Criminal Justice
Police Say Kaye Scholer Partner Kicked Kids Out of Car, Drove Off
Posted Apr 22, 2009 5:22 AM CST
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A Kaye Scholer bankruptcy partner has been charged with endangering a child after allegedly ordering her sparring children out of the car and driving off.
Madlyn Primoff, 45, pleaded not guilty on Monday, the Associated Press reports. She was charged after she came to police headquarters in White Plains, N.Y., to pick up her 10-year-old daughter Sunday evening, the Westchester Journal News reports.
Police said Primoff ordered the 10-year-old girl and her 12-year-old sister out of the car, but apparently allowed the older girl back in after she ran after the vehicle. A passerby saw the younger girl crying, bought her ice cream, and contacted police, the story says. Primoff reported the girl missing a short time later, according to the story.
Primoff spent Sunday night in the police lockup and was later released on $1,500 bail, the Westchester Journal News reports in a separate story. A modified court order allows her to live her children and talk to them, the Journal News and Times stories say.
Primoff is a partner in the business reorganization and creditors' rights practice group at Kaye Scholer, according to the firm’s website. She often represents clients in insolvencies involving structured products.
Barry Willner, managing partner of Kaye Scholer, issued a statement to the New York Daily News. "Madlyn Primoff is a very well respected partner at our firm, and we consider this matter to be personal and private," he said.
Primoff's lawyer, Vincent Briccetti, told AP that Primoff is a great mother who is grateful for support from friends and family.
The New York Times carried Primoff’s wedding announcement in 1994.
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Comments
Debra VEOLI
Apr 22, 2009 6:06 AM CST
We sometimes get a little STRESSED, but that does NOT make it into a NEWS story.
I do NOT defend what this woman did, but do NOT think she ought to be reamed out for doing so.
I have to start billing now.
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B. McLeod
Apr 22, 2009 7:11 AM CST
Perhaps, a sign of things to come, for the firm’s “associates.”
Kaye Scholer is, of course, entitled to its own opinion, but if this person were riding my professional coverage and could make decisions obligating my business assets, I would not view her behavioral issues as “personal and private.”
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lol
Apr 22, 2009 12:42 PM CST
My mom did this to my and my brother all the time. We probably deserved it. She always came back before someone called the cops, though. Ya gotta be quicker than that, Primoff!
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B. McLeod
Apr 22, 2009 1:33 PM CST
See the picture with the MSN article. There’s that sophisticated BigLaw stylin’. Is anybody home? I can’t tell if the lights are on.
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chuck
Apr 22, 2009 2:27 PM CST
“Primoff’s lawyer, Vincent Briccetti, told AP that Primoff is a great mother who is grateful for support from friends and family.”
She sounds like an awesome mother. Every “great” mother I know can’t control her kids and leaves them on the side of the road too.
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Christine Taylor
Apr 22, 2009 4:25 PM CST
Primoff is VERY lucky that a nice person rescued her daughter. It could have been anyone! and it might not have been a rescue. And nothing like scarring your 10-year-old for life. I’m the mother of a 12-year-old and sure you think about doing stuff when they’re being maddening. But you know what? YOU DON’T ACTUALLY DO IT.
I’m appalled at this “mother.”
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attorney
Apr 22, 2009 7:23 PM CST
I would have kicked them out but waited until they apologized to each other and me and allowed them back in the car. I would not have left one of the kids however not in this day and age. She may have been able to pull this one off 15-20 years ago but not now. My mother did this to us also and it worked. I am sure this women loves her kids but made a poor split second decision. I would not want to be her; its unfortunate when a teacher, attorney, doctor, or accountant has a criminal issue, it makes the news.
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dave
Apr 27, 2009 11:21 AM CST
Would she allow her 10 yr old girl to go out shopping by herself downtown? If the answer is no, then mommy jurist can’t leave her 10 yr old as punishment.
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spiderjerusalem
May 6, 2009 1:51 AM CST
Scholer has a terrible reputation in the legal community. Lawyers who have worked with her report that she is the worst person with whom they’ve ever had to engage. There’s a lot of “couldn’t have happened to a nicer person” going around firms since this story broke. It has been suggested that she lost it at her kids because she does not actually spend much time with them herself.
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