09-11-21 In a community of criminals you lend a hand...

Not nuf guddah...

One thing that must strike anybody studying these cases, be it Samaan v Zernik, Galdjie v Darwish, Sturgeon v LA County, or Marina v LA County, is that the number of people that were involved, was so large that there couldn't possibly be sufficient money in profiteering in any of these cases to go around... And while each case must be examined on its own merits, as a general rule, one must conclude:

In a community of criminals you lend a hand, out of the goodness of your heart, when you see a crime scheme under way...

Just like raising a barn, in colonial times - it was a community affair...

Attorneys:

• Some of the participants benefited no matter what, the longer that it was protracted - attorneys, who were billing by the hour, by the 15, 10, or 6 minute increments... But even so, they could not be all considered in the same basket

Classes:

• Sheppard Mullin, Bryan Cave, LLP, Day Jones must be deemed a class of their own - law firms that were large, or very large, and were deeply involved in criminalities.
• Some small offices,that appeared specialized in criminalities - Pasternak, Pasternak, Patton, and Joshua L Rosen.

Bryan Cave, LLP -

• I forwarded routinely notices to the St Louis home base of Bryan Cave, LLP, to make sure that they were fully aware of what was taking place in LA, under Office Managing Partner Jeff Modisett, former State of Indiana Attorney General, White Collar Crime Expert.
• In one of the times, I was informed that the matter was reviewed by the central Risk Reduction Committee of Bryan Cave, LLP.
• There is no way that the predicated acts of racketeering escaped their attention:
• Numerous appearances over 2.5 years:
• "Non-Party" false self designation;
• Shifting designations by court;
• Being deliberately unauthorized to appear by the client;
• Most likely also with a "no communication with client" clause - as detailed in Texas by Judge Jeff Bohm;
• Engaging in obstructionist enforcement of a fictitious, non-existent Protective/Restraining Order;
• Generating false,void, not voidable Judgments of Contempt,
• Generating false, void, not voidable Serious Sanctions, exceeding $30,000.
• Gemeratomg Threats of Jailing.
• Monetary transactions with Atty David Pasternak - which must be deemed Money Laundering.
• Therefore, since the appearances continued, one must conclude that the Risk Reduction Committee concluded that the risk was low, or insignificant of engaging in such conduct in the LA court.
• I fully agree with their assessment - it appeared as business as usual for all involved.
• Anecdotal details for color:
• - Jeff Modisett LA Office Manager, former State of Indiana Attorney General, White Collar Crime Expert, was quoted in an interview as stating:
• - John Amberg, the senior attorney assigned to the case, was former Chair, Ethics and Professional Responsibilities Committee, LA County Bar Association.
• - Jenna Moldawsky - a novice, was assigned to the case almost straight out of Law School, UCLA

Sheppard Mullin

Mohammad Keshavarzi

Day Jones

Rhonda Walker

Ezer

Joshua L Rosen

Kevin McCormick

Sullivan Workman and Dee

Zachary Schorr

• Some were probably motivated by greed, others by fear.
• It was clear that Judge Jacqueline Connor was known for intimidating and threatening attorneys to coerce their cooperation against clients.
• It was clear that the LA judges operated as a group, and were advertised as retaliatory, as seen in the cases of Steve Yagman and Richard Fine.
• For that reason, I should not list here the few attorney who stood out in their conduct that was brave and honest.
• The corruption of the legal profession was deep in Los Angeles County, and entirely distorted the practice of law.
• Anecdotal details for color:
• - Mohammad Keshavarzi, an Associate at Sheppard Mullin, was no doubt acting out of enthusiastic conviction and commitment to the creed.
• - Charles Cummings, Managing Partner at Sullivan Workman & Dee, my first attorney, colluded with Judge Connor, but was coerced I believe.
• - In one of the first communications in November 2006, Atty Keshavarzi sent me an email, copied to Atty Cummings, reprimanding me for interfering in his excellent working relationship with Atty Cummings. Such comment was facetious, but also condescending coming from a young associate to a managing partner in a well established law firm.
• - In my first or second note to Atty Keshavarzi, in November 2006, clueless as I was, I stated that after reeading his papers for the first time, I realized that I had had no idea how crafty he was. He responded - I take that as a compliment.

Judges

• Large number of judges seem to be routinely involved in such cases.
• I surely do not have the data regarding fund transfers - if any. However, it is easy to make some logical inferences.
• It was the judges who held the ultimate control for the conduct of these cases
• These cases tended to drag much longer than the average.
• Therefore, it was likely that the judges as well, benefited from protracting the cases as long as possible.
• For that to happen, the most likely way that such benefits would be conferred is through the attorneys in the case.
• Not all judges could be viewed as falling in the same basket: Judge Jacqueline Connor was a class of her own
• What was striking was the number of judges that eagerly jumped to pitch in.
• Judge Lisa Hart-Cole, whom I saw on December 7, 2007, for about 2 hours total, on one day, most of it just waiting, managed in that short time period to engage in numerous acts of willful misconduct, eagerly.
• Judge Patricia Collins, whom I saw the same morning for about an hour, engaged in extreme abuse of the law and her office, with total indifference. The only thing she cared about was not being late for lunch.
• Some 10-12 judges were involved in my case, only one refused to collude - Joseph Biderman.
• Given that ratio of 10:1, and the fact that both Supervising and Presiding Judges were involved, I differ with the laudable Blue Ribbon Review Panel Report (2006) , which described in LA County justice system "a sub-cult of criminality tolerated in the ranks."
• In 2006 it was already "a dominant cult of criminality."

Clerks

• A large number of clerks were involved in these cases. From the lowest level clerks in the public intake room, like Bryan, who was instructed to hide from me the "Volume IV Continued" in Samaan v Zernik where the "Non -Party" Countrywide/Bank of America Corporation papers were hidden, and all they way up, to Clerk of the Court John Clarke.
• They cannot be all clustered as one group.
• John Clarke must be deemed a Central Figure in the LA-JR, and must be separately investigated to figure out hie role and benefits.
• The lowest level Clerk Office staff, probably had to collude, just to keep their jobs, or be promoted.

Barn Raising Square -

"This case should demonstrate that the FBI will pursue all allegations of judicial corruption vigorously, as public corruption violations are among the most serious of all criminal conduct and can tear at the fabric of a democratic society," said John F. Pikus, special agent in charge of the Albany division, in a prepared statement.