Attorney misconduct bureaucracy in A DIARY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE RULES OF ATTORNEY PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT

  • March 17, 2014, 5:14 a.m.
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Attorney misconduct bureaucracy and due consideration. Ineffectual attorneys is a fast growing sport in the legal community and should be addressed with no free passes. What is disturbing is that attorney misconduct happens to frequently and it goes largely unchecked because of all the hoops that an uneducated complainant like myself has to jump through. A complainant really needs an attorney or a law degree to properly level the playing field. In all due respect, the attorney, misconduct, disciplinary board is complicated, difficult, intricate and contrived. It is over the top "attorney friendly" and alternatively, over the top "complainant unfriendly," consequently too much attorney misconduct presumably goes unchallenged first by complaints not being made altogether because of the hoops and the fear in general of the system that they have no familiarity with and 2nd reason they go unchallenged, essentially for complaints that ineffectually challenged because of the lack of skill and education to make an effectual challenge. This board requires that my complaint be certified by a notary and that copies to the respondent be certified that I sent them. Give me a break! This process is all attorney modus operandi mumbo jumbo designed to protect attorneys rather than discipline them. I essentially have to be an attorney, or have a graduate degree to have any proficiency to all the standard language and fidelities of law to have a legitimate challenge to my complaint. I am afraid and I am in fear because of my education and indigence and ignorance of the 500 or more pages of the Rules of Misconduct, that will be used against me because of my ignorance. I fear my legitimate complaint will go undisciplined because of the finite, esoteric nuances and languages of the process. In addition to the unlevel playing field, attorneys have college classes on the subject of attorney misconduct, while I only have a high school degree and my best training on the subject was my civics' class. All those hoops seemingly are designed to discourage legitimate attorney misconduct complaints. Here is your challenge. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. At least get rid of that notary stuff. Is that really necessary? How many professions, beside the law profession require notarization in filing a complaint. The veracity of the complaint is in the complaint itself and not who technically filed the complainant, who swears to who they are. I want you to know who I am when I file a complaint and I don't need a notary to tell me who you are. More unnecessary obstacles of the Professional Misconduct process, are all the bureaucratic committees; the General Counsel, the Complaint Screening Committee, the Professional Conduct Committee, the NHBA Dispute Resolution Committee, and of course the Judicial Conduct Committee. I have no clue which committee would be addressing my complaint. Perhaps it is a complicated, progressive process that goes through all the committees. You got so many committees you could choke a horse. There absolutely cannot be that many committees dealing with other professional complaints. I don't think I have a chance in this committee or any of the committee making it right because of my disadvantages. I hope you will take all the necessary due consideration that you need to and prove me wrong. Again the playing field is seemingly controlled by the respondent attorney and to their protection. If anyone is offended by my frankness and openness of my fears of the process, perhaps you should recues yourself. My complaint requires open-mindedness, intellect, no prejudice of any kind, impartiality, empathy, passion for what is right and comprehensive thinking. Which does this committee of human beings want to live with; that you did the right thing irrespective that they are your fellow attorney compatriots; or live with doing the wrong thing because they are your work buddies.


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