Stacy Schneider, Esq., is a New York City trial attorney and divorce coach. She appears regularly as a legal commentator on CNN, Fox News and Court TV, and battled in the boardroom with Donald Trump on NBC’s The Apprentice . Ms. Schneider is the author of He Had It Coming: How to Outsmart Your Husband and Win Your Divorce (Simon & Schuster) and is a contributing editor at USLaw.com. For more info on Stacy log onto stacyschneider.com.

Blog Entries by Stacy Schneider

Tiger Wood's Case of DWA (Driving While Angry): Why It's None of Our Business

1 Comments | Posted December 3, 2009 | 08:32 PM (EST)


Tiger Woods was involved in a minor traffic accident--a one-car fender bender-- that started on his own property and ended with his own injuries, and he's not talking about it. Actually, Tiger turned down a request by the Florida police to interview him about the incident three times. Instead of...

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Jon Gosselin: Fool In Love (With Himself)

117 Comments | Posted July 28, 2009 | 11:20 AM (EST)


The reputation of Jon and Kate Plus Eight's Jon Gosselin has turned from doting dad to sleazy cad. Less than two weeks after announcing he's divorcing mom-of-eight Kate, the ridiculously immature reality dad is behaving like a dog in heat. The bachelor wanna-be is living the high life, renting a...

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Jon and Kate Plus 8: Divorce Reality Style?

42 Comments | Posted June 9, 2009 | 02:29 PM (EST)


Rumors have it that Jon and Kate Plus 8 stars Jon and Kate Gosselin have hired divorce lawyers. If so, theirs will be America's first reality divorce to go down while the show a show is airing. No doubt the saga will continue generating the TLC channel's biggest...

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Supermodel's Divorce Starts Ugly

4 Comments | Posted June 1, 2009 | 11:43 AM (EST)


Victoria's Secret supermodel Stephanie Seymour should trade in her lingerie for a full set of body armor. She needs it to defend herself from soon-to-be ex-husband, billionaire Peter Brant. Seymour is suing the polo player for divorce in a bucolic Connecticut courthouse, and he has already come out swinging....

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Law Can't Touch Octomom for Now

Posted March 31, 2009 | 02:03 PM (EST)


It seems society can't let go of the Nadia Suleman's story and its desire to see the "Octomom" punished. With every move Suleman makes, including her latest "firing" of the free in-home child care services provided by a national charity, a question persists: Can she be charged with...

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No Sign of John Edwards After Doomed Marriage Scandal

Posted October 14, 2008 | 06:24 PM (EST)


No one has mentioned the name John Edwards since his marriage scandal killed his political career. Even as the National Enquirer continues to pursue stories about his alleged love child and disqualify his half-hearted mea-culpa maneuvers, I can't understand how such a once-respected politician, the last of the so-called "good...

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O.J. Had it Coming

Posted October 8, 2008 | 02:34 PM (EST)


I've got news for you, Orenthal James Simpson. You'll soon be trading 13 years on the golf course for 15 years to life of baloney sandwiches and a cold metal urinal next to your ratty prison cot. Thirteen years to the day after you were wrongfully acquitted of double murder...

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The Poisoned Fruits Of Denise Richards's Latest Divorce Court Battle: A Reality Show Exposing Her Kids

Posted May 27, 2008 | 08:09 PM (EST)


Denise Richards is making her kids reality television stars and her fuming ex-husband Charlie Sheen is powerless to stop her. Daughters, Lola, 2, and Sam, 3, are headed for Hollywood, as Denise is making the rounds on the nation's talk show circuit this week promoting a new reality show about...

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Standing By Your Man At The Press Conference - Why bother?

Posted March 13, 2008 | 02:29 PM (EST)


Well, we just watched the latest political wife stand by her man at a national press conference as he announces his infidelity, betrayal of marriage vows and violation of public trust. When Silda Spitzer positioned herself next to her husband, Governor Eliot Spitzer, at the podium with her defeated, somber...

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A Lady and a Tramp: Heather Mills Hits a Divorce Court Jackpot

Posted February 19, 2008 | 11:30 AM (EST)


A four year marriage and a predicted $108 million settlement. That's what Heather Mills, aka Lady McCartney, is expected to walk away with after a week in divorce court. Only in Britain can a failed marriage to a billionare lead to such a large jackpot in such a short amount...

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Rudy Giuliani's Nasty Little Divorce and Why it's Relevant to America's Vote

Posted January 28, 2008 | 10:30 AM (EST)


When Rudy Giuliani divorced his second wife, the First Lady of New York City, Donna Hanover, People called the triumvirate of "The Mayor, The Wife, The Mistress" an example of New York's "nastiest split." But to me, a divorce coach and former divorce lawyer, the public unraveling of the mayor's...

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Be Nicer to Britney

Posted January 16, 2008 | 02:50 PM (EST)


A divorce case doesn't get much worse than this. When a judge revokes a mother's custody rights, suspends visitation, and completely denies her access to her children, as is now the case for poor pop wreck Britney Spears, the message is severe: Britney, in the eyes of the law, you...

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