Attorney Caught Changing Briefs in Federal Court (True Story)

[AngelFactor]

How's your faith in the judicial system?

ATTORNEY CAUGHT CHANGING BRIEFS IN FEDERAL COURT

In what is destined to become a classic case and urban legend, an attorney was caught changing briefs in federal court after he "inadvertantly" filed three pages of emails that indicated he was allegedly involved with records tampering in a federal court case in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Putting a new twist on the meaning behind self-incrimination, no one would have known that the attorney had allegedly tampered with the court records except three pages of emails that detailed what was done to the court records were attached to a brief filed with the court by the attorney involved. http://www.maximumadvocacy.com/Court_records.html

Filing the emails drew attention to the attorney's conduct otherwise it might have gone unnoticed.

The emails between the attorney’s law firm and federal court employees discuss filing backdated documents, tell how “the other ‘wrong document’ is "gone,” and informs a court employee that “attached is the correct Memorandum which needs to replace the current” document filed on March 8, 2006. The “Dawn-Johnson” emails, as they’ve become known, are dated April 4, 2006.

See the actual court files at: http://www.maximumadvocacy.com/Court_records.html

How's your faith in the judicial system now?
After reviewing this information, do you think the average person can receive a fair hearing in the judicial system?

[Flubadubya]

1. Hah! You don't mean his drawers...

:rofl:

[tinfoilinfor2005]

17. Got me too! I thought, what, did he mess his pants because he

got caught doing something illegal? Just didn't make any sense until you said "drawers"...Hahahahahahahahahahaha

[rocktivity]

2. The attorney would be in LESS trouble if he HAD changed his briefs

in Federal court!

:rofl:
rocknation

[AngelFactor]

3. Doesn't look like he'll get in any trouble

XX

[stillcool]

4. no one seems to reading past the header...

maybe you should change it to....documents?...

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

5. ROFL!

SHAME on me for actually reading it in the intended context. That is too goddamn funny!

[AngelFactor]

6. I thought it was funny, but ppl could get by it to the issue

Might have to re-do that headline, huh?

[stillcool]

8. maybe it's just me...

time to pack it in...

[stillcool]

7. pardon?...

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

15. I Was Saying That When I First Read The Thread, I Failed To See

the inuendo contained in the header. I don't know how it got by me, cause it was glaringly apparent. So I just said shame on me for actually not catching that humorous wording on my first run through, but laughed at it when I realized the alternative in which it could've been read.

[AngelFactor]

9. Any ideas for a better headline?

Need to fix that, it's a serious issue.

[stillcool]

13. maybe use your..."how's your faith in the justice system"?...

and maybe you could break it down by...naming the company that's being sued for violation of an employee's rights, ...and the attorneys representing that company, what they specialize in, what they've been caught doing, and the response....or lack thereof.

[Gold Metal Flake]

10. What is this case about?

Will the attorney be investigated?

What is happening with the Fed court employees?

Did they change documents at the request of the attorney?

How often does this happen?

[AngelFactor]

12. Quick delete

[Hardrada]

11. It should be "shorts" instead of briefs.

Oh....what was that??

[AngelFactor]

14. It's quite illegal.

The questions you raise are why the issue is on this board.

Without outside influence, it doesn't appear anything will happen.

It doesn't appear the attorney will be investigated.

Nor will anything happen to the federal court employees. Hopefully, the court employees simply did the bidding of the attorney. In that case, at the least a little training in proper procedures would seem warranted .

The documents were switched at the direction of the attorney through his law firm's paralegal. The attorney then filed a brief with the court claiming his clients had not failed to file the document. The same brief "inadvertently" contained copies of emails detailing what was done to the records. Without the accidental filing of emails, there would be no way to prove what happened to the court documents.

According to the clerks at the court house, there is NO WAY the documents could have been switched. That story changed when they looked at the switched documents and emails on the courts electronoic filing system (PACER). Then they went in the back of the office. Another clerk came out and claimed it was a standard procedure. However, although he claimed it was in accordance with internal procedures, he refused to produce a copy of the "internal procedures." It can't be both, that there's NO WAY it could happen and it's standard "internal procedure."

Title 18, U.S. Code 1512(c), Records tampering, carries up to a twenty year prison sentence, fine, or both. Of course, the sentence might as well be fifty years since it appears the attorney won't even spend five minutes in a hearing.

Your thoughts?

[marions ghost]

16. Sleezeball Attorneys

who aid and abet the corruption. Your average white collar criminals depend on them heavily. They will lie, cheat and steal to win.

[AngelFactor]

18. When was the last time a minority admitted a crime and walked?

X

[marions ghost]

19. Right

Focus on the crimes most often committed by minorities--"street crime." Ignore the white collar thieves and fraudists. That's where the Justice System is with it.

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