ROLL CALL OF THE DAMNED! With Attorney Jill Clark Apparently On "Disability Inactive Status," Who Are Her Clients Left Bobbing In The Cold, Unforgiving Waters Of The Legal Ocean?

Creative stock photo, WWII sub USS Drum, blog post by John Hoff

The sudden, surprising development of "disability inactive status" for attorney Jill Clark--who was facing and continues to face lawyer disciplinary proceedings--leaves a number of her clients and cases in uncertain and disadvantaged status. It has been said (by me) that Clark's cases and clients are like felines adopted by some crazy cat lady. When the men with butterfly nets haul away the crazy cat lady, who wants the diseased, malnourished cats?

Very likely...nobody.

Well, I guess it's possible Morris "Cuckoo" Klock might find new legal counsel, because he's a slumlord and slumlords have money; not that you can tell from their crappy buildings, but they do.

So with the possible exception of Morris Klock, who might miraculously possess a green floatation device, most of Clark's cases and clients are left gasping and floundering in water way over their heads.

Here's the passenger manifest of individuals and corporations believed to have gone down with the S.S. Clark...

Jill Clark Disciplinary Documents Fall Into The Eager Paws Of Johnny Northside, Watch For Coverage This Evening...

YouTube embed, "HOT HOT HOT," blog post by John Hoff

I am in possession of hot, detailed documents about the disciplinary proceedings against Jill Clark, the notorious "lawyer for crazy town" who seems to be waging a legal war on members of the North Minneapolis "revitalizer class." Oh, and she's also running for office.

THIS STUFF IS SO HOT, SO JUICY, SO DETAILED that, while I don't normally write "teaser" posts, I think the fact this stuff is now in my hands is blog-worthy news in and of itself. I have already forwarded the documents to some interested parties. Watch for coverage on this blog this evening or as soon as I can manage it.

As Buster Poindexter put it so well in a song, ZAT YOU, SANTA CLAUS?

Jill Clark Files To Run For Minnesota Chief Justice, This Is Not A Parody Post...

Photo by Jeff Skrenes that got accidentally downloaded to by computer, blog post by John Hoff. Jill Clark will tell you she's "outstanding in her field." It's bulls***, of course. 


Some of us expected this bullshit.

Facing disciplinary action from the Minnesota Lawyers Board of Professional Responsibility, notorious "legal loon" Jill Clark has filed to run for Chief Justice. Word reaches me by email today from a local attorney, who sent a link. Clark is facing off against Dan Griffith and Lorie Skjerven Gildea. Clark filed yesterday.

Clark has run for judge before, once characterizing herself as "brilliant" because other people tell her all the time she is brilliant. Of course, when your clients are thugs sitting in jail filing appeals, a level three sex offender, the "chat line rapist" and the Yzaguirre "Munster" family, by comparison you ARE brilliant.

It is the belief of this blogger that Clark doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell, but will pick up some votes, here and there, from alienated and disaffected individuals. Running for office gives Clark a new opportunity to characterize the disciplinary charges against her as politically motivated when, in fact, she's a walking, squawking cautionary tale for members of the legal profession.

Petition For Disciplinary Action Filed In Regard To "Counsel For Crazy Town" Attorney Jill Clark, The Hon. Judge Gerald J. Seibel To Make Recommendations By August 31, 2012...

Photo, blog post by John Hoff

The "law career train wreck in slow motion" which is attorney Jill Clark may have a long way to go before it comes to rest in a smoking pile of twisted metal, but the bitter end might be in sight...

Whatever Became Of Good Ol' Thomas Wayne Evenstad, The "Chat Line Rapist?" (We'd Love To Tell You, But, Um, It's Complicated...)

DOC mug shot, therefore in public domain, blog post by John Hoff


Wouldn't I just love to tell you all about Thomas Wayne Evanstad, the chat line rapist, and where he has ended up! First, let's familiarize ourselves with this smiling, pleasant-faced creep, whose crimes at the end of the 1990s surely must have spread fear through the ranks of female chat line users throughout Minnesota, if not the Midwest or the nation. Thank god internet dating sites are now more popular than chat lines and we're all much safer. (Sarcasm font)

This appeal, linked below, provides a good overview of what Evanstad did. An 18-year-old female met Evanstad through a "chat line" service. Evanstad picked up the young woman at her aunt's house, took her to his own house, and raped her. Taking matters into her own hands, performing her own investigation (this is so often how something gets ACCOMPLISHED in the criminal justice system) the victim contacted other women on the chat line and found two other victims who were willing to testify in regard to "sexual misconduct" by Evanstad.

http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/470/777/635153/

Because the Star Tribune sucks in regard to their links going dead after a while, I can't find a link to the original article from 1999. Here is a snippet of it, however...



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An Eden Prairie man raped a woman he met through a telephone chat line, a jury decided Friday in Hennepin County.

Thomas W. Evenstad, 33, had claimed that the sexual activity was consensual. The jury deliberated about five hours before convicting him of first- and third-degree criminal sexual conduct.

District Judge Francis Connolly will sentence Evenstad on April 16. Sentencing guidelines recommend a prison term of at least seven years.

The woman reported in January 1998 that she had been assaulted. The assault happened sometime between Oct. 25, 1997, and Nov. 18, 1997, in Evenstad's home. He lived in Richfield at the time.

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That snippet was located HERE if you want to check my sources for accuracy:

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-62470923.html

Evanstad's offender info--including his disturbingly smiling mugshot, can be found here:

http://www.doc.state.mn.us/publicviewer/Inmate.asp?OID=172482

A video parody about chat lines is linked here, for your amusement, and to lighten the mood of this article.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m8oodpIBRw

So! Wow, wouldn't I love to tell readers more. I think readers in North Minneapolis have a right to know the infamous "chat line rapist" is out of prison, and from time to time he has performed duties which (I assert) touch upon controversial, newsworthy issues in North Minneapolis politics. Though not exactly upon the center stage, he has been near the stage playing a visible role as certain Northside dramas proceed.

If I were free to do so, I might even cite facts I know about and then wonder aloud--not without firm basis--whether in the course of his duties Evanstad may have reason to come into contact or close proximity with other sex offenders and then--the next leap is rather logical--wonder whether that's really ALLOWED, whether or not his "supervised release" conditions might prohibit that?

Yeah, I'd like to write all that stuff. But the simple fact is this blog is under an intense legal attack which has gotten the attention of lawyers all over this nation and--using my best judgment, here--discretion seems the better part of valor for the time being. So I'm throwing some information out, but it's all very PUBLIC information and the rest is vague, oh so vague, and speculative, and hypothetical.

So here's the deal. If any commenter--not an ANONYMOUS commenter, but a commenter who can be readily identified--wants to speak in their own name and say what they know, I will publish it. If readers want to--oh, how would the Coffee Talk lady put it so well?--Talk amongst yourselves--then go ahead and talk, and send email links, and do whatever it is readers do with the information I publish.

But, as the mainstream media puts it so well, sometimes the truth DOESN'T set you free. Sometimes even this blog doesn't dare publish the truth.

But truth wants to get loose, and truth finds a way.