Arnaud Mattern Statement : False accusations by Wesley Fei and Nik Airball Arcot

As stated in my original post, I have taken legal action for slander against Welsey Fei and Nik "Airball" Arcot. It took longer than I expected to get the complaint filed by the lawyers, and present this in front of a judge, but I'm glad that the procedure is now ongoing.

Here is a copy of the complaint. Wesley Fei and Nik Arcot will be summoned in the upcoming days, and I hope they will be held fully accountable for their actions.

Hopefully, this will set a precedent, and it will prevent losing players to randomly accuse anyone of wrongdoing, without any proof, just because they are losing (which seems to be rampant nowadays).

COMPLAINT - 1

KEVIN R. HANSEN, ESQ.
California Bar No.: 182591
LAW OFFICES OF KEVIN R. HANSEN
2526 S. Rainbow Blvd., Ste. C-106
Las Vegas, Nevada 89146
Telephone: (702) 478-7777
Facsimile: (702) 728-2484
[email]kevin@kevinrhansen.com[/email]
Attorney for Plaintiff
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
ARNAUD MATTERN,
Plaintiff,
vs.
WESLEY FEI a/k/a WES SIDE, an individual;
NIKHIL ARCOT a/k/a NIK AIRBALL, an
individual; ROE ENTITIES I through X; and
DOES 1 through 10,
Defendants.
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Case No.:
COMPLAINT
JURY TRIAL REQUESTED
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COMES NOW Plaintiff ARNAUD MATTERN, by and through his counsel of record, KEVIN
R. HANSEN, ESQ., of the LAW OFFICES OF KEVIN R. HANSEN, for causes of action against the
Defendants WESLEY FEI a/k/a WES SIDE and NIKHIL ARCOT a/k/a NIK AIRBALL and
complaints and avers of the Defendants as follows:
COMMON ALLEGATIONS
1. The events and circumstances giving rise to this Complaint occurred in Yorba Linda, Orange
County, California.
2. Plaintiff ARNAUD MATTERN (“Mattern” or “Plaintiff”) is, and as all times relevant hereto
was an adult resident of London, United Kingdom.
Electronically Filed by Superior Court of California, County of Orange, 02/01/2024 04:47:14 PM.
30-2024-01376751-CU-DF-CJC - ROA # 2 - DAVID H. YAMASAKI, Clerk of the Court By G. Galon, Deputy Clerk.
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3. Upon information and belief, Defendant WESLEY FEI a/k/a WES SIDE (“Fei”) is, and at all
times relevant hereto, was a resident of Orange County, California.
4. Upon information and belief, Defendant NIKHIL ARCOT a/k/a NIK AIRBALL (“Arcot”) is,
and at all times relevant hereto, was a resident of Orange County, California.
5. The true names, identities, or capacities, whether individual, associate, corporate, or otherwise
of Defendants ROE ENTITIES I through X and DOES 1 through 10 are unknown to Plaintiff
at this time, and Plaintiffs therefore sue said Defendants by such fictitious names. When the
true names, identities, capacities, or participation of such fictitiously designated Defendants are
ascertained, Plaintiffs will ask leave of Court to amend their Complaint to insert said names,
identities, and/or capacities, together with proper charging allegations. Plaintiffs are informed
and believe and thereon alleged that each of the Defendants sued herein as DOE or ROE are
responsible in some manner for the events and happenings herein referenced, thereby legally
causing damages to Plaintiff as hereinafter set forth.
6. Jurisdiction is obtained and venue is properly set in the Superior Court of the State of California
for the County of Orange.
FACTS
7. Plaintiff incorporates and re-alleges all foregoing paragraphs of this Complaint as though these
paragraphs were fully set forth herein.
8. Plaintiff is a professional poker player competing nationally and internationally in both public
and private poker games.
9. Plaintiff also, at times, deals in high-stakes games and/or private games.
10. Defendant Fei is a professional poker player competing nationally and internationally in both
public and private poker games.
11. Defendant Arcot is a professional poker player competing nationally and internationally in both
public and private poker games.
12. From approximately March 2023 to October 2023, Plaintiff, Defendants, and others
participated in a series of private poker games in Yorba Linda, California (the “Series”).
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13. Plaintiff participated as one of many dealers in the Yorba Linda Series and estimates that he
was dealer for 25% or less of the games in the Series.
14. Defendants participated as players in the Series.
15. Upon information and belief, during the Series, Defendant Fei lost a significant amount of
money, believed to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
16. Upon information and belief, during the Series, Defendant Arcot lost significant amount of
money, believed to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
17. Defendant Arcot and Defendant Fei blamed Plaintiff, among others, for their losses.
18. Upon information and belief, Defendants claim to have discovered a deck of marked cards on
or about October 14, 2023, during or after a game in Yorba Linda.
19. Plaintiff did not deal cards during the October 14, 2023, game in Yorba Linda and was, in fact,
out of the country in France.
20. Subsequently, Defendant Fei and Defendant Arcot, publicly accused Plaintiff of cheating
during the Series (the “Accusations”) even though Plaintiff was in another country at the time
of DefendantsÂ’ allegation of the discovered marked cards, and upon information and belief
Defendants made these accusations verbally to members of the poker community.
21. Defendants carefully crafted the Accusations to distract members of the poker community from
their own malevolent actions, to get out of paying money they owe to the operators of the Series
and to personally and professionally ruin Plaintiff.
22. On or about December 6, 2033, Defendant Fei took the Accusations against Mattern to social
media.
23. On or about December 7, 2023, Pokernews.com published a story about the Accusations,
extensively quoting Defendants.
24. On or about December 8, 2023, Poker.org published a story about the Accusations, extensively
quoting Defendants.
25. Defendant Fei publicly accused Plaintiff of taking part in a “cheating ring” and accused Plaintiff
of being a “card ‘mechanic’.”
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26. Defendant Fei similarly named and/or tagged Plaintiff in one or more social media posts on or
about December 6, 2023, and falsely accused him of cheating.
27. The act of tagging @[Plaintiff] sent the social media post(s) directly to Plaintiff, as well as
anyone that follows Plaintiff, or Defendant, on X (f/k/a Twitter).
28. Plaintiff did not cheat at any time during the Series, or at any time described by Defendants in
their Accusations and was not even in the United States in October when the alleged cheating
took place.
29. Plaintiff has never dealt baccarat at the Wynn or conduct any illegal activities at the Wynn,
contrary to statements by Defendant Fei.
30. Plaintiff has never gone by the pseudonym “Mike the Magician,” contrary to statements by
Defendant Fei.
31. If cheating did occur by Defendants, or any third party, Plaintiff was not aware of any such
cheating and did not intentionally participate in it.
32. The Accusations demonstrate that Defendants are intentionally, maliciously, and willfully
engaging in a course of conduct by communicating words and language targets specifically to
harass Plaintiff, causing him substantial emotional distress and other harm.
33. The Accusations against Plaintiff are false and Defamatory.
34. Defendant Wesley Fei is, in fact, a person cheating during poker matches and has admitted,
inter alia, that Defendant Fei had used, or plans to use, “real time assistance” bots to cheat
during online poker matches, such as those on GG Poker.
35. Defendant Fei has admitted that his actions have “ruined” Plaintiff.
36. Defendant Fei has entered into a concerted effort to work with others within the poker
community to harm and continue to harm Plaintiff.
37. Since the Accusations, Plaintiff has been unable to participate in certain poker games due to the
damage to his reputation, has lost a significant source of income, has lost his reputation in his
community and will continue to suffer until Defendants retract and/or repudiate the Accusations
against Plaintiff.
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CAUSES OF ACTION
FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION
(Defamation Per Se – as to all Defendants)
38. Plaintiff repleads, realleges, and incorporates by reference the allegations in each and every
preceding paragraph as if fully set forth herein.
39. Upon information and belief, since approximately December 2023, Defendants made verbal
statements to various third parties regarding the false and defamatory Accusations.
40. Evidence of these statements can be found through the written statements published through
websites such as poker.org, pokernews.com, that are based on conversations with and quotes
from Defendants.
41. Defendants published and or caused to be published, the false and defamatory Accusations
between December 6 and December 8, 2023, through websites such as poker.org,
pokernews.com, and X (f/k/a Twitter), and upon information and belief, other social media
platforms.
42. Upon information and belief, Defendants continue to perpetuate those false Accusations, both
orally and in writing.
43. Upon information and belief, Defendants know their false Accusations to be false, and/or are
subjectively aware that the false Accusations were, in all probability, false at the time they
uttered them, published them, and/or caused them to be published.
44. Defendants have asserted that the Accusations against Plaintiff are fact and not mere opinion.
45. Upon information and belief, and by way of example, Defendants never reported the alleged
cheating and theft to law enforcement.
46. Defendants published the false Accusations via X (f/k/a Twitter) and identified Plaintiff by his
professional name (including falsely as “Mike the Magician”) and occupation, and tagged
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Plaintiff so that individuals who read them would know the statements made were about
Plaintiff.
47. Upon information and belief, DefendantsÂ’ false and defamatory Accusations were generated
and communicated with actual malice, total disregard for the truth, and in the complete absence
of any special privilege.
48. Upon information and belief, the False Accusation have been viewed by thousands of people
and have been heard by hundreds if not thousands of people.
49. Upon information and belief, DefendantsÂ’ false and defamatory Accusations uttered and made
and published online and on social media are disparaging and have produced damage to Plaintiff
and to Plaintiff's name, character, and reputation.
50. Upon information and belief, the false and defamatory Accusations expose Plaintiff to hatred,
contempt, ridicule or obloquy, cause him to be shunned or avoided, and/or tend to injure him
in his occupation.
51. The aforementioned false and defamatory Accusations made and published by Defendants have
caused Plaintiff to suffer loss of income, embarrassment, humiliation, mental anguish, and
emotional distress.
52. The aforementioned false and defamatory Accusations made and published by Defendants have
also caused damage to PlaintiffÂ’s reputation and character within his profession and industry,
including but not limited to among his fans and with prospective business relations.
53. Upon information and belief, the actions or omissions of Defendants as set forth in this
Complaint demonstrate malice, egregious defamation, and insult.
54. Upon information and belief, such actions or omissions by Defendants were undertaken with
malice and reckless disregard of the falsity of the speech and its effects on Plaintiff.
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55. As a direct and proximate result of DefendantsÂ’ actions, Plaintiff has suffered damages to his
reputation and standing within his profession.
56. As a direct and proximate result of the DefendantsÂ’ action, Plaintiff has suffered monetary
damages in excess of $50,000 which amount shall be proven at the time of trial.
57. Plaintiff is entitled to an award of punitive damages to deter Defendants from such egregious
conduct in the future.
58. Plaintiff is also entitled to attorneysÂ’ fees and litigation expenses beyond and in excess of those
damages necessary to compensate Plaintiff for injuries resulting from DefendantsÂ’ conduct.
SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION
(Defamation per quod – as to all Defendants)
59. Plaintiff repleads, realleges, and incorporates by reference the allegations in each and every
preceding paragraph as if fully set forth herein.
60. Upon information and belief, since approximately December 2023, Defendants made verbal
statements to various third parties regarding the false and defamatory Accusations.
61. Evidence of these statements can be found through the written statements published through
websites such as poker.org, pokernews.com, that are based on conversations with and quotes
from Defendants.
62. Defendants published and or caused to be published, the false and defamatory Accusations
between December 6 and December 8, 2023, through websites such as poker.org,
pokernews.com, and X (f/k/a Twitter), and upon information and belief, other social media
platforms.
63. Upon information and belief, Defendants continue to perpetuate those false Accusations, both
orally and in writing.
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64. Upon information and belief, Defendants know their false Accusations to be false, and/or are
subjectively aware that the false Accusations were, in all probability, false at the time they
uttered them, published them, and/or caused them to be published.
65. Defendants have asserted that the Accusations against Plaintiff are fact and not mere opinion.
66. Upon information and belief, and by way of example, Defendants never reported the alleged
cheating and theft to law enforcement.
67. Defendants published the false Accusations via X (f/k/a Twitter) and identified Plaintiff by his
professional name (including, falsely as “Mike the Magician”) and occupation, and tagged
Plaintiff so that individuals who read them would know the statements made were about
Plaintiff.
68. Upon information and belief, DefendantsÂ’ false and defamatory Accusations were generated
and communicated with actual malice, total disregard for the truth, and in the complete absence
of any special privilege.
69. Upon information and belief, the False Accusation have been viewed by thousands of people
and have been heard by hundreds if not thousands of people.
70. Upon information and belief, DefendantsÂ’ false and defamatory Accusations uttered and made
and published online and on social media are disparaging and have produced damage to Plaintiff
and to Plaintiff's name, character, and reputation.
71. Upon information and belief, the false and defamatory Accusations expose Plaintiff to hatred,
contempt, ridicule or obloquy, cause him to be shunned or avoided, and/or tend to injure him
in his occupation.
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72. The aforementioned false and defamatory Accusations made and published by Defendants have
caused Plaintiff to suffer loss of income, embarrassment, humiliation, mental anguish, and
emotional distress.
73. The aforementioned false and defamatory Accusations made and published by Defendants have
also caused damage to PlaintiffÂ’s reputation and character within his profession and industry,
including but not limited to among his fans and with prospective business relations.
74. Upon information and belief, the actions or omissions of Defendants as set forth in this
Complaint demonstrate malice, egregious defamation, and insult.
75. Upon information and belief, such actions or omissions by Defendants were undertaken
negligently, if not with malice and reckless disregard of the falsity of the speech and its effects
on Plaintiff.
76. As a direct and proximate result of Defendants Plaintiff has suffered damages in an amount
greater than $50,000 to be proven at trial.
77. Plaintiff is entitled to general and special damages for the following harm: loss of income,
embarrassment, humiliation, mental anguish, and emotional distress and impairment to his
name, character, and reputation.
78. Plaintiff is entitled to an award of punitive damages to deter Defendants from such egregious
conduct in the future.
79. Plaintiff is also entitled to attorneysÂ’ fees and litigation expenses beyond and in excess of those
damages necessary to compensate Plaintiff for injuries resulting from DefendantsÂ’ conduct.
THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION
(Interference with Prospective Business Advantage – as to all Defendants)
80. Plaintiff repleads, realleges, and incorporates by reference the allegations in each and every
preceding paragraph as if fully set forth herein.
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81. At the time Defendants made the false and defamatory Accusations, from December 2023 to
the present, Defendants knew that Plaintiff would be playing poker both nationally and
internationally and intended to cause harm to Plaintiff and/or his brand by creating public outcry
that would prevent Plaintiff from participating in poker games.
82. Defendants had no justification, legal or otherwise, to publish and/or perpetuate the defamatory
Accusations, except to cause harm to Plaintiff and/or his brand.
83. As a direct and proximate result of DefendantsÂ’ conduct, Plaintiff has suffered damages in an
amount greater than $50,000 to be proven at trial.
84. Plaintiff is entitled to general and special damages for the following harm: loss of income
embarrassment, humiliation, mental anguish, and emotional distress and impairment to his
name, character, and reputation.
85. Plaintiff is entitled to an award of punitive damages to deter Defendant Hunter from such
egregious conduct in the future.
86. Plaintiff is also entitled to attorneysÂ’ fees and litigation expenses beyond and in excess of those
damages necessary to compensate Plaintiff for injuries resulting from DefendantsÂ’ conduct.
FOURTH CAUSE OF ACTION
(Declaratory and/or Injunctive Relief – as to all Defendants)
87. Plaintiff repleads, realleges, and incorporates by reference the allegations in each and every
preceding paragraph as if fully set forth herein.
88. As a direct and proximate result of DefendantsÂ’ conduct, Plaintiff has suffered damages in an
amount greater than $50,000 to be proven at trial.
89. Plaintiff is entitled to general and special damages for the following harm: loss of income,
embarrassment, humiliation, mental anguish, and emotional distress and impairment to his
name, character, and reputation.
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90. Plaintiff is entitled to an award of punitive damages to deter Defendants from such egregious
conduct in the future.
91. Plaintiff is also entitled to attorneysÂ’ fees and litigation expenses beyond and in excess of those
damages necessary to compensate Plaintiff for injuries resulting from DefendantsÂ’ conduct.
92. Additionally, as a direct and proximate result of the foregoing, Plaintiff is entitled to an order
permanently enjoining Defendants and all their respective agents, officers, employees,
representatives, successors, assigns, attorneys, and all other persons acting for, with, by,
through, or under authority from Defendants, or in concert or participation with Defendants
from: making, disseminating, broadcasting, or publishing any statements that perpetuate the
false and defamatory Accusations against Plaintiff.
93. Plaintiff is further entitled to an order requiring Defendants, to retract, remove, and repudiate
in full all defamatory and disparaging statements made regarding Plaintiff, including but not
limited to the Accusations.
94. Plaintiff is further entitled to an order requiring Defendants to issue a formal apology to Plaintiff
for their false and defamatory Accusations.
FIFTH CAUSE OF ACTION
(Intentional Inflection of Emotional Distress – as to all Defendants)
95. Plaintiff repleads, realleges, and incorporates by reference the allegations in each and every
preceding paragraph as if fully set forth herein.
96. DefendantsÂ’ conduct, as alleged herein, was extreme and outrageous.
97. DefendantsÂ’ Accusations against Plaintiff were intended to cause emotional distress to Plaintiff,
and/or were made with reckless disregard for causing emotional distress to Plaintiff.
98. Plaintiff did in fact suffer severe emotional distress, including, but not limited to depression,
anxiety, loss of sleep, and others.
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99. Plaintiff is entitled to an award of damages for enduring severe emotional distress, including,
but not limited to depression, anxiety, loss of sleep, and others brought upon by DefendantsÂ’
egregious conduct.
100. As a direct and proximate result of the DefendantsÂ’ action, Plaintiff has suffered
monetary damages in excess of $50,000 which amount shall be proven at the time of trial.
101. Plaintiff is entitled to an award of punitive damages to deter Defendants from such
egregious conduct in the future.
102. Plaintiff is also entitled to attorneysÂ’ fees and litigation expenses beyond and in excess
of those damages necessary to compensate Plaintiff for injuries resulting from DefendantsÂ’
conduct.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff, expressly reserving the right to amend this Complaint to add the
proper names and capacities of DOE and ROE Defendants, prior to or at the time of trial of this action,
and insert those items of damage not yet fully ascertainable, pray judgment as follows:
1. For general damages sustained by Plaintiff;
2. For special damages sustained by Plaintiff;
3. For punitive damages to deter DefendantsÂ’ conduct in the future;
4. For reasonable attorneyÂ’s fees and costs;
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5. For interest at the statutory rate; and
6. For any other such relief that the Court deems just and proper.
Dated February 1, 2024.
LAW OFFICES OF KEVIN R. HANSEN
/s/ Kevin R. Hansen
KEVIN R. HANSEN, ESQ.
California Bar No.: 182591
2526 S. Rainbow Blvd., Ste. C-106
Las Vegas, Nevada 89146
Telephone: (702) 478-7777
Facsimile: (702) 728-2484
[email]kevin@kevinrhansen.com[/email]
Attorney for Plaintiff

OP, perhaps you didnt respond due to your now pending legal matters, however you took the time to write this long post to defend your character and so I dont see why you'd suddenly draw the line at choosing to not respond to the direct questions about said character...

There's no need for me to repeat them as they're only a few msg's above this, but I'd like to hear your response.. Ignoring them but making other posts does not bode well for those of us who actually took the time to read through your op.

Also, your attorney doesn't seem to handle these type of cases...

"Kevin practices in the areas of personal injury, automobile accidents, slip and fall, premises liability, product liability, social security disability, consumer rights, construction law and commercial landlord/tenant law. Kevin has had numerous jury trials in Nevada and California with excellent results. His jury trials have involved automobile accidents, slip and fall cases, complex construction litigation, commercial landlord/tenant, premises liability, general negligence and products liability." https://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/kevin-...

Oftentimes people will take court records and repurpose them for their own use if they're trying to seem credible online. I hope that isn't the case here as an error like that is almost never done by an innocent party.

Arnaud, I have no idea what you did or didn't do.

However, it seems pretty clear from that recorded phone call Wesley posted between him and Mars that there WAS cheating in that game.

You dealt in that game -- just not on the day the cheating was finally caught.

It is possible that you had no part in that cheating. It is also possible that you did have a part in that cheating. At the bare minimum, you admit that you dealt in the game about 25% of the time it ran, and the given the fact that cheating was suspected in the game and then eventually caught, you can't complain when your name is caught up in the stink.

This lawsuit is highly unlikely to emerge victorious, given that you dealt cards in an illegal private game where it is highly likely cheating took place at some point. Therefore, even if Nik Airball and Wesley are incorrect that you were part of the cheating ring, it is not unreasonable for them to make such an allegation, since you both dealt in it and had some association/friendship with Mars, the alleged ringleader.

I agree there is no proof of wrongdoing on your part, but there's also enough reasonable suspicion involving that entire game to where anyone associated with it can't cry foul.

I agree with you that Wesley likely was trying to build a bot to cheat on GG, but that isn't very relevant here. Bad people sometimes get cheated, as well.

I guess if the purpose of this lawsuit is to hassle or shut up Airball/Wesley, maybe it will have that desired effect, especially if you didn't pay this attorney very much to get it started.

Nevada is a state with anti-SLAPP legislation, and I suspect this suit will be dismissed in that manner. Has the case actually been filed yet?

ItÂ’s plausible that a known dealing cheat could have been dealing in a game where cheating was shown to have happened with high probability and not have cheated. Plausible.

However most of what has been written in the OP can be completely ignored as irrelevant character assassination. Even if everything written about Wesley is assumed to be true, itÂ’s irrelevant to the alleged cheating that happened in the game. Furthermore, even if Arnaud was not there for the particular cheated game, that doesnÂ’t mean that he wasnÂ’t part of a conspiracy to cheat.

I donÂ’t believe that even if he was exonerated from this particular instance of cheating that means that he wasnÂ’t part of a cheating scheme. He should address the allegations of cheating in France if he wants to be taken seriously. It sounds like there are many people with knowledge that he did in fact cheat and was never brought to justice. So I donÂ’t accept this argument that because he wasnÂ’t a mechanic in this game that means heÂ’s not a card mechanic. I also find it suspicious that his best argument is that he thinks Wesley is a PoS. Notice the accusations are against Nik A and being made hy Nick A as well and he never even tries to make allegations against him.

Does that mean that Nick AÂ’s allegations are true? No. But a known card cheat dealing 25% of allegedly cheated games and then coming on and attacking the person who initially made the accusation while providing evidence looks SHADY af. Ultimately all this really shows is to play home games at your own risk because I doubt anything will come from this. But if I was a legal advisor for Arnaud I would tell him to stop posting and not pretend that these stupid lawsuits are going to go anywhere.

I agree with everything you say here beside the point about the bot on GG.

It is very reasonable for Arnaud to point this out to put Wesleys credibility in question.

Of course bad people get cheated too but bad people are more likely then honest people to conjure up some accusation to get out of paying a debt.

I am more familiar with California anti-slapp provisions, but agree that is a risk Arnaud should consider as he may be on the hook for legal costs airball or Wesley incur responding. Seems like a desperate attempt to change the narrative.

What a world that private illegal games and cheating turn into a lawsuit. Might as well sue the drug dealers.

Interesting. To the lawyers in the chat, is slander/defamation sch a highly specialized area that it should be left to that niche of lawyers? I would just guessed Mattern simply sought a civil litigator, and Hansen fits that need despite being more experienced in other areas.

It's sort of like a passenger falling unconscious on an airplane. When someone asks if there is a doctor on board, you're not likely to hear "Yes, but I'm an OBGYN specifically... can't help here." No, Dr. Speculum will still jump in to help, as ultimately, every MD or DO has a certain level of general medical expertise. So it stands to reason that defamation might also fall within a litigator's standard tool belt.

Unrelated: I like to think of the volume of mail that attorney receives beginning with "Dear Kevin Hansen..." It makes me smile.

Talk about not being true. I have played poker in casinos for over 25 years and not one single time have I played a table game before or after a poker session. I have occasionally played BJ or something similar with a group of friends that don't play poker just to hang out and have fun with them, but I was not there for poker.

BTW, there is a high probability that your getting cheated in some fashion in your 'livn life' private game. :shocked:

Well for starters the lawyer isn't even practicing in the state he filed the lawsuit in, and then also the type of law he practices is nowhere close to what op is trying to accomplish. For example, thered be no reason to hire a blackjack dealer for your poker game, when there are plenty of poker dealers available. Especially a bj dealer from another state.

Whats more likely, that this guy would choose to hire something akin to a divorce attorney for his patent dispute, or that op had a copy of a lawsuit that at one time was being litigated by this attorney and he simply went through and changed the details to fit this scenario so he could bluff that he's lawyered up??

Court records are all public, it is possible to find a record with the county clerk but oftentimes someone would need to go in person to check.

Let's see, human beings playing poker for big money in a non regulated home game. And cheating is alleged! Ha Ha. I would equate this to 2+2=4!