Posted by
NOTLEGALROADKILLYET on Sunday, September 03, 2006 4:31:48 PM
I particularly liked your profile of Judge Shakes this morning. He is an outstanding judge. I am looking forward to the second and third installments.
The timing of this series makes me suspect that you might well have been had.
I have a new blog, collandp.townhall.com, aka Law, Lawyers, & Politics. It is more than a little critical of the legal ethics system, which appears to be designed to protect judges and lawyers from the public, rather than the other way around. I don't just make allegations, I provide solid, easily documented examples.
About six weeks ago, I suggested to Chief Judge Martinez in a letter that it would be a public service if he conducted training for his judges on the issues my blog was to raise. I suggested that if he doubted the need for such training, he might want to review my lawsuit. He did not respond, at least to me.
If his response was to suggest a positive piece on a good judge as a way to deflect legitimate criticism of the legal ethics system, thats fine. If he did so without telling you that the criticism was coming, and was justified, he has done neither you nor the public any favors.
Because I have an active lawsuit, I cannot release my identity to the general public, for fear of being accused of contaminating the jury pool. You DO NOT have my permission to publish this letter unless you conceal my identity. This letter will be published on my blog.
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PS I am told that my blog is well written. If you choose to review it, you may want to start at the beginning. I expect to be doing this blog for years. Eventually, at least some of your readers will be my readers.
If you can identify the judge, and I expect you can, I would prefer you not identify him to the public until after his retention election. I am not running a campaign against a single judge. I am trying to reform the whole system.