PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. — Kenosha-area internet troll Susan Grace Castagnoli-Krokosz (D), 73, known online as “Sue Grace,” and her husband were sued for allegedly stiffing a local contractor for nearly $28,000. Castagnoli-Krokosz is a disbarred Illinois attorney whose disciplinary proceedings documented a fraudulent scheme to collect unauthorized fees from financially struggling bankruptcy clients.
The local contractor filed the lawsuit September 28 in Kenosha County Circuit Court, alleging the couple failed to pay a $27,980 invoice for roofing and related improvements at their Pleasant Prairie home. The contractor seeks the unpaid balance, interest and attorney fees. KCE editor Kevin Mathewson, who is also a private detective, personally served Castagnoli-Krokosz with the lawsuit and characterized her behavior during the encounter as “very crazy.” Mathewson observed an unkempt yard and a home that appeared dilapidated, with one conspicuous exception: the roof looked pristine.
Her husband, Keith M. Krokosz, disputes owing the contractor anything and filed counterclaims October 19 seeking more than $50,000. He alleges defective workmanship, among other claims, and described an allegedly minor fuel spill as requiring environmental cleanup. According to information provided to KCE, the gasoline spill was a minor accident involving a small amount of fuel, but Castagnoli-Krokosz escalated her complaints to the Environmental Protection Agency. In his counterclaim, Keith alleges the spill occurred within the “sensitive Chiwaukee Prairie coastal environmental zone.”
A History Of Dishonesty And Disbarment
The Illinois Supreme Court disbarred Castagnoli-Krokosz in May 2011 after disciplinary proceedings uncovered repeated deception involving clients and courts. In one bankruptcy case, a judge found she fraudulently altered a trustee’s payoff letter as part of a scheme to collect an unauthorized additional $8,500 fee from a couple. The court ordered her to return that money and her original $2,700 fee, pay a $3,125 sanction and stop practicing in that bankruptcy court for six months. Another 13 bankruptcy cases involved $37,028.53 in unauthorized additional fees, bringing the combined amount to $45,528.53.
Disciplinary findings described her concealing fees by withholding settlement statement pages that disclosed what she collected. Clients testified they feared questioning unexpected charges could jeopardize their refinancing, and the hearing board rejected her claim that they knew about the fees. In a separate estate matter, she arranged the sale of a deceased client’s home for $165,000 and collected a $32,500 fee from the proceeds. She failed to disclose the sale to the woman’s husband, his attorney and the court while possession of the home was being litigated, and the hearing board called her testimony about a purported deed a “blatant fabrication.”
The Review Board concluded she repeatedly deceived clients and courts for her own financial gain and failed to accept responsibility or express remorse. Years later, the former bankruptcy attorney filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy herself in June 2017, reporting almost $500,000 in debt—specifically, $416,098.76 in liabilities against $12,685 in listed assets. KCE previously profiled the far-left activist’s extensive social media activity targeting Republican elected officials. Her frequent Facebook comments and other communications have made her a familiar presence in local political disputes.
Unedited Instructions And Unexplained Citations
An October 16 notice of appearance filed under Keith’s name contains an unmistakable leftover instruction: He purportedly appears “pro se [or ‘by the undersigned attorney’].” The document also begins with the stray word “Plaintext.” An attorney who spoke with KCE said that in more than two decades of practice, he had never encountered a self-represented litigant filing a notice of appearance, a document he associated with attorneys entering a case. Keith nevertheless filed the document under his own name, identifying himself as representing himself.
The subsequent answer and counterclaims contain additional drafting oddities, including three unexplained “[cite: 10]” markers. The filing also gives conflicting dates for the roofing permit, identifying July 22 in one section and July 24 in another. Those artifacts raise questions about whether an AI tool helped prepare the documents, although they do not establish their origin. Keith signed the filings as a self-represented defendant.
KCE also questions whether Castagnoli-Krokosz, who was dismissed from the lawsuit shortly after it was filed, may be preparing or directing her husband’s legal filings, which could be illegal.
Joe Trudell, Next to Sue Grace
(Phone Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)
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2 Responses
It’s married?!?
Holy crap!
This person is why society is failing. She is a true creature of the crazies.