{"id":10099,"date":"2025-08-15T02:06:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T02:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/?p=10099"},"modified":"2025-08-15T02:06:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T02:06:56","slug":"jaqueline-laurita-and-her-husband-ordered-to-pay-760k-judgement-after-failing-to-respond-to-former-lawyers-quang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/?p=10099","title":{"rendered":"Jaqueline Laurita And Her Husband Ordered To Pay $760K Judgement After Failing To Respond To Former Lawyers-quang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0Real Housewives of New Jersey\u00a0alum\u00a0Jacqueline Laurita\u00a0and her husband,\u00a0Christopher Laurita, were ordered to pay a massive $760,000 judgment after blowing off a lawsuit.Us Weekly dropped the financials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-391-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-391-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-391-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-391-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-391.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The judgement:A New Jersey judge entered a \u201cdefault judgment\u201d against Jacqueline and Christopher. \u201cThey failed to respond to a lawsuit brought by their former lawyers at the firm Seidman &amp; Pincus LLC.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"862\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-392.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-392.png 862w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-392-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-392-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former\u00a0Bravo\u00a0stars are on the hook for $342,000 owed to the firm, plus interest in the amount of $419,000 for a total of $761,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-393-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-393-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-393-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-393-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-393.png 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The law firm filed the complaint against Jacqueline and Christopher in August 2023. In the suit, two lawyers from the firm, Mitchell Seidman and Andrew Pincus, explained they represented Jacqueline and her husband in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-394-1024x681.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-394-1024x681.png 1024w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-394-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-394-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-394-1536x1022.png 1536w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-394-2048x1363.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The duo was involved in lawsuits as part of a bankruptcy for Christopher\u2019s clothing company Signature Apparel Group. The law firm said the couple agreed to pay interest on any unpaid balances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The firm said it provided the former\u00a0RHONJ\u00a0star with \u201cextensive legal services.\u201d That included consultations, strategic planning and meetings, monitoring cases, appearing in court on behalf of the defendants, assisted during a 13-day trial and handled post-trial issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"862\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-395.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-395.png 862w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-395-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-395-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The firm said it issued regular invoices to the couple. Additionally, they never disputed any amounts on the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bills kept piling up:<br>\u201cDefendants fell behind in the payment of fees and expenses owing to [the law firm] pursuant to the Engagement Agreement, such that [the law firm] was compelled to request [permission] from the Bankruptcy Court to withdraw from its representation of Defendants in the Actions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"862\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-396.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-396.png 862w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-396-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-396-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The firm said the court approved its withdrawal as Jaqueline and Christopher\u2019s representation in April 2018. At the time of the filing, the firm said it was owed $345,471.44, plus interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jacqueline and her husband did not respond to the lawsuit despite being served. As a result, the court granted the default judgment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Real Housewives of New Jersey\u00a0alum\u00a0Jacqueline Laurita\u00a0and her husband,\u00a0Christopher Laurita, were ordered to pay a massive $760,000 judgment after blowing off a lawsuit.Us Weekly dropped the financials. The judgement:A New Jersey judge entered a \u201cdefault judgment\u201d against Jacqueline and Christopher. \u201cThey failed to respond to a lawsuit brought by their former lawyers at the firm Seidman [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[341],"tags":[1561,1563,1562,1410,342],"class_list":["post-10099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bravo-shows","tag-courtjudgment","tag-jacquelinelaurita","tag-legaldrama","tag-realitytvscandal","tag-rhonj"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10099"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10106,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10099\/revisions\/10106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topkeynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}