Warren Matthei spent 10 years in prison for not paying debts, including an $85,000 legal bill he owed a solo divorce lawyer. Matthei failed to convince judges he honestly was unable to pay, and so they held him on a rare medieval writ, even after other detainers expired. Finally, attorney Jeffrey Wild spent 700 pro bono hours and got Matthei out. Matthei, a former stockbroker, agreed to pay his divorce lawyer almost $90,000, from such diverse sources as a Swiss bank account and his prison account.
May 04, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
In the annals of New Jersey justice, nothing resembles the tale of Warren Matthei, who stayed in prison for 10 years for not paying debts, including an $85,000 legal bill.
Matthei, 55, is a Summit, N.J., stockbroker turned deadbeat-dad who insisted he had no means to pay but failed to convince judges he was telling the truth. So they continued to hold him on a rare writ of medieval origin, capias ad satisfaciendum.
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