News for Norm Pattis

Attorney Norm Pattis lost his bid Friday to give his client, Fotis Dulos, a shot at reviving a relationship with the woman he’s been dating for about three years.
Not long after a Superior Court judge upheld the no-contact order between Fotis Dulos and co-defendant Michelle Troconis, each charged with tampering with evidence and hindering prosecution in the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos, Pattis was filing another motion.
This time it was in family court, requesting a judge...

How do you represent those people?
The question is common enough for criminal defense lawyers. In the past few weeks, I’ve received variants of the question scores of times. You see, I represent Fotis Dulos, a man suspected in the disappearance of his estranged wife, and the mother of his five children, Jennifer Dulos.
As if that weren’t bad enough, I also represent Alex Jones, the owner of Infowars, a man sued for denying, years ago, that that Sandy Hook Elementary...

The estranged husband of missing Connecticut mother, Jennifer Dulos, is breaking his silence.
Fotis Dulos is fighting to regain full custody of the couple’s five kids. “I just want to tell my children that they're constantly on my mind and that I love them and I miss them very much,” he said outside a Stamford courthouse.
The 51-year-old and his attorney, Norm Pattis, asked the judge Wednesday to unseal a confidential psychological report on Jennifer, Fotis, and...

As the search for Jennifer Dulos entered a second month, the investigation at a Hartford garbage facility ended this week and attorneys sparred in criminal and divorce court filings.
Here are some of the key moments so far this week:
Fotis breaks silence Jennifer Dulos’ estranged husband broke his silence Wednesday, making a brief statement to his five children while standing beside his attorneys outside the Stamford courthouse.
Fotis Dulos is seeking custody of his...

The estranged husband of a missing Connecticut mother of five made his first public comments Wednesday since her disappearance, saying he loves and misses his children as they remain in the custody of his mother-in-law while he faces criminal charges.
Fotis Dulos, 51, briefly spoke to reporters after a hearing in his divorce and child custody court case in Stamford.
“I just want to tell my children that they’re constantly on my mind and that I love them and I miss them...

The estranged husband of a Connecticut mother of five who has been missing for more than a month appeared in court Wednesday at a status conference in the custody battle for the children.
Jennifer Dulos, 50, was last seen driving a 2017 black Chevrolet Suburban shortly after dropping her kids off at school in New Canaan on Friday, May 24.
Fotis Dulos and his girlfriend, 44-year-old Michelle Troconis, are charged with tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and hindering...

The estranged husband of missing Connecticut mother of five Jennifer Dulos broke his silence with a message for his children on Wednesday following a divorce hearing.
Fotis Dulos told reporters outside the Stamford Superior Court that his children are “constantly on his mind” and that he hopes to relay the message that “I love them and miss them very much."
His appearance in family court was related to the years-long bitter custody battle over the couple’s...

The estranged husband of a missing Connecticut mother of five says he loves and misses his children, who remain in his mother-in-law's custody while he faces criminal charges.
Fotis Dulos made his first public comments Wednesday since Jennifer Dulos disappeared May 24 in New Canaan after dropping her children off at school.
"I just want to tell my children that they are constantly on my mind and that I love them and I miss them very much," he told reporters, including PIX11 sister...

The attorney for the estranged husband of Jennifer Dulos says the missing New Canaan mom may have carried out a "revenge suicide."
Those remarks came after a contentious court appearance Wednesday regarding custody of the couple's five children.
Fotis Dulos spoke out for the first time with a brief statement centered around his children. He did not take questions or mention his estranged wife, whose disappearance he is charged in connection with.
"I just want to tell my...

The controversial lawyer representing a missing mother’s estranged husband has stated that he is investigating a possible “revenge-suicide hypothesis” just days after suggesting she may have staged her own “Gone Girl”-esqe disappearance.
Jennifer Dulos, 50, disappeared on May 24 in New Canaan, an affluent area of Connecticut. Her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos, 51 and his 44-year-old girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, have since been charged with evidence...