1. Atty James Beirne Faces over 200
Contempt of Court Charges; LA
Atty James Beirne Faces over 200
Contempt of Court Charges; LA Superior
Superior Court Judge to Decide his
Court Judge to Decide his Fate in late
Fate in late February 2012.
February 2012
Submitted by PinoyWatchDog.com on January 6, – 11:38
Submitted by PinoyWatchDog.com on January 6, 2012
pm 2012 – 11:38 pm
By Rene Villaroman with PWD Investigative Team
Byhttp://www.pinoywatchdog.com/atty-james-beirne-scam/
Rene Villaroman with PWD Investigative Team
http://www.pinoywatchdog.com/atty-james-beirne-scam/
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2. Glendale, CA – Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Soussan Bruguera
has issued an Order to Show Cause for Glendale Bankruptcy Attorney
James G. Beirne for being in contempt of court over 200 times after he
began an advertising push entitled “Setting the Record Straight” which
began coming out in the Weekend and Midweek editions of Balita
newspapers a month ago.
Atty Beirne is under a court order since the summer of 2011 to not have
any false, misleading, deceptive advertising or communications, or such
advertising that tends to confuse, deceive or mislead the public; or to
not guaranty any outcome on a legal matter, or to use a spokesperson
without disclosure of the spokesperson‟s title. The maximum sentence
for all these counts would be three (3) years in jail and about $200,000 in
fines, plus attorney fees. However, it would be expected that the
sentence would not be that harsh. The contempt trial process has been
ordered to commence on Monday, February 27, 2012.
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3. The court order stemmed from a motion for a preliminary injunction
filed in June 2011 by Diosdado and Janet Duldulao, whose house in
Eagle Rock was foreclosed due to Atty Beirne‟s failure to file
bankruptcy petition for the couple, a service that the couple had
sought to receive from the attorney after paying him a substantial sum
of money. The Duldulaos had alleged in their suit that Atty Beirne had
committed fraud and malpractice, among a number of other charges.
But last month, reacting to an expose that PinoyWatchDog.com
unleashed in its November 26, 2011 issue, Balita Media began an
advertising campaign designed to deflect the force of
PinoyWatchDog.com‟s disclosures (Two Clients Tell Bad Experience
with Atty Beirne). Attorney Beirne had an open letter entitled “Setting
the Record Straight.” Among the over 200 allegations of contempt is
the statement that “the latest edition of [PinoyWatchDog.com]
mentioned a couple of people who were turned down by us over 10
years ago, because they were not qualified for the relief they sought.”
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4. Since I wrote the story I know who the two clients having bad
experiences are. And PinoyWatchDog.com has obtained
documents showing that Attorney Beirne‟s statements about
these two clients are total deception. We have documents to prove
that this couple of people who were turned down by Beirne 10
years ago was in fact clients of the Law Office of James Beirne as
late as five years ago. The law office took their fees and failed to
deliver the services they were seeking. These “couple of people”
were Reynaldo Anson Villarica and the Pecaoco couple of
Burbank.
The Gertrudes and Rick Pecaoco bankruptcy petitions were
signed by Atty. Beirne in 2008, not over ten years ago, and
obviously she was not turned down because he was signing legal
documents on the case. Pecaoco came forward to
PinoyWatchDog.com because Beirne refused to provide a refund,
which is quite inconsistent with the protestation that they were not
qualified.
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5. Rey Villarica, the other Beirne client in my story, had given
PinoyWatchDog.com a 2006 letter from James Beirne‟s office that
clearly showed work still in progress. Mr. Villarica also felt he was
entitled to a refund, and wonders now why his money was taken if he
was not qualified for the relief that was sought.
Another part of the letter advertisement claimed that for almost 20
years the majority of Filipinos in the Los Angeles area have been
familiar with the excellent work done by the Beirne Law Office.
PinoyWatchDog.com contends that Beirne‟s claim can not be true, as
only one attorney handles 800 files in his law office, so it is hard to
understand how the work can be excellent.
But it is equally hard to claim that over half of our kababayans know
of this man, and certainly half do not know of his excellent work. One
media observer told me “did half the people even know why Johnny
Cochran was famous before the O.J. trial? For that volume of people
to know of someone‟s work product is impossible unless they were a
president or mass murderer.”
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6. Another area of contempt charges involve Beirne‟s claim that he is a
„charter‟ member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy
Attorneys. Guess what we found out? They do not even know what a
charter member means. But, we are not the ultimate arbiters of Balita
and Atty Beirne‟s “mockery of justice,” a phrase made fashionable by
Balita‟s own Executive Editor, Rhony Laigo. The flagrant violations of
an outstanding court order by the Law Office of Jame Beirne will be
decided when this law suit goes to trial in the end of Feburary 2012.
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this story is Beirne‟s scathing
attack on Attorney Joel Bander that may very well end up in court.
Bander is representing the Duldulaos in this very case, and obtained
the court order that is now being contested as violated.
Beirne‟s letter contains the standard reckless Balita charges against
Bander. But since Beirne is now alleged to have violated a court order
for truthfulness, these long-made allegations might actually have
some airing in a court of law.
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7. The attacks vary from Bander allegedly being obsessed to do
damage to Beirne, how Bander has a „hatred‟ for Beirne, and about
alleged defects in Bander‟s former law firm.
Bander told the court on Thursday, January 5, 2012 that he would
not be trial counsel as he would be a witness. Bander has told
PinoyWatchDog.com that Dennis Wilson of Burbank will be
handling the contempt trial. “Attorney Wilson is a great trial
lawyer. He lives in court. I am happy to have him on the team,”
Bander said.
Attorney Wilson was unavailable for comment, as he was in court.
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