When did I talk about formal discovery in the courtroom? You misunderstood or perhaps I wasn't clear: I meant more in the vein of revelation than formal discovery. Obviously, that takes place long before trial.
My lawyers' withdrawal is a very long story and I won't get into it in too much detail. I did file a brief related to their withdrawal with the Court. There were some serious problems with their representation, to put it mildly.
Let me give you one example. In Court, during critical hearings, determining California jurisdiction over the defendants, the Harvard-educated former SEC Chief Counsel attorney representing me stated:
"There's no one place where everybody can be sued, at least, on state court violations."
The very last statement he made so-called representing me...MY OWN LAWYER. By doing that, he has got some serious problems. That is the kind of statement defense counsel would be expected to make, not counsel for the plaintiff. In virtually every statement he made, he completely contradicted every brief filed with the Court. It has been a very, very disappointing experience, making it extremely difficult for me to consider trusting another attorney with my case.
Here's another classic remark. When the judge asked him to expound upon legal support for my position, here's what he had to say:
"Yeah, the case is much too technical for me to understand exactly what went on there."
Then he says:
"Well, I think the only other people here are the defendants and they're going to make distinctions. I cannot - that's all I know."
What can I say? I have gotten some advice from other attorneys and basically when I told them about these statements at first they did not believe a lawyer of this one's stature would actually do this; then I sent the records and they were amazed. |
