Good article though. In a case stretching from 2013-18, various trucking schools in the Salinas area were finding their own work-arounds. The State Bar of California, then in return for the favor of forced membership and dues, is required to act as the administrative arm of the California Supreme Court. To administrate a Self Disciplinary program of its member attorneys. For the foregoing reasons, and as outlined herein, irreparable damage will be caused Plaintiff, ROES 1-150,000, and the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA unless a three-judge panel is assigned to this case. Michelle Flick was the victim of a sexual . I backed into a spot where I could watch both entrances of the Papa Johns Pizza parking lot, punctual for my rendezvous. The writer, whilst chiding the reader for their presumed naivety in being scandalised seems not to be using irony, but rather suggesting that somehow the growth of bureacracy-by-clan is somehow a superior or at least more efficient way of getting things done. (how I write to, haha). These things must be accomplished with delicacy. Bribery is more efficient (and far less crazy-making) than clinging to first-world expectations in a world that has changed. In 2014, the California DMV went on a massive hiring blitz, adding a thousand new workers for the express purpose of providing drivers licences to illegal immigrants, per state bill AB 60. Even in extreme circumstances of willful misconduct, Plaintiff alleges the State Bar knowingly enables licensees to wield State Bar credentials as "weapon[s] of extortion". The State Bars staff was also selecting which cases the reviewer examined, and the reviewers findings went to management, not its board of trustees. To be safe, I had first taken a slow cruise through the lot, on the lookout for the telltale signs of an unmarked police car. Destruction of Family was the first and most important as all societies die when the family is destroyed this is well in hand. Following the United States Supreme Court decision in, Protection of the public, which includes support for greater access to, and inclusion in, the legal system, shall be the highest priority for the State Bar of California and the board of trustees in exercising their licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. The chief prosecutor for the State Bar of California said Tuesday that it was taking a fresh look at attorney conduct in landmark Armenian genocide reparations cases following a Times. For my part, I am sincerely grateful for the services of Smog Lady. Public Inquiry Unit. I spotted her 20 minutes after I arrived at the parking lot. Its regressive at almost every level. By contrast, ties of kinship are easy to grasp, more robust, and make sense to more of the worlds peoples as the ground of cooperation, particularly in societies where the clan may be as far as trust extends. There is no excuse being offered here; [] , 37. I think we definitely identified misconduct that does impact the average Californian if they are using the legal system, said Jon Kline, a principal at the auditors office who helped lead the review. And what is supposed to be the chief purpose of administration? 8. Have You Been Involved as Client, Opposition, or Counsel in Litigation Involving Catanzarite Law Corporation Attorneys? There are different sorts of bureaucracies. Call the State Bar's multilingual intake hotline (800-843-9053) for help. You expressly waive any and all liability against Plaintiff by using StopCorruptLawyers.com. How that might play out in, for instance, an increase in road fatalities and injuries in California due to an increase in drivers without the necessary genuine qualifications to take to the road remains to be seen. To the party-state, citizens with their unending needs are a nuisance. The investigation is intended to identify actions by anyone with ties to the State Bar that may constitute malfeasance in how discipline complaints against Girardi were handled., According to Michael S. Tilden, CPA Acting State Auditor for California, the State Bar should create a formal process for determining whether its staff is able to objectively assess cases and document this assessment in its case files when conflicts exist. (Complaint, p. 75), Read Official Reports from the California State Auditor to Legislature (Warning: Results Are Shocking). The California Whistleblower Protection Act authorizes the California State Auditor to receive complaints from state employees and members of the public who wish to report an improper governmental activity. The Complaint seeks a jury trial and relief expressly provided by statute for injury and other intentional torts underlying Plaintiffs [sufficient government claim]. (Complaint, p. 2), According to the Complaint State Bar and DOES know that [State Bars] entire licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary system is broken due to a series of negligent operational decisions that conflict with statutory duties but fails to address the issues due to un-waivable conflicts that it is concurrently bound to enforce, which is not sustainable. (Complaint, p. 31), State Bar and DOES have engaged in fraud and/or corruption, and that the public, courts, and legal profession are at an acute risk of further injuries without extraordinary relief and imposition of liabilityas a matter of public policy. The story the writer tells it is 100% intentional. The Berkeley historian Yuri Slezkine coined the term service nomads for distinct peoples, typically itinerant or diaspora, who perform functions within a society that can only be done by outsiders. Meanwhile, Kulwinder Dosanjh Singh, a broker, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery and identify fraud. Here broker refers to a provider of DMV services. I remember as a child being told to hush when my mother clandestinely bought eggs from a local smallholder down the road. California is certainly not being run well but I dont think the direct party-state connection to foreign-born or homegrown corruption is well-established in this piece at all. Public employees acting officially for The State Bar of California have engaged in repeated violations of duty, corruption, fraud, systemic corruption, with at least reckless disregard for injury or emotional harm to members of the public whom they are bound to protect by law. What an irony. Assemblymember Mark Stone (D-Scotts Valley), who is chair of the Assemblys Judiciary Committee, said the audit was profoundly eye-opening., Victims of unscrupulous lawyers should not be re-victimized by a State Bar that too often has protected those lawyers from full scrutiny, Stone said in a statement. California, the USAs most progressive state, is now functioning on par with a country in the third world and, within the next twenty years, will more than likely resemble one. Plaintiff alleges the State Bar knowingly enables licensees to wield State Bar credentials as weapon[s] of extortion;" which may violate federally protected rights of Californians. While working as a watchdog for the public, Tom Layton spent hours advancing the interests and political connections of one lawyer with a long record of misconduct complaints, emails obtained by The Times show. The LA Times quoted an anonymous employee who wondered, Theyre saying were being kept open because were an essential part of the community How can we be essential when were not protecting the public? . In 2018, there was a rash of news stories about five and six hour waits at the DMV. The State Bar of California revealed Monday, March 14, that the public release of confidential attorney discipline records was more widespread than initially reported, but said only a fraction of . You may also call the State Bar's intake hotline at 800-843-9053 (in California) or 213-765-1200 (outside California) to discuss the complaint-filing process. Log in, Enter Your Email Address To Get A Free Subscription To The CPR Newsletter, Dunn Adds Fuel to Case Against CA State Bar, Stephen Frank's California Political News And Views, L.A. The intake hotline staff: Fax: (916) 323-5341. How easily it collapses under strain of regulatory complexity and staff capture. P. 499., 87. The other aspect to this is that the employees and managers of organisations like the DMV seem to think they are free to make up the policies (to support social justice in this case), rather than execute the priorities (and laws) the electorate voted for. Last summer, the agency also hired George Cardona, a former federal prosecutor, to serve as chief trial counsel. The State Bar Court charged Girardi with 14 counts of violating ethics rules and California law. For the purpose of discussion, lets call the State Bar of California, The Club. Problem solved. You, tender reader, might be scandalised by the ways of Californias DMV, but such a response is a hangover from another era. Many years of doing business in Africa and Asia, not to mention Europe and Australia, have convinced me that what we call corruption is actually the norm and reliable, orderly, swift procedure by public authorities is an aberration. the state of California shut down. The State Bar of California has important sounding titles for their fellow attorney members that discipline each other. Defendant UNITES STATES OF AMERICA, a sovereign nation, is liable for all conduct in this action if STATE OF CALIFORNIA fails to rise to its obligations by reverse incorporation of the Fourteenth Amendment into the Fifth Amendment. Plenty of corruption here in California and bureaucratic barriers at the DMV, true. The audit found that the State Bar failed to fully identify patterns of misconduct and investigate further, either because of its case management system or because of how it treats complaints that are withdrawn. The State of California by law, requires all attorneys practicing law in the state to be members of the California State Bar. According to the Complaint "State Bar and DOES know that [State Bar's] entire licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary system is broken due to a series of negligent operational decisions that conflict with statutory duties but fails to address the issues due to un-waivable conflicts that it is concurrently bound to enforce, which is not sustainable." Its happening here too we are learning the ropes: how to lie in order to get a GP appointment, for example. Plenty of waiting and bureaucracy but no bribes solicited or given, ever. hbbd```b``QS@$Sd.8X,2Lf4l$X/Xc hE$>SQrdKs30 The State Bar has a lot of room to improve their policies to better protect the public from attorney misconduct.. All rather unsatisfactory and the result of a safety bureaucracy. Second was to end Rule of Law, this is very well in hand. Just as I was beginning the process, in March 2020, the state of California shut down. The Hispanic customers speak their own language with a Hispanic teller, the warm tones and easy gestures of which seem very unlike the bureaucratic mode of address that institutional English is adapted to. Due to the compromised STATE OF CALIFORNIA judiciary, this Court has jurisdiction over this action under 42 U.S.C. This has led to massive corruption. AND it is lethal it will destroy us. Depressing stuff. On March 26, 2020 the Los Angeles Times acknowledged what those of us in bureaucratic limbo already knew: To slow the spread of COVID-19, the California Department of Motor Vehicles has dramatically restricted customer visits to its field offices, barring people who do not have appointments and warning that no new slots to appear in person are currently available. Now there were no lines and, more important, no embarrassing news stories about queues. In practice, this means competition for money from organised interests that fund the activist networks, which in turn translate those interests into various moralisms and thereby shape the vision of the party. 9. Girardi was once a top plaintiffs attorney and Democratic powerbroker who gained reality TV fame on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alongside his third wife, Erika. In 2014, the California DMV went on a massive hiring blitz, adding a thousand new workers for the express purpose of providing drivers licences to illegal immigrants, per state bill AB 60. The frequency with which Girardis firm has surfaced in matters we investigated is striking.[]in emails we reviewed on other topics, we noted that Miller was being consulted on matters related to A.B. (Comment restored/removed/restored/removed). Ironically many of those seeking our shores do so to flee from the stifling corruption of everyday life in their own lands. Gavin Newsom displays a state bill signed by him shielding abortion providers and volunteers in California from . Attorneys licensed by the State Bar of California take an oath to abide by laws aimed at protecting consumers from unethical lawyers. The audit found that the State Bar had also prematurely closed cases that needed further investigation or potential discipline, often through a host of confidential methods, like issuing private warning letters that are not knowable to the public. The Bar has ethics panels to see if each attorney is working within the oath they took to become an attorney. That investigation is ongoing, Duran confirmed. Other errors were basic investigatory lapses, like accepting poor levels of evidence. For questions regarding the Department of Justice contact. Aside: from briefly living in Texas 30 odd years ago, the DMV there issued a non driving drivers licence for those simply needing an ID card (the drivers licence being the universal ID in the US at the time). 1515, a bill concerning, 32. It couldnt happen here [sarcasm]. %%EOF This is one of 5 Programs of the intentional Decline and Fall of the Western Empire brought on us by the Global Psychopathic Elites, that they may enslave the world. Lets look at the Ethics Hotline. After some intercourse with a few of these, always conducted in halting, heavily accented English, I came to understand that these entrepreneurs are fixers, a species that most Americans are unacquainted with. Copyright 2023 Stop Corrupt Lawyers - All Rights Reserved. I grew up in California, moved away in the early Nineties, and moved back in 2019. But fully implementing the State Auditors recommendations would require about 30 new employees and $1 million in one-time funds, Duran said. A state auditors report found a third of DMV employees not showing up for work on time. The first time was at the height of the pandemic and it took awhile, about an hour, because no appointments were allowed and few could enter the building at one time. Together these entities make up a sort of government-by-cabinet that is effectively insulated from the pressures of electoral politics. The audit of the State Bar was ordered last year by the Legislature in the wake of a Los Angeles Times investigation that documented how the now-disgraced attorney Tom Girardi cultivated close relationships with the agency and kept an unblemished law license despite over 100 lawsuits against him or his firm with many alleging misappropriation of client money. Having now spent some time in DMV offices in the new California, my impression is that the shop floor operates along the lines of ethnic fiefdoms that overlap somewhat, and work fairly smoothly together when necessary. At every point where Postmodern Liberalism spreads (and California is #1) breakdown of law and order is manipulated and increased. It is more like the bar scene in Star Wars than like Tolkien's Shire. On the surface, this sounds fine and noble, however, once the fog lifts, you realize a more accurate title would be, Ethics, I Dont Think I Have Any, Can You Tell Me What They Are? or Ethics, Not Lately, I Think Im In Trouble. That and the other programs you likely could name them too. Stripping him of his law license on June 1, the California Supreme Court ordered the fallen attorney to pay four minor children of Lion Air flight 610 crash victims and others $2,282,507 plus 10% interest . A brilliant article that describes the world as it is, using all the irony inherent in modern Newspeak. Find out how to resolve a problem without going to court, file a complaint against a lawyer and how to get money back from an unethical attorney. (Reuters) - The State Bar of California filed disciplinary charges against its own former executive director Joe Dunn earlier this week, claiming he wrongly spent bar funds on a trip to. But one does wonder if one is being offered quite the same menu of services as those who can make appeal to one of these fiefdoms. But if you feel that your bill is too high, you can ask for Mandatory Fee Arbitration to resolve the dispute. There are other languages spoken as well, each with its own characteristic emotional repertoire, and some of these seem better adapted to the haggle at least to the nave and suspicious ear of one feeling beset by a cacophonous Babel. I noticed she had a large wad of cash in her hand. When the State Bar finally examined the attorneys bank records, it found that the attorney had misappropriated nearly $41,000 from several clients, Tilden wrote. 0 The founder of StopCorruptLawyers.com filed the lawsuit. He noted that the State Bar went about two decades without fee increases, and said some of the problems at the bar stem from this long-term underfunding at an agency that has to monitor more than 250,000 attorneys. The occasional appearance of an unaffiliated Anglo-American such as myself is accommodated easily enough, and in such cases tellers are able to code-switch into officialese. We investigated certain governance issues arising from promises of assistance to Board members or others. In addition, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL must appoint counsel outside U.S. Attorneys Office for Southern District of California for the same reasons, because those attorneys are in fact also under the actual and perceived, 19. I find the deliberately provocative tone employed in this essay interesting. (First Amended Complaint generally)(, "Plaintiff seeks to prove through clear and convincing evidence, on behalf of himself as Plaintiff and on behalf of the public, that [negligence], malice, oppression, [recklessness], and/or fraud of a 'government protection agency' is unfairly impacting the lives of Californians [as well as] families, businesses, crowded Court dockets, the California economy, indeed, the United States and other states where [corrupt] attorneys who willfully violate the public trust are free to abuse their 'good standing' credentials to conduct official business -- which is not sustainable, nor is it fair to ethical attorneys [or the public]." If you have a problem with your lawyers actions or fees, you have options. In California, courts also note the officer's decisions leading up to the use of force. [4] A lawyer may be disciplined under Business and Professions Code section 6106 for acts involving moral turpitude, dishonesty, or corruption, whether intentional, reckless, or grossly negligent. This is an official communication to all members of the public and therefore privileged under California Code of Civil Procedure Section 47 subsection (b). . I was here to meet someone I knew only as Smog Lady. They say California is the future. In more than one-third of the cases we reviewed, the State Bar did not document its consideration of conflicts before it closed these cases., 26. The progressives who are captured beyond repair will continue down the same road, with every signpost, at every junction, saying virtue, all the while destroying the very society they claim to be so committed to trying to help. Unfortunately institutional capture by employees or a party apparatus that no longer genuinely cares about the citizen results in the institution becoming an job creation institution which can morph into a lifestyle creation institution. 17 things to do in Santa Cruz, the old-school beach town that makes for a charming getaway, K-Pop isnt the only hot ticket in Koreatown how trot is captivating immigrants, Los Angeles is suddenly awash in waterfalls, Officials admit being unprepared for epic mountain blizzard, leaving many trapped and desperate, This is me, this is my face: Actress Mimi Rogers on aging naturally, without cosmetic surgery, The Week in Photos: California exits pandemic emergency amid a winter landscape. Although the volume of complaints against the attorney has increased over time, the State Bar has imposed no discipline, and the attorney maintains an active license, Tilden said in a letter summarizing his offices findings. At 8:31AM PST on Thursday, December 29, 2022, Plaintiff did deliver an email containing advance[] notice of a forthcoming complaint under the Political Reform Act of 1974 related to materially conflicted transactions of The State Bar of California, an ongoing lack of disclosure of material claims against the government, and related party transactions with actual conflicts of financial interest in violation of state and federal law to, 20. StopCorruptLawyers.com. Like the sarcastic closing sentence. ` 2X The auditors reviewed five attorneys cases and found the cases were closed despite indications in its case files that further investigation or actual discipline may have been warranted.. Contact: Gene Forte A consequence of machine politics is that the machine is favoured over the electorate. That Girardis serial misconduct went unchecked for decades has forced a reckoning among the legal establishment. Perhaps it wont result in more accidents, or perhaps theres an implication of indifference. StopCorruptLawyers.com The audit found inconsistencies in the use of nonpublic methods, and indicated the agency had relied too much on such secretive forms of discipline. He won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting with colleagues Harriet Ryan and Paul Pringle and was part of the team of reporters that won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the San Bernardino terrorist attack. 9. 250) from StopCorruptLawyers.com, and any information published is intended to be accurate as of the date of publication. I remember the aftermath of WW2 in England where a bureaucracy had built up to distribute scarce food resources for reasons of social solidarity but which had deteriorated so that reciprocal favours or black market sales took place to supplement the inefficiencies of the bureaucracy. Plaintiff relies upon April 2022 Auditor findings: 022-030 (The State Bar of Californias Attorney Discipline Process) and Plaintiff seeks a trial by jury of any facts that are in dispute as to Plaintiffs allegations, the reasonableness of conduct under any specific duty, fraud, or corruption alleged by Plaintiff. (Complaint, p. 32), Learn Nine Other Examples of The State Bar of California and Public Employees Engaging in or Enabling Transactions Barred by Law at StopCorruptLawyers.com Under "Case Studies", Plaintiff alleges lawyers licensed and controlled by the State Bar associated with Catanzarite Law Corporation namely Kenneth Joseph Catanzarite (State Bar #113750), Jim Travis Tice (State Bar #153867), Brandon Woodard (State Bar #284621), Tim James Okeefe (State Bar #290175), and Nicole Marie Catanzarite Woodward (State Bar #205746) (together Catanzarite) regularly conduct themselves as good-standing members or licensees of the State Bar in California and in other jurisdictions through deceit of judicial officers, deceit of parties including their own clients, extortion or coercion, subornation of perjury, perjury, fraud, securities fraud, other willful violations of [Attorney Rules], and criminal conduct expressly violative of statute because they know the State Bar negligently investigates, indeed negligently and recklessly enforces in favor of their attorney [licensees], Attorney Rules, with the State Bar thereby allegedly entrusting and cooperating with the same violations willfully or by way of special relationships before, during, and after the [other] conduct alleged (Complaint, p. 34, 78). Things such as usury (that is, providing credit), burying the dead, magic, puppeteering, prostitution, peddling, cobbling, knife sharpening, dispute mediation and all manner of border-crossing and go-between work that allows the principals to negotiate without losing face or being compromised. The chair of the State Bars board of trustees, Ruben Duran, said in an interview that he was troubled by the audits findings, calling its conclusions some of the hardest-hitting discoveries that the State Auditor has ever made about the agency. In the case of the California DMV that was to keep incompetent and dangerous drivers off the street. I have filed complaints to the State BAR of California against Sarah Talei and her brother Nathan Talei. Employees would accept bribes to enter fraudulent scores for those who did not pass their tests and in some cases had not even taken the test. 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