Back to Main Page Letter from William To the principals of Frankfurt, Kurnit Klein, and Selz that lead to the resignation of Ron Minkoff, Wendy Stryker and Ed Hernstadt. On September 18, William sent a letter to the principals of Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein, alerting them to the unethical activities of Madeleine’s lawyers Stryker and Hernstadt. Less than two weeks later, the entire firm resigned from representing Madeleine.Letter_to_Madi.htmlhttp://www.fkks.comshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1
 
William Galison 210 Thompson street New York, NY 10012 Michael Frankfurt esq. Frankfurt, Seltz, Kurnit 488 Madison Ave. New York, NY September 18, 2006 Dear Mr. Frankfurt, I am enclosing a letter that I recently sent to two of your attorneys, Wendy Stryker and Ed Hernstadt. It involves the New York Supreme Court case of Galison v. Greenberg: Index No. 602478/04, in which I am the plaintiff, pro se. The letter specifically involves the deposition testimony of Ms. Stryker and Mr. Hernstadt’s client Madeleine Peyroux. I have now presented these attorneys with information clearly establishing that their client has, in the course of the representation, perpetrated a fraud on a tribunal, namely the New York State Supreme Court. I will not repeat the specifics here, as they are made plain in the attached letter. I thought you would appreciate my informing you that your associates are violation of LCPR rules so that you may bring this to their attention. Please be advised that unless these lawyers from your firm stop violating LCPR rules and take immediate measures to rectify past violations such as the above, I will pursue disciplinary and contempt charges to the highest levels of authority, regardless of the outcome of this case, for as long as it takes. You can be sure that this matter will also receive the attention of the media that it deserves. Due to the celebrity of Ms. Peyroux, and the testimony of celebrity witnesses, there is already great media interest in the case and I am in discussion with several journalists. The above incident is trivial compared to other unethical and illegal acts I will be alleging against your attorneys. I have, In addition to numerous violations of LCPR rules and without limitation, documented evidence of: -Tampering with evidence (This has been verified by a forensic expert) -Perjury -Conspiracy to commit perjury -Destruction of evidence -Conspiracy to destroy evidence variously, by lawyers Ed Hernstadt, Wendy Stryker and possibly Ron Minkoff and Vera Scanlon who are working with them on this case, but behind the scenes. All of these are being consolidated into a motion for a protective order to be brought before the Court. It is also apparent that, in egregious violation of LCPR rules, these lawyers are not working on behalf of their purported client, Ms. Peyroux, but on behalf of Defendant Myron Beldock, for whom Stryker and Minkoff worked until recently and with whom Ms. Peyroux has an obvious conflict of interest. Ms. Stryker has withheld crucial papers from Ms. Peyroux that could have prevented her inclusion in this lawsuit from the beginning. Ms. Stryker has also summarily rejected a settlement offer that would have released her client from the case permanently and with complete indemnification. She has given no indication that Ms. Peyroux was ever shown that settlement offer. The only risk in this settlement offer was to Mr. Greenberg and Mr. Beldock, and then only if they were guilty. It is apparent that Ms. Stryker is using Ms. Peyroux as a “shield” to protect her former boss and associate. I do not know to what degree you condemn or endorse the improper and illegal actions of your colleagues, but in my opinion, your colleagues are endangering the reputation of themselves, your firm and your clients. If this news comes as a revelation to you, perhaps you would like to learn more about these allegations from me. If you wish to contact me, please do so by mail, fax or e-mail. Do not contact me by telephone. Defense attorneys have been prohibited by the Court from contacting me by telephone and this may apply to you as well. I am not interested in impugning your attorneys or your firm, or in getting people in trouble. I am only pursuing justice for myself, and I will not be bullied or intimidated into surrendering that pursuit by cowboy lawyers. I hope that my pro se status will not cause you to underestimate my determination or my legal resources in rectifying this situation. That is a miscalculation your lawyers have already made, to their detriment. I have limited funds, but unlimited patience and resolve, and access to friends and family at Cowan, Dechert and the New York Attorney General’s office. Now that you have been made aware of the impropriety of your colleagues you are obliged by the LCPR to rectify those improprieties. I hope you will do the right thing. I hope this information interests you and I look forward to a speedy resolution. This will be my last communication if I do not hear from you. William Galison Fax 212 677 7344 fffffffff stryker.htmlstryker.htmlstryker.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2