NH Attorney Discipline Office Failure to Investigate Unethical Lawyers

Is there REALLY anywhere in the State of New Hampshire for Litigant's to find any kind of Justice when a Lawyer act's unethically in representing them or in plain English, doesn't fight for his/her client? What recourse does a Litigant have when their Lawyer refuses to subpoena witnesses and file motions and appeals as requested? Quite obviously, it isn't the NH Attorney Discipline Office, where their failure to investigate unethical Attorney's action's lead more Litigant's down the path of NH Injustice.

Just as Judges stand by their own when the citizens of NH file complaint's against unethical Judges, the same goes for DCYF worker's as well as Lawyer's. "You watch my back and I'll watch your's." Isn't that what they say? How in the world can a Litigant get justice in NH? I don't have a clue.

A new mother accused of abuse and neglect is given a court-appointed Lawyer. She meet's him five minutes before the Preliminary Hearing. He brag's,"Piece of Cake. I've been doing this for twenty year's." And how many of these cases has he won? None I'm sure.

Come to find out the Lawyer's specialty is Real Estate Law and recently I've heard Divorce Law. When looking him up on the Internet these day's, he claims he's a child custody Lawyer. Next joke! If you want a Lawyer who work's FOR DCYF, he's the man to go to.

The Mother isn't allowed to speak, as she sit's there alone without support and listen's to the lies of the DCYF Lawyer. Her court-appointed Lawyer say's nothing. He ask's no question's nor does he speak up for his client. No objections come out of his mouth. No request for evidence supporting the DCYF Lawyer's claims. He just sit's there, like a lump on a log and let's the court STEAL her child.

The new mother is court-ordered out of a treatment program. The Lawyer should have known this was both illegal, unethical AND discriminatory. He should have objected. Instead he said nothing. Her child was ordered placed in foster care, instead of with family member's, due to the lies of another unethical Lawyer. The DCYF Lawyer. Again, he said nothing. He just sat there and let DCYF and the Judge rake the Mother over the coal's as if this was just an every day occurrence in NH Family Court. Because it actually was.

The Mother was devastated. Here she thought she had a GOOD Lawyer before the hearing and now knew all she had was a "Puppet of the Court."

The Adjudicatory Hearing was held a month later. The Lawyer subpoenaed NO witnesses to speak on the Mother's behalf, even though he was given a list of favorable witnesses. Again not allowed support from anyone. Left there in a room filled with vultures. He sat in the courtroom asking the mother what he should ask the States witnesses. He elaborated on nothing. He objected to nothing. As more perjury was committed by the state, he just sat there. Never saying a word. He admits in his letter to the Atty. Discipline office that he questioned the States witnesses at the Adjudicatory Hearing,never admitting he had to be prompted by the mother. He also NEVER admitted he didn't subpoena any witnesses. He talked around it.

By this time the Mother knew her child would never be returned with this Puppet representing her, so she filed a motion with the court to fire him, telling the court she could do a better job herself. It was denied, as well as two more motions she filed and the Puppet even asked to withdraw as her Lawyer. Denied again, even after the Mother stated she would represent herself and do a better job.

The Lawyer refused to show the Mother her files or copy them for her. He stated the State didn't pay him enough. He only get's sixty dollars and hour and only get's twelve dollars of it and the rest goes to the office. He told the Atty. Discipline Office a whole different scenario of course.

The Lawyer said NOTHING of his other remarks to the Mother, such as when he was asked why he didn't fight for the Mother,"The Court is my Boss", also, "I have more important client's than you."

When reported to the Atty. Discipline Office, he stated the Mother was ,"promptly provided with access to her file." He also stated, "we reviewed her and her childs medical history." That's odd, because the Judge failed to order the Mother's medical history. To this day, no-one but the Mother has it. The Judge refused to admit it into evidence, which again, the Lawyer refused to file the motion, so a family member filed it instead. The Mother was told to bring it into court and then was denied it's admittance into evidence, because Family Court can do whatever it want's, unlike Criminal Court. Also, if the Mother were given access to her file, she would have found her Medical file wasn't there and her innocence would have been proven and her child wouldn't have been put on the Adoption Block.

The Lawyer states he forwarded Medical releases to DCYF for medical care of the child, yet when DCYF didn't receive them, DCYF took Guardianship of her child.

The Puppet states, "I advised my client of her appellate rights and she acknowledges as much in her grievance." He never told the Mother she could appeal to the Superior Court after The Dispositional Hearing. Her Mother did. When the Mother requested he file the appeal, he refused, stating it would have the same outcome. In his letter to the Atty. Discipline Office he gives two totally different reasons for NOT filing the appeal. He couldn't even get the dates right. He was two years off.

Neither he nor the DCYF Lawyer were held accountable for their unethical practices. If the Atty. Discipline Office had done their job and investigated the complaint's filed against the both of them, neither would be Lawyer's today.

So I ask again. Where does a Litigant turn to get Justice in NH? Not the Atty. Discipline Office. That's for sure. The two Lawyer's still wreak havoc on the citizens of New Hampshire instead of being disbarred as they should have been. So where's the Justice? You'd better look in another State, because you won't find it in NH!

Check out Denise Marie MacIntosh's website for much more regarding DCYF and our FANTASTIC Judicial System at: http://dmvc-results.blogspot.com/ She has plenty of insight as to the injustices practiced on the litigant's of NH.