At the last minute, I was called by some secretary for the ARDC and my (our) continuing series of pretrial conferences with the ARDC was cancelled for today. Boohoo. As most of you know KDD and I not pleased that the ARDC has filed complaints against us--primarily for my blogging about corruption in Illinois Probate courtrooms. I am telling secrets that no one wants to know about how the probate courts operate. I tell everyone of the dirty little tricks to strip grandma and grandpa of paid up homes, bank accounts, life, civil and human rights, dump them in nursing homes, isolate them--all under "court supervision."
Now, GJS and I are used to this. Just when you have a Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction, or you have a Motion for (something was corrupt and way out of line), suddenly court gets cancelled, people don't show up. I don't think I've seen Cynthia Farenga in 1804 for over a year now. But I digress. It's an obvious trend in "these type" of cases and when I say "these type" I mean those belonging on my blog.
Let's see, what does the ARDC have in common with probate? 1) Lack of following proper court room procedure--but the ARDC takes it a step further and promulgates rules rather than just saying no to standard discovery, no motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim, no summary judgement motions, etc. 2) Motions for Disqualificaiton of counsel that are actually granted where one attorney is not just asking to represent a person he sued before which creates a REAL, not imaginary or trumped up conflict! Yep, a sure sign of a "these type" cases. 3) motion calls and status calls suddenly "cancelled".
What you realize is that when you step into a case with obvious scabs, bandages and splints that every seems to ignore, the blunders just get more and more frequent until the case implodes. Sometimes, that's not the case, but then you know a payoff or more meddling will occur. So let's wait and see.
That's right, I tell you all today, openly and honestly that some grandpas and grandmas are at risk.
Ask about the Gore case where $1.5 million was stripped away in that family with just attorney fees in probate in 3 YEARS. Go ahead, write Ken and Bev Cooper about that one. You want proof, Mr. ARDC? Go see their Probate Sharks blog. Go email them or watch the show. I intend to put it up. Go watch those words (and tears) tumble out of Bev Cooper's mouth. In fact, you want proof, I will send ANYONE a disk with the show. April 3, 2013.
I am transparent. I tell you where to go and whom to talk to about corruption.
When asked by a reporter if I would take down this blog, I repled, "certainly not when there is still corruption being reported in the Illinois courts." I stand by that. When you, the public, stop emailing me, writing me, calling me with horrendous stories of corruption, I will stop the blog. Mark it done. Stop writing it each and every day. Reading your emails.
But until then, there is important work to do.
And if the ARDC wants to talk to me, fine. Read below.
JoAnne
Dear Ken;
The ARDC did NOT want to do my conference today. Suddenly the chair is "too busy". I bet he is. Do you know the names of the attorneys on my "panel". Should I call and find out?
I have a load of questions that I want to ask, most important is where is your transcript from last Sept? Did you get the info on the court reporter? I tried to ask-- that was a few weeks back. Silence.
I was thinking of reporting Jerome Larkin, Sharon Opryszek, Melissa Smart, Leah Black and Jessica Haspel AND the attys on the panel to the ARDC for 1) violating my (our) copyright rights after a valid cease and desist was sent to them; 2) prosecuting/persecuting innocent and honest, ethical attorneys for disciplinary action when we have done nothing wrong--you sent a letter to Dr. Patel saying you needed to investigate the Sykes case because family and friends asked, you made repeated calls to law enforcement to investigate corrupt cases--judges not following the laws, not granting discovery, not serving the defendants or their families--nothing wrong with that; I only wrote a blog about corruption and made fun of pompous donkey deriere attorneys who were running courts without jurisdiction and the GALs were failing to investigate when the public demanded it and other attorneys demanded it.
Let's see, first they file a claim against me and hope I will take down an "embarrassing blog" that the ARDC and the JIB does NOT do it's job. THEN they file a bogus disqualification against you and incredulously--they get it. Then I file a Motion to Dismiss which is met with a Motion to Strike because they have a rule (a backwards rule) that you can't file dispositive motions until the "evidentiary record"--whatever that is" is complete." Let's just say you and I highly suspect that's because you, KDD, filed numerous motions to dismiss on very solid grounds--Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim, Summary Judgment Motion, etc. and they are innundated with your pleas that you have done nothing wrong. We can call that the Ditkowsky rule or need-to-be-an-ostrich rule rather than doing our jobs. Then they threaten to and actually DO disqualify you and they warned me of that in a phone conversation with Leah Black that I wasn't even supposed to take because you were representing me at the time which only ticked me off to no end, it's soooo corrupt and injust.
Now I file a 30 page SLAPP motion against them for their bogus answers to my(our) Requests to Admit wherein an embarrassing 18 out of 20 were not answered and should be deemed admitted and their case should crater just for that one.
What do we get? I bet the Chair just had a headache today thinking of all this hot mess.
I am not going to be shut up. I have my first amendment rights and right to free association and if I want to call you, email you and tell you how much I love who you are as an attorney and what you do--that IS my first amendment right to free speech and free association and right to petition my government with grievances for redress. I read that in 6th grade. Actually, my mom at an early age PAID us all a buck to memorize paragraphs of the US Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence and Gettysburg Address. How cool is that? Parents and Grandparents, are you listening? Why don't we have a non violent PC game that instills this stuff in our young? It's not out of date you know.
Something is completely wrong in River City and we need to continue our ongoing fight to eliminate corruption in the courts and get rid of or embarrass to death (as noted on my blog neither you nor I can bring criminal charges, we can only ask that the US and state's attorneys and their staff do their job) all attys and judges that are acting in corrupt and out of control manners.
So, then they will have something to discuss on the 22nd or 23rd.
Plus I'm going to call Pacer and ask them about getting the ARDC transparent and on the internet so they can't keep their crap going on in secret. Presiding Judge Timothy Evans wants secrecy by banning the public from laptops and electronic devices he is openly declaring he wants secret tribunals. And don't get all twisted underwear on me, ARDC, I've heard it from the public too who cannot afford court reporters at $4 per page. You got that kind of money to pay that for those litigants? Didn't think so. What gang members in Skokie? I have not seen gang members in Law Division, Probate, Chancery or even Muni. That would be a clear step up for the gangs. Duh--that's why they're a gang, they DON'T need or want courtrooms. Take a picture? Are you kidding? Just what pleadings or things have they filed? The Skokie courthouse is pretty bucholic, if you ask me. And why does the public have to suffer because Judge Tim Evans can't control his own courtrooms and hallways. Ooooh don't get me going. I'm calling the no laptop, no cell phone, no tablet rule the Denison Rule due to all the faxes I sent to him with "no response" or the buck stops on someone else's desk and then that person denies responsiblity. Been there done that. Just so you all know, Judge Timothy Evans is taking away everyone's first amendment rights to have free and open court rooms and he (sheepishly) blames gangs. In the high tradition of Judge Scalia saying that the Voting Rights Act was nothing but an entitlement program which is hard to get rid of and it was only passed in the first place because "it had a great name", Judge Evans is trying to use the duck and dodge tactic of blaming gangs when you and I have first amendment rights and this rule only hurts the poor and middle class who can't take notes on a laptop and publish them.
How do you Atty Evans then explain the fact that not only does Federal Court allow laptops openly in the courtroom, and the counsel tables (which the public can use) are outfitted for laptops and e-note taking, BUT FEDERAL COURT ALSO HAS EXCELLENT WIFI!
Where's our state court WI FI so we can broad cast our notes right away. Real time. Twitter if we want to.
THIS IS OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT and your promulgating the "Denison Rule" is disingenuous.
So, their complaint didn't work to shut me up. Their bogus Disqualification of you didn't stop 20 to 30 page repeated motions to dismiss. The file is getting thicker and thicker and going nowhere with repeated mis steps and blunders by the ARDC who cannot explain why they are prosecuting/persecuting honest attorneys merely demanding that law enforcement do its job, put down the Dunkin Donuts and coffee and do an investigation. Also, the GAL's should investigate and if their cases have no jurisdiction, they should ask the judge to nonsuit or dismiss rather than terrorize families such as Sykes, Wyman, Bedin and others. Thefts which happened in Spera.
How does this happen in the US?
When the ARDC ignores citizen and attorney complaints of corruption, it is just another layer of emotional abuse heaped upon these families. First it's an elder who is infirm and needs care, then there is a miscreant in the family/court that abuses the family, then the senior is place in a nursing home against her will or is isolated somewhere she does not belong, then the court ignores the abuse and/or lack of jurisdiction, then the GAL's do it too, and then we have the ARDC prosecuting/persecuting the only attorneys that have the guts and ethics and morals to help these families. Layer after layer of abuse and injustice. Some family members can stand strong through this, but others just lose it and who can blame them for their rants and tirades against this injustice. They're not crazy--the system is. I don't blame them--I blame out of control courts, attorneys and the Illinois Probate system.
How many layers of abuse can you count that these families have to suffer and endure?
take care
joanne
cc: Presiding Judge Evans, via fax.
JoAnne
I do not know what happened in regard to my case. I ordered the court reporter to print me a copy of the transcript when she prepared one for the ARDC panel.
As the panel appears to be a 'rubber stamp' having allowed the ARDC attorney to hand me a copy of my letter to Attorney General A. Holder complaining about the fact that Mary Sykes had been deprived of her liberty and property by a Court lacking jurisdiction and ask me if I was repentant! No one batted an eye when I said no I was not and would do it again. My First Amendment Rights were clearly violated and ultimately redress will have to follow. There is no way that because I am an attorney I have to be quiet when I see a million dollars in gold coins removed from a senior citizen's safety deposit box and not inventoried. There is no way I can stand down when I see that the basic due process rights are violated and the jurisdictional requirement of the probate code are violated. I do suspect that as the panel has already informed everyone that there are going to say that I am unethical for complaining about the corruption they have to figure out a rationale that will not get the panel members disbarred. I have a history - I refused to pay a bribe to Judge Holtzer! If I had been called a witness by the government I would have testified.
The First Amendment is tricky. I believe, as do you, that the entire ARDC proceeding against you (and me) is intended to silence us and stop the flow of e-mails that are more and more embarrassing. The ARDC taking Judge Connor's deposition was a mistake. Her testimony has to be an embarrassment. One of your moves later on in the ARDC proceeding will be to request the admission of Judge Connor's evidence deposition. Tht will toss you case up for grabs. You then can point out that the judge who presided over the Sykes case *****. The tricky part is to try to create the fascade that your blog is giving away national secrets.
In all honesty they are correct - it is nasty, dirty, National secret that Illinois with well written and well thought out laws to protect senior citizens ignores them so that some very important political types can profit from the taking of senior citizen liberty and property interests. Imagine what the North Koreans could do with that information! By allowing this situation to occur and doing nothing about it what we are alleging is that people in the president's own state are worse than war criminals. Do you realize how proud the political elite are that Illinois had two governors (at the same time) in Federal custody. In the soviet union they put people in jail for what you and I are now doing in this e-mail.
No the ARDC is not turning turtle. They just found out that intimidation directed at some attorneys will just not work! I bet that they are sorry that they are advocating gun control! It is much easier for the "judicial officials" appointed by a Court lacking jurisdiction to shoot us than scare us.
Ken Ditkowsky
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