The estate of Jennifer Farber Dulos’ late father has filed a new lawsuit against attorney Norm Pattis that claims he must return a $250,000 retainer and other funds he was paid to defend Fotis Dulos from accusations that Dulos murdered his missing wife last year.
The estate of Hilliard Farber argues the retainer — paid just two weeks before Dulos died in late January — was in violation of attorney rules and that Pattis received additional “substantial payments made directly and indirectly” by Dulos at a time when he was supposed to be insolvent, according to the lawsuit filed Tuesday in Hartford Superior Court.