Comments on: Sanctioned Lawyer Throws Himself on the Mercy of the Court

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:33:12 +0000

I’ve actually met Aaron Wider and he is a 100% charachter. I do believe he takes medications for mental issues.

He is one of those very bright people, but you don’t know where reality and their imagination starts and ends.

I don’t know if Mr Ziccardi can be held in contempt or not – Aaron is not the kind of person to be held back by typical social ‘norms’.

I always wondered what HTFC stood for – he replied in the deposition he stood for ‘Hit The Fucking Clown’. Knowing him, I believe that is probably what it means.

I’ve read some coverage of the legal issues he faces on LI – I believe he was flipping property and using a trust to hide- you can read more here:

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-enforc1118,0,1279712,full.story

I look forward to further coverage.

By: J

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:30:33 +0000

Having only skimmed the Response and Reply, I agree that it seems excessively harsh to hold Mr. Ziccardi equally culpable with Mr. Wider. Nevertheless, I think his conduct (or lack of conduct) is clearly sanctionable, and I predict that the sanctions will be substantially upheld. I also don’t see the Reply as throwing himself on the Court’s mercy. Aside from the “purple prose,” the tone of the Reply seems inappropriately aggressive for someone in his position, as does his legal argument.

Although the Court advised him that he might face financial and other sanctions, ordered him to show cause why he should not be sanctioned, and suggested that he obtain representation, Mr. Ziccardi claims that he didn’t have notice that he might be sanctioned under the Fed. Rules of Civil Procedure. I think the Judge made himself clear enough, and I imagine the Judge thinks so too.

Finally, does anyone know whether Mr. Wider is the sole owner of HTFC? If not, I think his conduct at the deposition created a clear conflict of interest between himself and the corporation, making it unethical for Mr. Ziccardi to continue representing Mr. Wider.

By: Samir Chopra

Samir Chopra — Sat, 31 May 2008 19:19:30 +0000

Given Mr. Wider’s behavior in this excerpt, I find it hard to believe that Mr. Ziccardi would have had much luck in restraining him. By the way, something seems messed up in your quote above. Its not from the article you link to?