New Update…. Mark Dottore and Thrasher Dolan Lawfirm ordered to pay back not $384,000 but now more than $1,280,000 as the corruption continues to unfold.

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO
DOMESTIC RELATIONS DIVISION

This matter came on for pretrial this 8th day of December 2025. Present for the pretrial hearing were Plaintiff, Jason Jardine, Counsel for Plaintiff, Attorney Joseph Stafford

and Attorney Nicole Cruz, Defendant, Crystal Jardine, Counsel for Defendant, Attorney

Richard Rabb and Counsel for former Receiver, Attorney Tim Collins. After review of the Court of Appeals Decision of November 6, 2025, Counsel for Parties agreed to expediate the process of the Court reviewing the admitted trial Exhibits to ascertain the amounts the

Receivership paid to Receiver for Receiver fees and the amounts paid to Receiver’s

Attorney by attaching said exhibits or referencing same, as the Exhibits are still with the Appellate Court. Further Attorney Stafford and Attorney Rabb agreed to submit the specific amount released from their respective IOLTA accounts pursuant to their prior agreed

judgment order. Attorney Rabb and Attorney Stafford submitted the IOLTA amounts

released from each of their respective accounts. Counsel collectively did not provide an entry with the Exhibits admitted at trial to assist the Court in the calculations directed in

the remand, however Receiver’s Counsel did file an entry referencing Exhibits admitted to

trial. Upon reviewing same and the court notes regarding admitted Exhibits, Exhibits kk-l-fff were reviewed and utilized for purposes of this Court determining reasonable Receiver fees and same are utilized for determining the calculation for payments made to Receiver and Receiver’s Counsel from Receivership funds.

Based on said review the Court finds that the Receiver was paid as follows:

Based upon Review of the Attorney fee bills attached to each of the Exhibits kk-l-fff the Court finds as follows:

I. Whitmer Ehrman was paid Receiver attorney fees the amount of $7,892.00.

2. Thrasher Dinsmore and Dolan Invoices, specifically Invoice 110695 dated
3/25/23 contains the following:

Retainer beginning balance $1 ,201 ,214.90
Retainer applied
Retainer remaining balance $1 ,201 ,214.90

This balance remains the same until Invoice 6/25/23 and then the language is as follows:
Retainer beginning balance $206,478.64
Retainer applied
Retainer remaining balance $206,478.64

Subsequent Invoices with the tast being 4/25/24 state the same Retainer beginning

balance, Retainer applied and Retainer balance as that of the 6/25/23 invoice.

The Court reviewed Exhibit kkl-fff invoices of Counsel indicating payments 7/25/22 through 4/25/24 with the total of all said payments being $411 ,806.55.

The Court finds this total payment number is not indicative of all fees paid to Receiver’s Counsel as a retainer was provided in the amount of $1 ,201 ,214.90. The Court finds the Retainer amount of $1 ,201 ,214.90 was not permitted pursuant to Court order as said counsel was not appointed by the Court as required by the language of the Court’s Order

Pursuant to the Court of Appeals Journal Entry of November 6, 2025, the Court Judgment Entry, attached hereto, is amended as follows:

1. The Parties Complaint for Divorce, Counterclaim and Court Costs related to the Divorce are addressed by separate entry and the Judgment Entry is modified to reflect that it is a Judgment Entry on Receiver’s Request for Attorney Fees and Receiver Fees and Plaintiff’s Motion for Disgorgement of Receiver’s fees and court costs as it relates to these motions only.
2. The Receivership paid Receivership fees in the amount of $284,396.35. The Court found reasonable Receiver fees in the amount $204,973.75. There was an overpayment to the Receiver for Receiver Fees in the amount of $79,422.60.
3. The Receivership paid Receiver’s Attorney fees, byway of Retainer in the amount of $1 ,201 ,214.90. As the Court has found that the requirements were not met pursuant to Court Order to permit payment of Receiver’s Attorney fees this represents an overpayment of attorney fees in the amount of $1 ,201 ,214.90
4. The amount held in Parties’ Counsel’s respective IOLTA accounts is $ 137,910.86 for a total of $ 275,821.72.

Wherefore, it is hereby Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed as follows:

1. Former Receiver, Mark Detorre was overpaid for Receiver Fees in the amount pf $79,422.60;
2. Former Receiver, Mark Detorre’s payment of legal fees from Receivership funds for legal retainer in the amount of $1 ,202,214.90 to Thrasher Dinsmore and Dolan was not authorized pursuant to the terms of the Receivership Order. Former Receiver, Mark Detorre’s payment of legal fees in the amount of $7,892.00 to Whitmer and Erhman was not authorized pursuant to the terms of the Receivership Order. These amounts are to be reimbursed.
3. The terms and conditions of the Court Order, attached hereto, not specifically modified by this Order shall remain in full force and effect.
4. Court costs to be divided equally between Plaintiff and Defendant as previously ordered by separate entry.
5. There are no further Motions regarding Receiver Fees and Receiver Attorney Fees pending before this Court.