Los Angeles, November 22 – Human Rights Alert (NGO) and Joseph Zernik, PhD, raised with Tikkun’s Rabbi Michael Lerner California ethics questions, this time pertaining to the case of Karimi v Mithaiwala (BD518503) at the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles:

1) Given the recent United Nations Human Rights Council report, which referred to "corruption of the courts and the legal profession" in California, should attorneys in California include a statement to that effect in their standard engagement agreements?

After all, it surely is a material fact, which the average person may not be aware of, but should consider before retaining an attorney in California or ever going to court.

2) What are the duties and responsibilities of counsel, when representing a client in a corrupt court proceeding?

Outlined in the request (with links to relevant court records) was an additional case that demonstrated the relevance of the two latter questions. The case of Karimi v Mithaiwala (BD518503), ongoing today at the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.

The goal in this case was the looting of a corporation under the guise of litigation. The main perp in the case was again Attorney DAVID PASTERNAK - Board Member and former President of BET TZEDEK ("The House of Justice") - a prominent Los Angeles Jewish charity, affiliated with the GREATER LOS ANGELES JEWISH FEDERATION. Mr PASTERNAK was acting in the case as a pretense "Receiver", with no lawful Appointment Order, and with no authority at all.

A group of judges were involved in the case, with no evidence of a lawful Assignment Order for any of them. Some were believed to be Jewish as well.

All counsel in the case had to be deemed in collusion as well, including, but not limited to the notable Los Angeles Jewish law-firm of Trope & Trope, the law- firm of Levin & Margolin, and Attorney Edward Friedman (Turner Aubert & Friedman, LLP). Motives of counsel were unknown in this case, but were believed to be greed and/or fear.

The request to Rabbi Lerner noted that the questions, had to be everyday dilemmas for attorneys in Los Angeles County, California, and beyond, many of them members of the Jewish community. Protesting and rebuking corruption of the courts was central to the teachings of the Hebrew prophets, and part of what made them universally admired. In pronouncing a clear and unambiguous stand on these issues Rabbi Lerner could indeed help transform California and the United States, as we know them today.

Rabbi Lerner previously responded on a related California ethics question, stating his opinion that Bet Tzedek and the Greater Los Angeles Jewish Federation had to respond on an individual’s request for information regarding grievance procedures, if any, for an individual, who claimed that he had been harmed by fraud by Bet Tzedek and its senior officers, on the grounds of Bet Tzedek.

Human Rights Alert is dedicated to discovering, archiving, and disseminating evidence of Human Rights violations by the justice systems of the State of California and the United States in Los Angeles County, California, and beyond. Special emphasis is given to the unique role of computerized case management systems in the precipitous deterioration of integrity of the justice system in the United States.

LINKS:

[1] 10-08-13 RE Karimi v Mithaiwala (BD518503) Complaint against Attorney David Pasternak and the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles

http://www.scribd.com/doc/35828312/

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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES?

* "On July 26, 2010, Laurence Tribe, Senior Counsel for the United States Department of Justice, Access to Justice Initiative, delivered an important speech to the Conference of Chief Justices, challenging them to halt the disintegration of our state justice systems before they become indistinguishable from courts of third world nations."

Prof Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law School (2010), per National Defender Leadership Institute

http://www.nlada.net/library/article/national_dojspeechto%20chiefjustice07-26-2010_gideonalert

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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA?

* "Innocent people remain in prison"

* "...the LA Superior Court and the DA office, the two other parts of the justice system that the Blue Panel Report recommends must be investigated relative to the integrity of the system, have not produced any response that we know of..."

LAPD Blue Ribbon Review Panel Report (2006)

http://www.scribd.com/doc/24902306/

* "...judges tried and sentenced a staggering number of people for crimes they did not commit."

Prof David Burcham, Dean, Loyola Law School, LA (2001)

http://www.scribd.com/doc/29043589/

* "This is conduct associated with the most repressive dictators and police states... and judges must share responsibility when innocent people are convicted."

Prof Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, Irvine Law School (2001)

http://www.scribd.com/doc/274339

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WHAT DID THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL STAFF REPORT SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA?

* "...corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California."

http://www.scribd.com/doc/38566837/

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we have an enterprise of personal gain with hidden understandings, collusion and abrogation of the common law to serve the interests of the overclass. For those that play the game ( game the legal system ) everything will be a staircase to upper echelons of pay and power.

If you rock the boat or actually demand due process, the state AND the county superior courts will have your pathetic ass sanctioned as the courts and 'lawyers' have got a damn good thing going just the way that they want it too be.

There is no due process, just 'law'. And damaged egos that require the station and control they are 'given'.

It goes all the way from the law enforcement arm to the court systems. Total and immoral collusion, not the mythical blind scale...