Reporting Corrupt Cook County Judges
First you should go to the presiding judge of the division or Courthouse. Call their office and ask how to write a complaint. Many will have forms for you to fill out (they have these at the minicipal courthouses).
Then you can look up the Judicial Inquiry Board and obtain their form on line. http://www.state.il.us/jib/documents/ComplaintForm.pdf You can fill that out also. This is an exercise in futility however. The JIB is a black hole that ignores and covers up judicial corruption.
Finally you can e-mail me at picepil@aol.com with the details and your contact info. I will keep contact info confidential if you state you wish it so. I need to contact you to confirm the information. Give me the case number so I can look up the court case, docket, and pleadings. I will post the information about the judge’s corruption on this web site.
my neighbor is currently litigating forcible entry and detainer action 10 M1-716218, in cook county, and have judge Garber presiding. But, here is the rub: the 10 M1-716218 court lacks subject matter jurisdiction in this cause as a result of the “termination” notice identifying
William A. Dupree
December 17, 2010 at 7:48 pm
Thank you for doing this blog! As victims of this sick system we don’t know what to do as we know they will retaliate if we try to make anything public.
You are brave and deserve everyone’s support!
John Hanson
September 11, 2011 at 7:44 am
You should write about this story. Apparently Chicago judges harassed a man for 20 years over child support in a case where they knew he was the father. ……..
……….Man hounded for child support for 20 years, but it’s not his kid
By The Chicago Local | Local Chicago – Thu, Sep 15, 2011….tweet41Share2EmailPrint…..CBS Chicago
He says he’s not the father and he’s got proof. A South Side man is back in court Thursday morning trying to convince the state to leave him alone. He’s been in and out of courts for 21 years.
Even the mother of the child says the baby’s not his. CBS2′s Dorothy Tucker takes a look at why the state won’t listen.
“This is not my kid,” said Sean Harbin — and he has the paternity tests to prove he’s not the biological father.
“I’ve had suicidal thoughts, really, about this ordeal, because it’s like every time I try to get on track this comes up,” Harbin said.
He got off track in 1991, when he was ordered to pay $70 a week for a child he initially thought he might have fathered. But when he began to have doubts, he stopped paying. Then the state garnished his wages and kept his income tax refund check — taking more than $3,000.
That’s when Sean started fighting the custody case and in 2001, he was “excluded from paternity.”
“I thought it was over. I just knew it was over,” Harbin said.
But it was far from over. The state kept sending Harbin bills and he kept going to court, filing motion after motion, trying to tell the courts he wasn’t the father. He represented himself because he couldn’t afford an attorney.
“Sean’s biggest mistake was not knowing what petition to ask for,” said an unidentified caseworker from Division of Child Support Services.
“When the genetic test came back, all he had was the results. He never had the order to end the support or vacate the order,” the caseworker said.
In 2006, court papers show that the mother of the child even came to court and admitted that Harbin wasn’t the father, so the state forgave some $40,000 in back payments.
But Harbin still needed to file the correct papers to dismiss the case and he said he found little direction from the courts.
“I’m trying to figure out what do I have to say to them, ‘what motion?’” Harbin said.
In 2009, the state suspended Harbin’s driver’s license. He found that out two months ago.
After CBS 2 made some phone calls, representatives from Child Support Services and the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office said they’ll look into the Harbin’s case and take appropriate action
Seven family court judges were involved including:
Drelly Savage
Fe Fernandez
Kathleen G. Kennedy
They could’ve stopped this at any time but didn’t and instead mocked this guy because he couldn’t afford an attorney. These people need to be shamed.
Eduardo Martinez
September 17, 2011 at 9:56 am
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Linda Shelton
September 17, 2011 at 11:28 am
God Bless You!!!!!
Greg Crawford
October 18, 2011 at 5:08 pm
Judge Patrick Murphy gives visitation, followed by custody to mentally ill father who admitted to not taking his medication. Children were sexually abused over a 2 year period by father. We were in court from 2006-2011 spent over 30,000 trying to protect children. Judged threatened mother, screamed at her from bench, laughed at her and said maybe she has munchausin by proxy. Judge and public guardian scheduled court dates to benefit public guardian so she would be closer to home when court was finished. And they went to lunch together. Because they worked together before he became a judge. The judge never even read the medical records, police reports. Our family was terrorized over a 5 year stretch with decisions this judge made. FINALLY FBI and united states attorney came to court and made the judge keep him away from children. Then and only then did the judge give the kids back. Father pead guilty and federal court for child porn. My issue is our kids are safe now, but if he is making these kind of decisions, is he mentally fit to be a judge? would you want your life or the life of your loved one in his hands? what about foster kids that say they are being abused does he laugh at them too? I think his arrogant, mean, irritated attitude is cause for serious concern. How do I file a formal complaint? against the judge the public guardian?
diana
December 20, 2011 at 11:37 am
You should file a complaint with the Judicial Inquiry Board – go to their web site at: http://www2.illinois.gov/jib/Pages/default.aspx
As to the Public Guardian: File complaints with the Cook County Inspector General and write to the Cook County Board President Tony Preckwinckle and Chief Judge of the Courts Timothy Evans at:
Inspector General of Cook County – http://www.co.cook.il.us/portal/server.pt/community/inspector_general/302
Cook County Board President Tony Preckwinkle
118 N. Clark Street Room 537
Chicago, IL 60602
Phone: (312) 603-6400
Fax: (312) 443-4397
Chief Judge Timothy Evans
Cook County Courts
50 W. Washington Rm 2600
Chicago, IL 60602
Linda Shelton
December 20, 2011 at 1:14 pm
thank you I will do that. when you say have an outline, what do you mean? from the beginning? or just the big things? He did not even order child support until 2009, never got any back child support, and only got one year of 50 dollars a week for 2 kids. yet made us jump though hoops and go through inspections, interviews repeatedly. also said the father was not mentally ill “because he knows what mentally ill people are like” while he held the medical records in his hand!
diana
December 20, 2011 at 7:58 pm
Chief Justice Evans claims to simply be an ‘administrative’ Judge having no ‘power’ over an out of control Judge-in the face of facts and witnesses.
Judge Dickler, presiding Judge of the domestic division claims the same
So whose in charge?
Nobody
The Judicial Inquiry board gets approx 450 complaints per year-they last took a Judge off the bench 14 years ago…you do the math
The Cook county courts are completely out of control and yet we fund them over 100 million a year!
If there are any males who are to appear before associate Judge Jeanne Reynolds…RUN dont walk and file a motion for substituiton by right-you can not win no matter what law or statue says you can-she ignores them
She is a vigilante and a man stands NO chance before her-ask any attorney-they all know of her and her personal agenda and bias and they ‘flock’ from her court room (their words) Its amazing that so many can talk of her perpetual abuses and yet, nobody lifts a finger to stop it
She sits on womens rights boards and is herself divorced and I’m guessing she’s paying back every man out there for her own male problems
I can only urge everyone of you to make sure you spread the word to NOT retain a single Judge in the next election-not a single one
To date there has never been a Judge NOT retained in cook county and thats by design as they know the public cant name even 2 of them and so they installed a Retain ALL button and you all push it (there is not a Retain NONE button)
Imagine a retain all button for congress
Wake up…… these self appointed deities are simply out of control-oh and take a look at your cook county tax bill
Join Me
January 3, 2012 at 11:52 pm
Judge Haracz and Judge Mathein are also useless trash who pervasively violate constitutional due process rights and laws. Ask for SOJ as a right immediately if you get one of them.
United we stand, divided we fall. Its time to stand up, fight back with appeals, motions for supervisory orders to the IL Supreme Court, and 1983 federal complaints for injunctions against these judges.
All of us should put our cases on the Internet in great detail and link to scanned in documents and legal pleadings. I will post other’s cases here if you give me permission, a timeline and the evidence to scan in and link to.
We have just begun to fight!
Linda Shelton
January 4, 2012 at 2:04 am
I know Dickler and Reynold’s and Mathein very well.
I have a complaint against Reynold’s with the judiciary board.
I’ll wait and see what happens.
How can I confirm Reynold’s sits on women’s rights board’s??
greg
January 6, 2012 at 10:12 am
Illinois does not even have Child Visitation Guidelines!!!! President Obama was, thru letter, and emails made aware of this during a recent divorce with and under Judge Mathein! The child rep was sent to the Ethics Committee for non ethical practices(and absolved); Good luck to you! Without a national new story ie 60 minutes etc afraid you are spinning (regrettably) your wheels but wish you the best of efforts in an area of gross negligence. Thie state of Illinois is or thinks itself to be “outside constitutional”standards and there is no relief, sadly.
Jo Mysliwiec
February 14, 2012 at 11:05 am
My complaint is about judge Elizabeth lorado Rivera and judge nancy j Katz of the domestic division. Judge Rivera and judge Katz seems to think they are above the law with their rulings when it comes to state statutes
judge Rivera did her back room dealings with attorneys who also was an advocate for domestic violence, judge Katz denied every motion filed by my attorney who would nit do anything I asked him to do, so I fired him and went pro se, I started getting a lot of evidence gathered I filed motion after motion which she denied. She has been a feminist from day one she is the same judge that said in open court ” good for her” when a male before her in court that said he beat his wife because she was a lesbian. Everything she did in life was being an advocate for women and gays as she is the first outed lesbian in the court system, and as late as nov. 6 2011 she spoke on law and women divorcing. Having her on the bench is like having the wolf watching the hen house. It got to the point in July 2011 I went to the us attorneys office to file a complaint of her being biased,my spouse has lied from the beginning starting with the police, I had gotten a police report and in the report she got caught in a lie and stated she would keep calling police till they arrest me. She had committed perjury and obstruction of justice and numerous other felony’s after I tried to file motions to protect assets. Over the weekend, going thru old papers I found an old statement proving an account that was a guardian under the wifes name and sons name, she left a paper trail and I know the judge will deny any motions I file just by her track record. I will be filing a motion to remove her from my case. I feel sorry for any males who have to go before any judges in the domestic division in cook county. My wifes antics has landed me in the hospital 12 times I. The last two years, but I vowed to take this to the end even if it kills me, which it has almost did already. There is a terrible injustice being done every day in Cook county.
Laurence B Panek
April 9, 2012 at 8:27 pm
The family courts are a disaster. The judges don’t know the law and don’t follow it. Decisions are made on hearsay. Due process is denied. Child reps and Guardian ad litems are allowed to practice mental health care (diagnosis and decide “treatment”) without a license. Children are harmed on a daily basis by this disaster. We need legislative hearings that are serious and not a joke. We need the child rep law to be stricken and evaluation of family situations and mental health to be done by professionals not lawyers who drag out cases to enrich themselves and who falsely villify parents in order to make more money.
Linda Shelton
April 11, 2012 at 12:13 am
I agree with you! although our judge was patrick murphey and our guardian was colleen litman it sounds exactly the same. which resulted in my grandkids getting molested for 2 years right under their noses while we were telling them all along! And the case ended when the us attorney came to court made the judge give the kids back to their mother he did NOTHING but try to protect her children! then the father plead guilty and is going to prison for 25 years to life! the judge was wrong the guardian was wrong they were manipulated by a child molestor and fell for it! who paid the price? children! judge and guardian went on with their lives like nothing happened!
diana
April 11, 2012 at 8:57 am
Judge Patrick Murphy is the former Cook County Public Guardian and he was essentially the director of a corrupt agency that takes elder’s estates, kidnaps the elder and confines them to an inferior cheap nursing home, assigns and then rapes the estate of the elderly person, often preventing family members from having any say so. He took so many children from their parents under false pretenses and put the kids in foster care where they were often used for slaves to the foster parent and for a money making venture as they get so much per month. As a pediatrician I saw very elderly foster mothers who could barely lift the babies out of the stroller and I had to help; they could not run after the toddlers; or they used the kids as slaves to cook, clean and do everything in the house. I saw foster kids who had been raped, thrown down stairs and had their hips broken, were neglected, starved, and abused in every sort of way. Murphy is a scumbag. He even would serve as a smokescreen to cover-up corruption at DCFS by making some big pronouncement so that the media would cover his agency and be distracted every time DCFS had a disaster that needed to be in the news such as when a child died in DCFS custody. Judge Murphy routinely violates the law, especially the law about Interim orders of protection. The law states that the orders are null and void and the case is terminated 31 days after the Interim Order of Protection is issued unless prior to 31 days a motion for an order renewing this order is made and heard “for good cause”. Judge Murphy routinely issues Interim orders of protection for more than 30 days which makes his orders (due to this statutory violation) null and void. The Illinois Appellate and Illinois Supreme Courts have refused thus far to overturn his orders on appeal and action is now being sent to the U.S. Supreme Court. IF YOU HAD ANY INTERIM ORDER OF PROTECTION THAT WAS ALLOWED ILLEGALLY TO BE VALID FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS PLEASE CONTACT US – THIS MAKES ALL ORDERS BASED ON THAT ORDER OF PROTECTION AFTER IT WAS TERMINATED ON ITS FACE AT 31 DAYS VOID.
Linda Shelton
April 11, 2012 at 10:32 am
scumbag is the nicest thing I can say about patrick murphey….. we did have an order of protection to protect the kids but he threw it out because it happened on a week end and we went to police who told us to go to markham to get before a judge to get the order…..murphey said…. we went to court on the week end to try to bypass him! NO we went on the week end because my 4 year old grandson was MOLESTED on the weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!
I want to follow up on all of this I will protest, testify, provide documentation but I dont know where to start. I was told to file a complaint but that it would not do any good so not sure what I am going to do. right now I am preparing the vicim impact statement to be read at sentencing hearing hopefully in may.. this all started in 2006 for us and he took kids 07-09 in 09 father was arrested and charged (with everything we told them he was doing all along) he pled guilty in jan of 10 and is still living with his mother under house arrest and has not spent one day in jail YET!
diana
April 11, 2012 at 11:01 am
First go to the “judicial inquiry board” on line and get their form and make a formal complaint against Murphy and send a copy to the Presiding Judge of the courthouse at Bridgeview where Murphy is, as well as to Judge Evans – rm 2600 at Daley Center (Chief Judge of Circuit Court of Cook County).
Write down what happened in a bullet point list blow by blow and send it to me and tell me if you want it published anonymously (your name and child’s name changed to Jack and Jill, etc – pseudo-names – and agree to let me write it up for a formal friend of the court brief (amicus brief) to be attached to a complaint another victim is making with the U.S. Supreme Court
I will need proof of what happened – transcripts or affidavits written by you as to what was said in court by murphy and case number so I can get docket and copy of his orders
You may want to file a Motion for Supervisory Order with Illinois Supreme Court against Murphy – or you may want to file a complaint for injunction against Murphy in the Federal District Court depending upon the details of your case – I may refer the bullet point list to one of the members of govabuse.com or Stop Illinois Corruption or JustUS4justice, or other organizations that are networking for assistance, etc.
Send bullet point list and your answer to picepil@aol.com
Linda Shelton
April 12, 2012 at 12:49 am
Don’t forget to put dates and places (judge and courtroom) on each entry on bullet point list, or name of people involved and where it took place
Linda Shelton
April 12, 2012 at 12:49 am
thank you so much these are things I can and will do! it is like we have been stuck and not knowing exactly what to do that will be effective! We cannot change what happened to us but I think of other kids that are going through that courtrrom now and decisions being made on there behalf deserve justice! And they deserve to be protected! thank you again diana
diana
April 12, 2012 at 9:54 am
Leida J Santiago Daley Center Court room 1608
I filed a Substitution of Judge motion against Leida J Santiago room 1608 Dlaey Center, January 18, 2011 and it was denied because as long as they are in a court room a judge can do pretty much whatever they want. Judicial discretion. I have to appeal, my only viable option after all is over for abuse of discretion. (based on a Supreme Court ruling where the judge wasn’t guilty of bias even when he told 2 ethnic defendants (whether Italian or German descent) that he had to fight every fiber in his body not to find the “heathen” defendants guilty by their heritage…”Only in America, right??
Santiago is inept as a jurist and takes her cues from one lawyer in the court room and sticks with that lawyers opinion whether she is right or wrong. Some gems from Santiago- “I don’t think you can be guilty of perjury in a divorce case” whether it being lying in responses, motions, testimony(Supreme Court Rule137 and perjury rules Section 5/1-109 notwithstanding)” If you have a problem with that take it up with the legislature”, “I don’t think a licensed lawyer would jeopardize her license by lying to me so I believe opposing counsel” (despite being presented with incontrovertible facts and transcripts to support but no evidence from the guilty party other than “her word”) and the list goes on. Oh and she also has left at least 5 or 6 motions for 137 Sanctions for lying to the Court, hiding assets, violating IMDMA 501, Court orders etc pending for over at least 16 months and up to 19 months against my wife and her counsel while allowing their motions to be heard right away. Several of those potions were scathing indictments of Donheny’s lack of looking out for the children’s best interests as the court claimed when she was appointed.
My children’s rep, Mary Doheny, in my opinion based on my 4+ years of experience, is not protecting my children at all despite being appointed by the court over 4 years ago. I believe she has misrepresented and/or blatantly lied to the Court to cover her inept handling and bias and prejudice in my wife’s favor. She has allowed my kids to live under constant threat of physical violence and has done nothing. In divorce court she tells the Court mom has found a significant other and is happy. In domestic violence court it is another story they issue a NO STALKING, NO CONTACT ORDER against my exes significant other for threats and continual harassment of me and my 17/18 year old son. The IARDC just sent me a response regarding my complaint against the child rep, Mary Doheny, saying that I wasn’t her client so I can’t complain against her just because I don’t agree with how she represented my children. She has refused to do anything against my wife at the time for anything for example: breaking several doors in my house in front of the kids including breaking down my sons bedroom door and allowing her then married boyfriend to verbally assault, physically threaten and taunt my son for the third or fourth time. Policed reports filed. Text message harassment, phone harrassment etc. All documented. My complaint was over 3 inches thick of transcripts of misrepresentations to the court. I will keep up the fight for my children. They are subjected to alienation and custodial intereference.
My legal funds have been long depleted and I have proceeded as a pro-se litigant. All that have I read here has been happening in my case as well. I also have transcripts to back up. Needless to say it was only after the attorneys left that a court reporter was employed. The attorneys would have none of it.
My child representative, on information and believe, is in the law firm of David wessel & Mary doheny.
If I can be of any help to anyone to stop this bs that we call Family Court let me know how. It must be stopped.
btw I was represented by Jeffrey Levings office, fathers rights at one time. I will never recommend them to anyone based on my opinion of what they did in my case.
Jeff Gertie
April 29, 2012 at 3:50 pm
If I was in your situation, I would file a complaint to the Judicial Inquiry Board (get the form from their web site), a complaint to the Attorey Regulatory and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) – again get the form from their web site, a federal 1983 complaint for injunction to order David Wessel to return ill-gotten gains (his fees – since he almost never submits the statutorily required section 506 every 90 day detailed invoices and the judges then order him paid, even though his failure to comply with statutes makes any judge’s order void if they grant his request for fees. There are several other things you might do that others are doing – perhaps keep up with the web site http://prosechicago.wordpress.com – more will be posted there over the next few months.
Sadly, your situation is the norm and judges like David Haracz, Veronica Mathein, and your judge simply abdicate their judicial authority (perhaps so they don’t have to read at home and can leave early to play golf, etc.,) and simply rubber stamp whatever the child reps tell them to do. The child reps run the courtrooms, drag out cases, charge whatever they want (the Illinois State Bar Association [ISBA] testified in Springfield a few months ago that $300 per hr was not sufficient income to pay their overhead and make a proper salary,) and villify one parent so there is an excuse to keep them on and force payment of other court appointed visitation supervisor and mental heatlh examiners and therapists. QUITE a RACKET – Aye!
Linda Shelton
April 29, 2012 at 9:09 pm
You are right! The court system is BS
they have all violated my rights under constituitional law, dissolution of marriage act, domestic violence act, as well as the persons with disabilities act.
I grew up in a very politcal family, and will fight it to the very end,it almost killed me once.
The law states DUE DILIGENCE!!!
Which is what I have been doing by Pro Se.
The supreme court with their no jury trial in domestic, leaves the WOLF guarding the HENHOUSE!!!
You have to go before the same judge
Laurence B Panek
April 29, 2012 at 9:48 pm
Thank you. I did file a 3 inch think complaint on Doheny for starters and the IARDC said they wouldn’t proceed because I wasn’t her client. I have 3 times as much information extra. Its amazing they keep forgeting that I have a court reporter there because they talk as if no one is listening/recording. I plan on calling IARDC tomorrow and setting them straight that I filed on my sons and other children’s behalf. If that doesnt work he will file the complaint.
Santiagos judicial complaint is next but I still have to prepare for my divorce trial may 17.
Thanks for this site. I just found it today and it is very helpful. The IARDC made all kinds of big claims of how they will investigate the attorney but then dropped the matter almost immediately. My guess is they think I am stupid and will take no for an answer. Not hardly.
What a mess the family court is in! The judge was told by opposing counsel and then there was nothing I could do about my exes bf harassing and threatening me because he isn’t a party in the divorce even though IMDMA 501.1 says once the divorce is filed no party, or their agents or employees can harass , intimidate, the other party. Blacks Law Dictionary defines an agent as anyone authorized to act on behalf or for another person.
Is there any judges there that you have found may still be reasonable judges? because I or my previous attorneys have appeared before Katz and Haracz and many of the above mentioned others and Johnson who supposedly is no longer in Divorce court. Some seemed ok but looks can be deceiving. My case has dragged on for over 5 years.
Thanks again. I will. Any ideas I am listening.
Jeff Gertie
April 29, 2012 at 11:54 pm
BTW may 17 is russian roulette for my trial. I appear before Judge LaQuietta Hardy and she will ship us off to be assigned to another judge for trial and at least 7 (inc. my 18 month old) outstanding motions. Santiago quit December 19, 2011 when I filed an Emergency Motion when my ex abducted my kids when I dropped them off at school while they were in my custody and took them across state lines to Florida. She gave me false and misleading information so I wouldn’t be able to stop her from taking them. The child’s rep told me “I don’t think she kidnapped them I think I have an email that they were going to florida.”
Jeff Gertie
April 30, 2012 at 12:05 am
Katz is a lesbian feminist judge and Has been all her life
she taught ethics at John Marshall law school
you would think she would know better
according to dept of justices website judges pacify pro se litigants because mist pro se file numerous motions
every thing I have done is to get everything as a matter of record not because pissed
as far as I know this is still AMERICA and we still have rights
as a citizen of this country, I demand to be heard all the way up to the US supreme court, my judge should not be in the position to decide peoples future, as she is biased
I’ve decided about two years ago that I would lose in domestic
but I plan to file an appeal and up to the supreme court if I have to
all I have been doing is setting ground work fir an appeal, a civil suit against my wife and maybe a federal injunction to stop my judge from setting at trial
To remove the judge, you have to go before the same judge you want to remove
where is the justice in that
they try to make it so hard that you give up
well they picked the wrong guy for that
they call me pitbull and you know what they say about them
my family is friends with federal judge James Zagel and former Gov James Thompson and
my brother in law was a union boss and will use them if I have to after I’ve tried the due diligence
so you see I WILL BE HEARD!!
Laurence B Panek
April 30, 2012 at 2:07 am
I would talk to Jim Thompson and he will likely fix things. You will NOT get justice because most of your pleadings will be dismissed for technical violations. This is how it works. They won’t let you interrupt their money stream. The state gets about $4600 per case that they are supposed to use to keep families intact, visitation, promoting best interest of child, etc. etc, but it goes in judge’s pensions and to pay for court appointed people and the clerk’s office, etc. Jim Thompson is one of the people directly the attacks against me. A politician looked into this for me, verified it, but obviously won’t testify. I am sending you the case law for substitution of judge. I will be happy to send you copies of successful pleadings by others so you have an idea what people file. I am NOT a lawyer so I cannot give legal advice and Jim Thompson will send his people to prosecute me for practicing law without a license if I give legal advice, but we all can go to court and look up other people’s files and immitate what the lawyers write in their pleadings and subpoenas, etc. You can do this in federal court too. I can give you names of people to ask for their files to examine them as they are all public record. Jim Thompson’s Illinois set up the corrupt system of child reps, etc. The laws were passed in 1990 and he is still running the state! If you heard of Robin Hood, then you’ve heard of Jim Thompson. He’s the “bad kind” and Dart (Sheahan) is his Sheriff of Nottingham, Alvarez (Devine) is his high cardinalo executioner who violates the law and covers things up, and his inherited lordships include the Madigans, the Daleys, the Burkes, the Beavers, the Jones, etc. Get the picture?
Linda Shelton
April 30, 2012 at 6:32 am
Unless you call yourself a attorney, or charge for legal advice, you can be considered a Para legal and draw up motions etc, there is no legal requirement to be licensed
do it on a pro Bono basis
that’s what I plan on doing
Help people
any case law you can give me would help
I’m planning on starting a court watch group
and maybe even going through older cases and find out what percentage were male and female in the final judgement who got the better deal
Laurence B Panek
April 30, 2012 at 6:57 am
I am so sorry to hear about your case. We too were drained of every resource we had and still stand to lose our home. The judge patrick murphy and child rep colleen littman worked together previously and it was their show! They even went to lunch together after our court dates which were scheduled to accommodate the child rep. So on fridays it was like she got off early because she did not have to go back downtown and she could get home to her child early, while she lte my grandchildren get molested by their mentally ill (documented) father! Sorry I have no advice for you to make it better. But I feel your pain!
diana
April 30, 2012 at 9:20 am
There is a court watch group that recently started and even went to Judge Evans and Dorothy Brown and got their blessing! I will send your email address to them and maybe they will contact you.
Linda Shelton
May 1, 2012 at 1:10 am
It’s a sad world we live in!
Laurence B Panek
May 1, 2012 at 1:40 am
Thank You
Laurence B Panek
May 1, 2012 at 1:45 am