Delaware

3 relatives of courthouse shooter indicted, feds say cyberstalking resulted in death of victim

The wife, son and daughter of a man who fatally shot two women at a Delaware courthouse earlier this year as they arrived for a child-support hearing have been federally indicted, charged with cyberstalking that resulted in the death of a victim, reports the News Journal. The shooter himself committed…

Aug 8, 2013 5:39 PM CDT

Controversial Facebook underwear photo offers a diversity message, says law grad seeking work

Brian Zulberti apparently hoped to stand out among the horde of recent law graduates seeking legal work by including a nontraditional photo of himself in a mass email to potential employers. And he succeeded, big time. Some might think the technique backfired when it caught the attention of Above the…

Jul 25, 2013 6:59 PM CDT

Decades after ex-attorney killed 2 lawyers, shot judges in Texas courtroom, fatal conflicts continue

A fatal attack in a Texas appellate courtroom almost exactly 21 years ago is remembered as a milestone in Tarrant County history that led to a new focus on keeping lawyers, judges and litigants safe. Yet such conflicts continue today, there and elsewhere, despite the increased awareness and new security…

Jul 11, 2013 4:40 PM CDT

Daughter of Delaware courthouse shooter seeks custody of slain mom’s 3 kids

The daughter of a man who shot two women to death at a Delaware courthouse earlier this year is seeking custody of the three daughters of one of the slain women. In Delaware, relatives usually receive preference when courts are considering the permanent guardianship of children in foster care, the…

May 7, 2013 5:52 PM CDT

Son of dead shooter in Del. courthouse slayings gets six months for probation violation

The son of a man who killed two women at a Delaware courthouse earlier this year as they arrived for a child-support hearing was sentenced Tuesday to two months in federal prison for violating his probation in a child-kidnapping and fraud case. David Matusiewicz was also present at the Delaware…

Apr 23, 2013 11:06 PM CDT

4 lawyers exit top local firm to open new Wilmington, Del., office for K&L Gates

K&L Gates is the only Pittburgh-based BigLaw firm without an office in Philadelphia. But it now has one a short distance away in Wilmington, Del., which is opening with a four-lawyer corporate group from one of the city’s longtime top law firms. Partners Eric Feldman, Nicholas Froio, Christina Houston and…

Apr 1, 2013 10:01 PM CDT

Judge allows suit against Widener law school over job stats, cites ‘thread of plausibility’

A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit claiming that Widener University School of Law posted misleading and incomplete job statistics. Senior U.S. District Judge William Walls of New Jersey allowed the suit to proceed in an opinion (PDF) published last week. Eight Widener law grads claimed in the…

Mar 25, 2013 11:30 AM CDT

Lawyer is criminally charged, accused of offering legal services in exchange for sexual favors

Updated: A longtime Delaware criminal defense lawyer who is in private practice in Wilmington was arrested at his office Friday and has been criminally charged over allegations that he offered to provide legal services in exchange for sexual favors from two women. Joseph Gabay was charged with two counts of…

Mar 11, 2013 9:43 PM CDT

Son of Del. courthouse shooter faces new probation violation charges related to ammo

New probation violation charges have been filed against the son of a man who committed suicide immediately after shooting to death two women at a Wilmington, Del., courthouse last month. David Matusiewicz, 45, is accused in a violation petition filed Tuesday of living in a home in Texas in which…

Mar 7, 2013 5:09 PM CST

Courthouse shooter had prior run-ins with lawyers over family dispute

Thomas Matusiewicz reportedly had anger issues for years before the 68-year-old shot to death his former daughter-in-law, Christine Belford, and a female friend in the lobby of a Wilmington, Del., courthouse earlier this month. The women were there for a hearing in a long-running child-support case involving the shooter’s adult…

Feb 26, 2013 5:05 PM CST

Courthouse shooter had handwritten death warrant for lawyer who wasn’t there, authorities say

Surveillance footage obtained by the News Journal shows a man who, moments later, shot and killed two women at the county courthouse in Wilmington, Del., walking with his son in a courthouse parking lot on Feb. 11, according to authorities. An earlier Daily Journal article says the son, David Matusiewicz,…

Feb 21, 2013 7:35 PM CST

Son of accused Delaware courthouse gunman is detained in probation case at judge’s order

A U.S. Magistrate Judge ordered David Matusiewicz detained today until a hearing is held on charges that he violated the terms of his federal probation. Matusiewicz’s appearance occurred three blocks from the New Castle County Courthouse, where police say that Matusiewicz’s father, Thomas Matusiewicz, shot and killed his son’s ex-wife…

Feb 12, 2013 9:25 PM CST

Women gunned down at Delaware courthouse were there for child-support hearing

Christine Belford reportedly was fearful of her ex-husband, who had served time in federal prison for kidnapping the couple’s three children in 2007, as well as for bank fraud. But it was his father, Thomas F. Matusiewicz, 68, who gunned down Belford, 39, and a female friend at the New…

Feb 12, 2013 12:11 PM CST

3 dead, 2 wounded in Delaware courthouse shooting

Updated: Two women were shot and killed and two police officers were wounded at a Delaware courthouse Monday morning before the gunman was killed. Thomas Matusiewicz is the man identified as the shooter, according to the News Journal. One of the women killed was Christine Belford, his ex-daughter-in-law. Matusiewicz’s son…

Feb 11, 2013 3:39 PM CST

Attorneys who quit law firm jobs during 2009 downturn find success as small corporate boutique

During the fall of 2009, as the legal economy was headed into a tailspin, two attorneys at the Wilmington, Del., office of Pennsylvania-based Riley Riper Hollin & Colagreco did something counterintuitive. Jack Harris and Buddy Berger left the security of their Riley Riper jobs and formed their own small law…

Jan 15, 2013 3:40 PM CST