John H....
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Maryland’s Long Shadow of Corruption: How History Shapes Distrust in Family Courts
The idea that Maryland’s family courts may be tainted by bias, favoritism, or even outright corruption cannot be...
Double Dipping Isn’t Just Maryland’s Problem – The National Pattern of Replacing Parents While Still Charging Support
By Michael Phillips When Maryland’s Anne Arundel County Family Court allowed John Michel to step into the role of “de...
Child Support & “Double Dipping” – The Absurd Economics of Erasing a Parent
By Michael Phillips In the warped theater of Anne Arundel County Family Court, the Reichert v. Hornbeck saga has reached a...
Where Is the Actual Abuse?
The Myth of Harm and the Reality of Legal Trafficking By Michael Phillips That’s the question no judge, no attorney, and...
Justice Denied: The Impeachment Files (Part 2)
By Michael Phillips “No one elected them. No one regulates them. And yet they sit behind closed doors shaping the justice...
Justice Denied: The Impeachment Files
By Michael Phillips “Equal justice cannot coexist with private galas in our highest court while citizen complaints are...
The Brennan Files: Maryland’s Most Dangerous Lawyer?
By Michael Phillips | The Thunder Report If you're unfamiliar with Brennan McCarthy, that’s about to change. Brennan...
Judge Lisa Kemler’s Monday Exit: A Strategic Retirement or an Escape from Accountability?
By Michael Phillips On Monday, Judge Lisa Kemler officially retired from the Alexandria Circuit Court after more than two...
Judicial Injustice in Suburbia: How Judge Bibi Berry and Montgomery County Family Court Became Every Father’s Worst Nightmare
Montgomery County, Maryland—the affluent, progressive suburb of Washington, D.C.—likes to boast about its high-ranking...
The Shadow Guardian: Who Is John Michel and Why Is He Central to the Reichert v. Hornbeck Custody Crisis?
John Michel, once an obscure Maryland government employee, now finds himself at the center of a fierce legal and emotional...
The Courtroom That Erased Fatherhood: Four Father’s Days Without a Word
By Michael Phillips This past Sunday marked the fourth Father’s Day that Jeff Reichert spent without hearing from his...
Buried by Design: What Is Maryland Family Court Hiding in the Reichert Case?
I didn’t expect to be here. When I wrote my first piece on the Reichert v. Hornbeck custody case, I was just trying to...
The Case Maryland Wants to Bury: Inside Reichert v. Hornbeck
Now that the initial shock has worn off, it’s time to roll the sleeves up and start taking a deeper dive into the...
Holy Hell, Maryland: What the Heck Is Going on in Reichert v. Hornbeck?
I wasn’t planning to write this article. In fact, I was working on something else entirely when I stumbled upon the court...