oh good grief - immunize california's judges from legal action? about "every judge" i used to work with at several WCAB's was "crooked as hell" (and you can quote me) inre the then state wide-civil service pension scam that was sponsored by STATE FUND, a rogue california state agency. these unelected judges of california OPENLY allowed the cities, counties and state agencies like the CHP to abuse workers compensation life pensions for tax shelters they didn't deserve. these judges literally aided and abetted he looting of billions from those who actually deserved the benefits yet were told no, the money isn't there.
the reason the money isn't there is that many of the JUDGE$ of california sold out. sure, give them immunity from prosecution, they get away with murder as it is, right judge david lauerman? judge david butler?
http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/03/26/45004.htm
Lawyer Sues for Right to Sue Judges
By JAMIE ROSS
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SACRAMENTO (CN) - A law office claims in a federal class action that a section of a bill proposed in a state Senate bill unconstitutionally prohibits citizens from taking legal action against judges.
Lead plaintiff Nina Ringgold, filing for herself and on behalf of her clients, claims that Section 5 of Senate Bill X2 11, which was filed in February, "purports to grant retroactive immunity notwithstanding the United States Constitution or federal law, and in disregard of whether the relief sought by the aggrieved person is under the United States Constitution or federal law, and it purports to amend or revise the California Constitution without the required constitutional procedures."
Ringgold claims there is a "constitutional conflict and dispute between state and local agencies and the Commission on Judicial Performance, which prohibit the plaintiffs and citizens of the State of California from taking action to preserve their legal and constitutional rights."
She claims that the "fact that the proceedings are being conducted without a valid or authorized judicial function in accord with the California Constitution should be disclosed to the litigants and they should be afforded an opportunity to decline to participate in the unconstitutional condition. Currently the courts where supplemental payment by the county without constitutional authority leads to a private organization housed in facilities owned and operated by the state. It would be one thing if this was a theoretical exercise, however, citizens who have been forced to participate in this unconstitutional enterprise (without disclosure) have been deprived of equal protection, due process, and fair proceedings consistent with the law."
Ringgold claims there have been an "overwhelming number of grievances arising in the probate department and other areas. This is not just about budget matters but rather involve existing and severe constitutional structural problems. The probate department of the County of Los Angeles has a direct economic stake in the operation of the probate department (including through attorney fees, estate administration fees by the County Public Administrator (not an elected official), and other fees.
Ringgold and co-plaintiff Justin Ringgold-Lockhart, her adult son and a client of her office, say they "have a constitutionally protected legal and property interest in the persons designated as owning the intangible property right in the power of appointment and discretion in a private family trust."
They claim the state Senate bill "is being applied as a penalty for raising legitimate grievances concerning discrimination and operation of the Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles, concerning the discriminatory operation of the probate department, and to impair Ringgold's ability to practice her profession."
Ringgold's complaint states that both she and her son are African-American.
The complaint states: "Through a nonappealable order the Los Angeles Superior Court appointed a trustee without bond who is liquidating a private family trust. The primary unencumbered and revenue generating real estate assets of the trust were sold in one of the worst real estate markets in United States history. While and [sic] the named trustee and counsel of record, plaintiff Ringgold used proper procedures to attempt to prevent the adverse sale she was determined to be a vexatious litigant in the first instance in the California Court of Appeal [sic]. The determination was made when no motion was ever filed in the state trial court in accord with the statutory due process procedures mandated by statute and it was made in the first instance in the appellate court to a named trustee and counsel of record when there would be no opportunity for appellate review."
Ringgold claims it is unconstitutional for a "single justice of the state appellate court to render a determination of whether an appeal has merit and has been filed for purposes of harassment or delay when no statutory due process motion has been filed."
Ringgold claims that after she "encountered a medical emergency and although acting as counsel of record, in order to penalize Ringgold for exercising her First Amendment rights and limit the legal issues which could be raised by clients of the Law Office, the court imposed a pre-filing requirement ... in order to seek an accommodation for disability." In cases that she was counsel of record, her clients "have been required to obtain court approval to file pleadings in pending litigation," the lawsuit claims.
Ringgold sued Gov. Jerry Brown, Attorney General Kamala Harris, the Commission on Judicial Performance of the State of California, and State Auditor Elaine Howle.
She seeks to "establish a grievance procedure (including with respect to ADA requests, civil appeals, court reporter's department, an other matters), and method of monitoring and that the procedure be transparent to allow input from the public." She also seeks a special investigation into the Los Angeles County Superior Court probate department, and a "performance, financial, and investigative audit of the courts impacted by self-effectuating resignations."
Ringgold, of Northridge, filed the case pro se.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Putting a Face on White Collar Crime in California: Thomas J. Butts, Attorney at Law
Putting a Face on White Collar Crime in California:
Thomas J. Butts, Attorney at Law\chief moral coward and legal relativist of Butts and Johnson, Attorneys at Law in San Jose.
After working with hundreds of attorneys over the years, I can honestly say that he is the most dishonest attorney that to date, I ever met or worked with.
Tom is also Past President of the California Bar Association, Oath-breakers and Fraud Sub-Section often referred to as: Applicant Attorney's Association.
Tom was my attorney for over 20 years, and despite my entreaties to obey his oath and follow the law and aide me openly like his oath demanded - instead, he openly (for personal gain and profit and to avoid jail himself) allowed White Collar Crime to "go un-noticed" on his watch as my personal attorney whom I fired 4 times yet took back after his groveling and promising to "do it right - I promise!"
Gosh was that my mistake, trusting Thomas J. Butts to honor his oath, his given word - and his hand, also given and taken - in trust... (the sound of me spitting).
Yep, he surely did do that and not only broke his oath, he shattered it openly and PROUDLY to make a buck and to keep a dishonest system of law intact so all the other attorneys he knew and conspired with could also get rich while avoiding jail for doing it illegally.
He allowed Chief's Disease - pensions spiking via illegal worker's compensation claims by the law enforcement groups of California - to loot the state, literally, and of billions of dollars, not just thousands, not even merely millions but billions - and all on his watch.
He allowed my managers at State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF, State Fund) to loot the state via illegal worker's comp claims that he could not and would not report due to a HUGE conflict of interest in his (and many others) wanting to break the law to get rich. Why, he was so political, he even parlayed the information he obtained as part of his pretending to represent me from me in confidence to "advance" politically and socially among the ranks of attorneys to become President of the Applicant Attorneys Association, subsection Oath-Breakers and Fraud unit.
Hey but he ain't much worse than one of his partners who one of my P.I.'s caught on film, it was his own film noir, call it "riding bareback, or in the saddle again."
My boss Robert Quaid simply laughed when I suggested we report the attorney for ethics violations (and for filing a fraudulent case just to get laid). He only kept the film and report in case he wanted to blackmail that attorney someday - that's how it worked in Civil Service where I worked - although I guess it wasn't really very civil now, was it?
When I confronted Tom and his partner about criminal activity against their oaths, one never spoke to me again over catching him "in flagrant delicto" (and from all reports, lapping it up).
Thomas J. Butts was so dishonest, he allowed the evil managers at the San Jose Office of State Fund to abuse me physically and emotionally on the job simply for trying to OBEY OATHS, NOT BREAK THEM and he even allowed attempted murder on my person by those sent after me by an attorney now a sitting San Jose WCAB Judge.
Who says crime doesn't pay - as long as it is "only" White Collar Crime, or you work with Thomas J. Butts, it sure as hell does.
Thomas J. Butts, to whom an oath is "less than the sound that comes from a bell, tolling..."
Thomas J. Butts, Attorney at Law\chief moral coward and legal relativist of Butts and Johnson, Attorneys at Law in San Jose.
After working with hundreds of attorneys over the years, I can honestly say that he is the most dishonest attorney that to date, I ever met or worked with.
Tom is also Past President of the California Bar Association, Oath-breakers and Fraud Sub-Section often referred to as: Applicant Attorney's Association.
Tom was my attorney for over 20 years, and despite my entreaties to obey his oath and follow the law and aide me openly like his oath demanded - instead, he openly (for personal gain and profit and to avoid jail himself) allowed White Collar Crime to "go un-noticed" on his watch as my personal attorney whom I fired 4 times yet took back after his groveling and promising to "do it right - I promise!"
Gosh was that my mistake, trusting Thomas J. Butts to honor his oath, his given word - and his hand, also given and taken - in trust... (the sound of me spitting).
Yep, he surely did do that and not only broke his oath, he shattered it openly and PROUDLY to make a buck and to keep a dishonest system of law intact so all the other attorneys he knew and conspired with could also get rich while avoiding jail for doing it illegally.
He allowed Chief's Disease - pensions spiking via illegal worker's compensation claims by the law enforcement groups of California - to loot the state, literally, and of billions of dollars, not just thousands, not even merely millions but billions - and all on his watch.
He allowed my managers at State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF, State Fund) to loot the state via illegal worker's comp claims that he could not and would not report due to a HUGE conflict of interest in his (and many others) wanting to break the law to get rich. Why, he was so political, he even parlayed the information he obtained as part of his pretending to represent me from me in confidence to "advance" politically and socially among the ranks of attorneys to become President of the Applicant Attorneys Association, subsection Oath-Breakers and Fraud unit.
Hey but he ain't much worse than one of his partners who one of my P.I.'s caught on film, it was his own film noir, call it "riding bareback, or in the saddle again."
My boss Robert Quaid simply laughed when I suggested we report the attorney for ethics violations (and for filing a fraudulent case just to get laid). He only kept the film and report in case he wanted to blackmail that attorney someday - that's how it worked in Civil Service where I worked - although I guess it wasn't really very civil now, was it?
When I confronted Tom and his partner about criminal activity against their oaths, one never spoke to me again over catching him "in flagrant delicto" (and from all reports, lapping it up).
Thomas J. Butts was so dishonest, he allowed the evil managers at the San Jose Office of State Fund to abuse me physically and emotionally on the job simply for trying to OBEY OATHS, NOT BREAK THEM and he even allowed attempted murder on my person by those sent after me by an attorney now a sitting San Jose WCAB Judge.
Who says crime doesn't pay - as long as it is "only" White Collar Crime, or you work with Thomas J. Butts, it sure as hell does.
Thomas J. Butts, to whom an oath is "less than the sound that comes from a bell, tolling..."
Saturday, February 4, 2012
putting a face on white collar crime in california: Judge David Lauerman
putting a face on white collar crime in california:
judge david lauerman of the san jose wcab - when he was an attorney in 1987, he literally blackmailed my managers at state fund over the CHP Pension scandal (threatened to publicly expose Chief's Disease). i was in court, watching, the day we literally bribed a judge to help david win a case that gave him the reputation that pointed him right to an early seat as a judge; pity he had to use blackmail to get there.
i estimate his dishonesty and lack of ethics cost the taxpayers of california OVER 1 billion dollars as i estimate such things. the case he "had to win" at "all costs" was over the right to worker's compensation for ALL illegal aliens in the state - which he obtained for them, albeit illegally.
once he won his case he and his partner (in conspiracy/collusion) with attorney j. andrew mckenna then sought to loot the state with fake claims using a recruiter to find them people willing to cheat the system, all illegally, but the managers at State Fund were paying simply to avoid exposure, loss of power, job and pension
judge david lauerman of the san jose wcab - when he was an attorney in 1987, he literally blackmailed my managers at state fund over the CHP Pension scandal (threatened to publicly expose Chief's Disease). i was in court, watching, the day we literally bribed a judge to help david win a case that gave him the reputation that pointed him right to an early seat as a judge; pity he had to use blackmail to get there.
i estimate his dishonesty and lack of ethics cost the taxpayers of california OVER 1 billion dollars as i estimate such things. the case he "had to win" at "all costs" was over the right to worker's compensation for ALL illegal aliens in the state - which he obtained for them, albeit illegally.
once he won his case he and his partner (in conspiracy/collusion) with attorney j. andrew mckenna then sought to loot the state with fake claims using a recruiter to find them people willing to cheat the system, all illegally, but the managers at State Fund were paying simply to avoid exposure, loss of power, job and pension
Charles W. Savage: "Demoted in the Scandal Days"
Demoted in the Scandal Days
Former SCIF General Counsel Calls It Quits
Former SCIF General Counsel Calls It Quits
Charles W. Savage, assistant chief counsel for large litigation at State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF), is retiring this month after 31 years at SCIF. Savage was a former vice president and general counsel at SCIF until he was demoted after a well-publicized scandal involving former SCIF president Jim Tudor and other management. Savage was Tudor’s right-hand man. Savage’s retirement closes another old scandal-plagued chapter at the workers’ comp carrier.
According to SCIF president Janet Frank, Savage made the decision himself.
Savage attended the University of California at Berkeley and went to law school at the New College of California SOL in San Francisco, which closed its doors in 2008. According to the college’s website:
“Since 1971, New College of California has been a San Francisco beacon for political activists, misunderstood artists, hippie freaks and students wanting to design individual educations away from the constraints of conventional institutions.” No, we’re not kidding, this is really what the website says.
One of the industry’s long-standing problems with SCIF has been SCIF’s choice of cases to litigate and appeal. It’s always been thought generally that SCIF litigated cases that cost the industry. Had it picked cases with better facts, instead of trying to beat up claimants and lawyers it was mad at, it would have had far better outcomes.
“Maybe with the infusion of new blood and a fresh perspective at the top of SCIF’s legal department, not every legal issue will deteriorate into a ‘scorched earth, take no prisoners’ approach.” – Drew Pomerance, partner with Roxborough, Pomerance & Nye, and frequent SCIF opponent
Savage was also responsible in part for choosing and using outside counsel and running up record legal bills in areas of law not concerned with workers’ comp. Industry experts find that unusual for a mono-line workers’ comp carrier. In its most notorious case, SCIF sued Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi and the California Department of Insurance over jurisdictional issues.
As head of major litigation, Savage was responsible for prosecuting some of SCIF’s biggest civil losses, notably the Palm Medical case, in which the carrier was found to have acted like a bully—violating fair procedure—toward a medical clinic it tried to exclude from its Fresno-area provider network. Schaefer Ambulance was another case where SCIF was eventually forced to settle and fork over almost $24 million. The class action revolved around the contention that SCIF was improperly reporting medical-legal expenses to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau, driving up employer X-Mods.
In 2003, SCIF contended that it did not fall under the rubric of Risk-Based Capital (RBC) standards as do other carriers. It also said that the Garamendi department had no right to conserve and liquidate SCIF should it fall below RBC standards. SCIF lost that case after shelling out $1.6 million in legal fees to the law firm of Sheppard Mullin, Richter & Hampton.
Drew Pomerance, partner with Roxborough, Pomerance & Nye, and frequent SCIF opponent, had this to say:
“I wish Charles the very best in his retirement. I am hopeful that his retirement will result in a shift in how SCIF approaches legal issues, and how they treat their policyholders. Maybe with the infusion of new blood and a fresh perspective at the top of SCIF’s legal department, not every legal issue will deteriorate into a ‘scorched earth, take no prisoners’ approach, and instead SCIF will look toward solving problems in a way that is mutually beneficial for both itself and its policyholders.”
Savage did not return calls for comment.
Transparency Ethics Notice: As part of another company, Workers’ Comp Executive Publisher Dale Debber has been in litigation with SCIF, which was under Savage’s direction. The litigation is settled
civil service - the crimes they won't talk about
i accuse my former co-workers at a state agency, STATE FUND, of extremely abusive conduct against me peronally including conspiracy to commit and conceal - among other things - attempted murder to try to keep me from exposing what criminal activities went on there and still go on as they continue to conspire to avoid discovery for crimes not only against me, but against the public and it's trust in how they were supposed to make decisions about benefits and dollars that they were entrusted with.
and what did they do other than loot the state of billions - 3.5 to 10 billion to be more precise.
now, unless people speak up and demand the truth, i will be forced to go silent due to health issues from claims adjustors and attorneys manipulating the rule of law to silence me by abusing my medical care and hiding behind governmental status so people who committed criminal acts wouldn't go to jail.
and all i did was to try to stop white collar crime costing the taxpayers billions.
only in amerika - write or call the attorney general and govenor of california, demand i receive justice for if i do not get it, what will all of you get some day when its your turn for "justice...."
and what did they do other than loot the state of billions - 3.5 to 10 billion to be more precise.
now, unless people speak up and demand the truth, i will be forced to go silent due to health issues from claims adjustors and attorneys manipulating the rule of law to silence me by abusing my medical care and hiding behind governmental status so people who committed criminal acts wouldn't go to jail.
and all i did was to try to stop white collar crime costing the taxpayers billions.
only in amerika - write or call the attorney general and govenor of california, demand i receive justice for if i do not get it, what will all of you get some day when its your turn for "justice...."
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