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To the Attorney Grievance Committee
of the First Judicial Department of the New York State Supreme Court

My name is Jeffrey Whitty

Broadway, we have a problem. And it isn't your artists.

My name is Jeffrey Whitty

Introduction

Contractual Fraud

Little did I know that my career's best work was doomed from the start - because of my own agent and law firm.

Contractual Fraud

ONE

Dangerous Conflicts

Ethics go out the window as my law firm moves to represent every side of the HOH deal.

Dangerous Conflicts

TWO

"This is Gonna Run Forever!"

A hit musical can be worth a billion-plus dollars nowadays. And my lawyer and agent smelled a hit.

"This is Gonna Run Forever!"

THREE

Deliberate Financial Deprivation

A broke artist is an artist who can be controlled. This is the first of many instances when I went unpaid for work that I did.

Deliberate Financial Deprivation

FOUR

Springing the Trap

In an ugly email chain, my agent begins abusing me openly in front of producers in order to feather his own bed.

Springing the Trap

FIVE

Why Won't My Lawyer Take My Side?

Alarm bells ring as my lawyer acts less and less as my fiduciary, and more like a self-dealing confidence artist.

Why Won't My Lawyer Take My Side?

SIX

My Law Firm Drops Me

I begin to catch on to the swindle underway, and the predators stop pretending.

My Law Firm Drops Me

SEVEN

Enter Lawyer #2

I get new legal counsel, who hits the ground running as my former law firm goes on the attack to seize ownership of my work.

Enter Lawyer #2

EIGHT

Who Owns My Property?

Rich predators whom I once trusted continue their ugly game of "keep away" with my art and livelihood.

Who Owns My Property?

NINE

"You Don't Want To Find Out What Will Happen If You Speak Out."

Strangers begin to threaten me to keep quiet about the abuse. Meanwhile, my second lawyer goes off the farm.

"You Don't Want To Find Out What Will Happen If You Speak Out."

TEN

Send in the Goons

A threat close to home suggests that I am the target of an "intelligence agency" hired to silence me.

Send in the Goons

ELEVEN

They Even Snatched My Royalties!

When an artist has no defense from rich grifters, why on earth would they stop stealing?

They Even Snatched My Royalties!

TWELVE

Broadway Opening / Reviews

I am pilloried for the shoddy work of my greedy colleagues on Broadway.

Broadway Opening / Reviews

THIRTEEN

Bit By Bit, Putting Myself (Back) Together

As I hit rock-bottom, karma pulls a switcheroo. But then a new dream job becomes a nightmare, and I make the hard (and only) choice.

Bit By Bit, Putting Myself (Back) Together

FOURTEEN

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