Stock photo, blog post by John HoffAttorney Jill Clark doesn't live in North Minneapolis but has involved herself in a number of North Minneapolis issues, including lawsuits against this blogger and rising to the defense of Pete "The Pedophile" Rickmyer, a notorious bane-in-the-backside to the Jordan Area Community Council. The decent people who live in North Minneapolis and want to improve their community always have to wonder, "What kind of crazy legal b.s. is Jill going to file next?" Of course, the City of Minneapolis has to wonder the same thing and has spent a fortune defending itself against Jill.
Oh, and her clients. But it's hard to tell. It feels more like Jill doing her own thing, and the clients be damned. Exhibit A: The "Old Majority" clients in the JACC case, who have been slapped with legal fees.
Now an interested "court watcher" has pointed this blogger in the direction of Jill's latest cases: taking on the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility on behalf of some allegedly bad lawyers. Here is the case information, as I found it in the online database...
62-CV-11-6138 In re Investigation of Lawyer 2011-1 vs Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility 07/22/2011
Ramsey Civil
Guthmann, John H. Civil Other/Misc.
Open
62-CV-11-6139 In re Investigation of Lawyer 2011-2 vs Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility 07/22/2011
Ramsey Civil
VanDeNorth, John B., Jr. Civil Other/Misc.
Open
62-CV-11-6233 In re Charges of Unprofessional Conduct Against Lawyer 2011-2 07/25/2011
Ramsey Civil
VanDeNorth, John B., Jr. Civil Other/Misc.
Open
The "board numbers" on these complaints--"2011-2," and "2011-1," tell us they were filed early in 2011. They were, in fact, the first two cases filed that year.
So, we have to wonder, who are the bad lawyers? Could it be Ben Myers, whose cocky head hasn't popped up in quite a while? Could it be Ben's law partner, Dokor? Ben AND his law partner? Could it be some lawyer whose shenanigans are unrelated to North Minneapolis politics, and therefore not that interesting to this blog?
Inquiring minds want to know. But of even more interest is the fact attorney Clark would take a case challenging--oh, my word!--the very body which dishes out lawyer dicipline in the State of Minnesota.
Those who speculate and opinionate about these matters have the following theory: one day in the very near future, Jill is going to find herself facing a series of well-crafted complaints against her filed with the Lawyer's Board of Professional Responsibility, mostly involving filing bogus legal crap. And Jill probably knows that.
So, just like Jill filed a lawsuit against City Councilman Don Samuels on behalf of Loon-At-Large Al Flowers after Flowers shoved Samuels at a public meeting--shoved Samuels in the back, while cameras were rolling, and the next day, incredibly, it was FLOWERS suing SAMUELS--the theory may be the best defense is a good offense.
Move quickly, RUN RUN RUN to put oneself in a position where any board dicipline can be spun as a political vendetta or payback for taking on these cases.
What a fascinating little web is being woven, here. Can anybody get to those case files and tell me more what they are about?
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I've been asked to pass along a note from the neighborhood. I've heard that if you will publish an apology to Jerry Moore the Jordan Hawkman Group will cover the cost of the judgement against you. This is a great way to clear the deck. I suggest you take advantage of it.
To Jerry Moore: I apologize for not giving you all the publicity you truly deserve due to feeling somewhat constrained by your free-speech chilling lawsuit.
See, right now I feel constrained against publishing even MORE information about you, like your outrageous baby mama issues extensively documented in oh-so-public court documents or where you are working right now, which may not have Jordan residents going WTF as much as when you worked at the University, but they are still going WTF.
OK, there, I apologized. Like the Jordan Hawkman group has a NICKEL to throw around. Doesn't it consist primarily of Paul Koenig who is rumored to be living in his luxury RV after losing the vast majority of his slumlord empire?
Is Paul Koenig any relation to the Koenig that was shot last week during a football party?
That Koenig wasn't shot last week. The shooting happened quite a while ago, but the guilty plea happened last week.
http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_18849157
I don't know if Paul Koenig is related or not, but I would tend to think he's no close relation.
Lawyer discipline files are not public until after the MSC has ruled.
And even then they are classified as investigative data, so all you will ever know is what is in the published decision, if any.
I received the following spam comment. I am publishing the comment but not the link to the spammer:
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It is important to take a decision in court matter. Life in Minneapolis in the village in the north and decent, to improve their community still do not know.
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To which I say: it's a sad thing when we can't even pay English speaking Americans to spam our own American blogs.
There was a hearing on November 10.
11/10/2011 Hearing (1:30 PM) (Judicial Officer VanDeNorth, John B., Jr
Don't I wish I was a fly on the wall.
A recent spin through some other cases has led me to realize Jill Clark could be representing HERSELF in this matter, and would still be listed as "Retained."
A lawyer representing herself is listed as "Retained" in these online records. Example: Jill M. Waite versus the Olsons from Colorado Springs. Waite represents herself and yet is listed as "Retained."
Could these two cases be Jill fighting for her legal career?
My diagnosis is that Ms.Clark suffers from a delusional type of illness that eventually leads to dementia, and a feeling that the world is closing in around one's self.
This is usually followed by bouts of bouncing off the walls of the local sanitarium. Narccisism and paranoia are not a very loving couple and there is the potential for immense conflict from within. God bless you, dear, for my prayers are with you.
Increasingly, it looks as though these cases are Jill defending HERSELF.
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