Corruption in America has reached alarming levels. An increasing number of legal scholars are bending the rules to serve their own interests. America needs honest scholars who practice law under the United States Constitution.

The people depend on it, but state judicial oversight committees remain disturbingly complacent, turning a blind eye to significant cases of misconduct. Too often, when a case warranted an immediate suspension or disbarment, the presiding authority was slow to react to numerous complaints, allowing further damage to multiple people. This type of negligence has inflicted severe harm on countless families, with some suffering irreversible harm. Such tragic cases have been well-documented by the media. 

According to reports on KTVI Fox 2 in St. Louis, from 2003 to 2008, two Pennsylvania judges devastated the lives of over 2,500 children in the famous “Kids for Cash” scandal. The justice system allowed this to go on for five years, even though numerous complaints were received. The judges were eventually found guilty of selling children into privately owned juvenile detention facilities, in exchange for kickbacks from the facility owners. It’s been confirmed at least one child committed suicide as a direct result.

Additionally, according to a news report by Fox 5 Atlanta (Georgia) on June 28, 2022, in another example of justice being slow to act, Attorney and County Commissioner, Sherrie Washington, was disbarred by the Georgia State Supreme Court in June of 2022, after several people, including Dashawn Mayweather, filed individual complaints against Washington with the State Grievance Commission. The Commission then brought the cases to the Georgia Supreme Court. According to the article by Fox 5 Atlanta, on June 28, 2022, the Georgia Supreme Court cited Washington’s history of disciplinary problems and patterns of misconduct involving several other clients, prior to the filings by Mayweather and others, as the basis for the disbarment. All of these people were harmed by the unethical actions of Attorney Washington. Mayweather, prior to filing her complaint with the grievance committee, hired Attorney William Brent May, to bring a civil action against Attorney Sherrie Washington. A judgment in a small amount was granted. (Note: the Fox 5 News report did not provide the names of the other complainants.)

(Public information regarding Attorney May was provided by the Rockdale County Clerk of the Court.)

In another case, according to the Des Moines Iowa Register, Attorney David Leitner was accused of four seperate instances of dishonest or unethical conduct. The Iowa Supreme Court Grievance Commission considered permanently revoking his law license, but instead settled on a two year suspension.

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There are literally hundreds of valid ethics complaints ignored or dismissed annually in America.

Something must be done!