Thursday, December 19, 2013 – 09:00 a.m.
The battle between a now-dissolved Upland-based law firm and a legal defense trust that caters to peace officers has entered the courtroom.
The Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC) Legal Defene Fund has filed a lawsuit against formally Upland-based Lackie, Dammeier, McGill and Ethir, and Attorneys Dieter C. Dammeier, Michael A. McGill, Saku Ethir, Kasey L. Sirody, and Peter Horton.
The case, filed November 26, 2013 in Orange County Superior Court, alleges fraud related to alleged overbilling by the law firm.
Managing Partner Saku Ethir previously told InlandPolitics.com that the firm was resisting pressure, from the Trust’s administrator, to scuttle defense cases that may prove too costly. Ethir said the trust leveled overbilling allegations after the law firm refused to cooperate.
Lackie, Dammeier was the largest provider on the Trust’s panel of lawyers. The discourse has generated shockwaves within the law enforcement group’s membership.
Interesting why the suit was filed in Orange County. Did the misdeeds alleged, happen there?
Or is LDF hoping the other issues going on down there will give their case
a little boost?
Gee, now who could have predicted this?H mmmmmmmm.
Criminal clearly had no bite, now they will try their luck in PORAC friendly O.C. civil arena. They clearly chose this venue in hopes their Political influence will give them a 1 up on an already 2 down b.s. case.
They should get their money back from the “fraud examiner” and in retro gone with a simple accountant. They hoped the title “fraud examiner” and throwing around big words would somehow manifest mistakes into criminal intent……. nice try douche bags
3 do you always reside in the alternate universe? Your posts seldom bear any resemblance to reality. So this just another ACU sign-on name?
@4 Mr. Bracco when will you ever become a man?
#04, really? Now that’s laughable. @5, you have to have balls to be a man, so in Bracco’s case, NEVER……..
Also, #04, why don’t you go ask Fishman why he keeps initiating settlement requests if he had a case? Hmmmmmmm, guess you will have to wait and see Alice
Better yet ask Fishman why 3 SHS employees including the great William Hadden
had went to LDME wanting to work for them just 1 day before this scandal broke?
Hadden had over 20 years with the firm. So Schwartz, Hadden and 2 others wanted
to bale. Why? Let the deposition begin as to LDF ‘s past practices with members. Maybe
one of us will bump into #4.
Who in the hell is in charge at PORAC? Any 5 year old will tell you that this case will be dismissed.
Filing a lawsuit means nothing. That said, direct question to all: Did LDME over bill?
@9 Yes, there we’re incidents of double invoices and overlapping bills. Nothing when you consider how many lawyers and secretaries worked there and LDF paid any where from 200-550K a month for their services statewide. So we’re there mistakes, absolutely. Was it a conspiracy to commit fraud, ridiculous.
Problematic for LDF and PORAC, Fishman failed to have any written rules or procedures or contracts of ANY KIND prior to this incident. So it really falls in Fishman and his staff for not paying attention and catching these mistakes.
Bracco is a weak sister guys.
Blase, you are an idiot. Mistakes???? Now that’s classic. Especially when you have actual attorneys admitting to purposefully filling out travel vouchers for the specific purpose of overbilling. I guess when A cop lies on that police report it was actually a mistake so They can’t be held accountable. The law firm was crooked from the get go. Successful but crooked as hell. They bilked the system. They committed criminal acts in the name if their clients. This is a group I would hire if I wanted a great attorney but listen folks, they are done. Dieter is as scandalous as they come and he along with others finally got caught. You will read the political conspiracy theorists opinions here but here is what hapoenned: dieter and his cronies lawyers were committing criminal acts and got greedy. Not only were they doing shit they can’t legally do, they wanted to be heavily compensated for it so they lied on several expense forms creating huge payouts for work they didn’t even do. A mistake????? My ass!!!!
Joe when are you going to ever put down specific facts to your BS?
From the chronicle’s of James Mills. The names were changed to tell the truth:
James, you are an idiot. Mistakes???? Now that’s classic. Especially when you have an actual appointed sheriff admitting to purposefully possibly lying under oath . I guess when A cop lies on that stand it was actually a mistake so they can’t be held accountable. What about McMahon? McFool was probably crooked from the get go. Successful but crooked as hell. He screwed the system. He committed possible criminal acts in the name of screwing over a deputy (Bauer). This is an appointed sheriff I would hire if I wanted a dumb ass but listen folks, he is done. McFool is as scandalous as they come and he along with others finally got caught with the emails he had to turn over. You will read the political conspiracy theorists opinions here but here is what happened: McFool and his cronies were committing possible criminal acts and got even dumber. Not only were they doing shit they can’t legally do, they wanted to be heavily compensated for it so they possibly lied on the stand. A mistake????? My ass!!!!
@14 LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!
Still waiting for the Orange County DA to file charges on those involved in the Costa Mesa debacle. OH WAIT, I think there may be a legal issue regarding seizing property and documents related to attorney/client privilege without a “special master” being assigned to the search team?
What LE agency is handling the “overbilling” investigation? State Bar has still not said they are investigating at last report.
Maybe it’s better to file a lawsuit down in Orange County and hope for the best.
Any LDME haters got the courage to put their name behind their BS? I doubt it, still hoping for a real hero to come along. How about you Bracco, Eagleson?
Only dirty cops support a scumbag cop law firm.
16, ignorance and stupidity are bliss.
Mills, you my friend are the biggest hypocrite I know. I am going to keep your post and have ready to show your dumbass and have you explain HOW THE FUCK you want to apply your ridiculous theory of lies, criminal acts etc to these individuals, but yet when your daddy McMahon lies on the stand, along with county counsel and just about every supervisor in the Bauer case, you sit their with a dunce cap on, in the corner, sucking your thumb and Jim Bean.
If you actually even ATTEMPTED to be fair and impartial and called shit like it was, even if they were one’s you liked you may be taken seriously. But your a product of your environment. Simply lie and apply as you see fit. It’s obvious why no one liked you who worked with you.
Only spineless ball suckers support McMahon, an inept appointed sheriff who has no vision, no skills, and who will bee another drone………..
Only dirty cops support a inept Sheriff who screws his own and the public at large. @16 be happy to tell that to your face.
My Christmas Card to Lackie, Dammeier, McGill & Ethir came back; “Return To Sender.” What happened? Did they move or something? Oh well, if you’re reading this, Merry Christmas guys!
Your New Years resolution Centurion should be for you to allow yourself to let go of all that hate and hostility that you have towards LDME. It must have damaged you deeply when LDME handed you your ass. For that I am sorry, perhaps next time you will be on the right side justice. I will pray for you.
The only thing worse than dirty cops are dirty cop lawyers and their cheerleaders.
LDME went down finally. They had been committing unscrupulous criminal acts for years. Merry Christmas. It was a good run but now it’s time for revocation of your bar license and then prison. Enjoy this Christmas with your families. Peace.
James shut the fuck up drunk.
It’s ok anonymous. I know I upset you because I am often so correct and you are not.
You are just jealous that I am clearly much more successful than you and your little agenda. Remember you heard it here first. McMahon will defeat Schrader and Ramos will again win the DA election. Merry Christmas.
Your actually EXACTLY THE POLAR OPPOSITE OF ME. Your a spineless, weak, pathetic drunk, never was, never will be, living thru a self imagined existence that only someone that is drunk 24hrs a day would believe. If I was on my knees as much as you, I would be a drunk too. Your in a happy place, so I am happy for you. So few people can live so detached from reality that it’s just best to leave you there. I fear when and if you wake, you will see yourself for who you really are, and do the right thing for everyone.
P.S. Did sucking feces from your superiors rectum for the past 30 years do that to your face? Just asking
I am glad I am polar opposite of you. You clearly have shown what type of person you are by your last post. I realize I may not be very well liked here, but at least I can look myself in the mirror and say, ” you were right again James”. Merry Christmas everyone.
Of course you can, that’s expected from someone of your character. Anthony Weiner did the same thing, two pees in a pod………. Bill Clinton didn’t have sexual relations with “that woman” either. You see the commonality? There’s a clinical name for your kind. So Merry Christmas to YOURSELF, since you will be in only your company…….
I pray for you every night James Mills. Maybe someday you will see the light……
P.S., just one final question, does McMahon reply to your texts and emails with pictures of himself in front of a mirror too?
You need not pray for me. I am just fine. Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you come closer to accomplishing your skewed agendas next year. Just remember you heard it here first. Peace and good will.
Remember James Mills is always on his knees before his weak sisters McMahon and Ramos. He is a sick loser drunk. He thinks that making the county better without his two boyfriends in office is skewed. That’s why they will not be elected. McMahon was never elected just selected. Just remember McMahon tried to break the county with ALL those LAWSUITS. We will pray that he resigns before he breaks the county. Also James if you are going to continue to drink and drive. DON’T! James stop talking to yourself you ignorant drunk. Everyone have a Merry Christmas and good cheer to all men.
I had a present for Mills but I just flushed it.
@33 I had one of those McMahon promotional gifts today as well…… I like to let mine sit a couple days before I hand them out, I like to keep it as authentic McMahon as possible, nice and stinky….
34 send it to Mills.
James Mills, anyone paying attention is waiting for you to tell us why you believe McMahon is doing a good job as Sheriff. You have yet to do that, you think you look oh so smart telling us why Schrader will not win. Fine, incumbent has the easier road, most everyone knows that. So, tell us why McMahon deserves to win? Tell us, WHAT HAS HE DONE???? Tell us without bringing up Schrader on anyone else. Until then you can talk to yourself in a mirror all you want(I think it’s a little weird you need to tell yourself you are right in a mirror, but whatever floats that boat of yours….), you and the mirror are the only ones in agreement with you.
James or anyone tell us why McMahon deserves to win?
Mcmahon doesnt deserve to win. He will however win. And he will win big. Why you say? Because Dep schrader cant compete with the sheriff machine.
McMahon has been a true leader and dedicated to serving the citizens of this county for his entire life. He is a good man that does the right thing when nobody is looking. He has earned his position unlike Schrader who has been a slug. Now if you want to say that McMahon has lost lawsuits, I say that’s the cost of doing business. And the 1 million lost in the Bauer matter is cheap to get rid if such a terd. Bauer was nothing but a lazy cop that used the fmla to his benefit. He was a slug and his supervisors called him on it. Yes, he used his moms ailments to get out of doing work. McMahon stood up to this lop and said he wouldn’t tolerate it. He has balls. One million is pennies that the county would have ended up paying with negligent rentenyion of this inept deputy. Sometimes, a true leader makes tough decisions and this is no different.
Congrats James Mills, you only mentioned Schrader once in your comment(remember you were not to bring him up at all). You formed an argument, a point for you, but it had no concrete facts, only criticisms of Deputy Bauer. It would have been better if you included something other than your opinion on that one lawsuit… Something that made us give McMahon a second look…. Something else that makes him a leader other than empty trite platitudes…
So thinking about it, you defended Hoops all that time, but now you threw him under the bus for McMahon. Care to tell us why? It would add to your credibility for you to explain to us why you jumped ship. What did Hoops do? Maybe we would believe you on McMahon…
Yeah, so sorry, but so far still not enough for you to look like anything other than a hack has been cheerleader clinging to his former peeps that have left him behind…
Nice try James, you Jack ass, is that why McMahon and Marnati had to lie, conspire, and falsify documents to fire Bauer? How do you explain his evaluations numb nuts? You are such a company man you can’t see through the b.s. Spackle across your face. Lets for sake of argument go with your story. So a guy with 15 yrs, 3 different agencies, and NEVER having a write up, whos evaluations are stellar, has one bad year because his Mom is sick and now he’s a turd. Fuck you asshole. I worked with Bauer. He is a solid dude, more than you ever will be you P.O.S. He always told it like it was and never hesitated to handle business so you can that bottle sand shove it up your ass. For a total loser drunk who never did anything his whole career talks shit on a fellow employee who is 10x the man you will ever wish to be, is purely offensive.
This one Dep took on your daddy, Mr Sheriff, and a Capt, a Sgt, and IA, and beat their asses down you suck fuck. In fact you loser, Their own emails between one another say that “Bauer has made us look stupid”. Just like he would you. Ya, pay a guy a mil and call it a victory, only a true fucking idiot would say such a thing.
McMahon is the welfare sheriff. Given a position that shit hook never earned. Schrader has forgotten more than that scrggeled tooth freak knows. Mills you are a joke. McMahon fucks over deputies when no one is looking.
#38 stay of drugs fuck face.
43′ say what?
The big problem I see with McMahon is he is not a leader. He has show boated behind the Collins caper and played politics on the back of injured deputies.
He is not a leader but a loser. If you can’t see that then you are James Mills. Merry Xmas Everyone. James I am sorry I flushed your gift. The next McMahon I take I will save it for you and not flush it. I am glad Mills knows where McFuckheads balls are. Normally in Mills mouth.