In the Words of a Heroic Whistleblower – Christine C. Anderson Former NY Supreme Court Appellate Division First Department Tells of Corruption in Attorney Disciplinary Agency. Fingers former Chief Counsel Thomas Cahill and Sherry Cohen of the First Department
September 21st, 2009
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Monday, September 21, 2009
Attorney at Law
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September 13, 2009(via Confirmed Overnight Delivery)
The Hon. Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Attorney General of the United States
Office of the Attorney General
United States Department of Justice
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United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
United States Department of Justice
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Hon. William M. Welch II
Chief, Public Integrity Unit
United States Department of Justice
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Washington, D.C. 20530-0001
409 Legislative Office Building
Albany, NY 12247
Re: Request for Federal Investigation Into Allegations of Corruption and
Witness Intimidation and Appointment of Federal Monitor
Gentlemen:
My name is Christine C. Anderson. For six and one-half years, I was a Principal Attorney of the New York State Appellate Division, First Department’s Departmental Disciplinary Committee (the “DDC”). The DDC is responsible for investigating and disciplining attorneys found guilty of misconduct in representing the public in the Bronx and Manhattan. After discovering and reporting of acts of misconduct and corruption at the DDC, which acts constituted an abuse of power and a fraud upon the public, my employment was summarily terminated in June, 2007.
Prior to my employment with the DDC, I was in private practice for over twenty years. Before that, I worked for the Human Resources Administration of New York City. In other words, I am a thoroughly seasoned attorney, with a broad based knowledge of general practice.
As a result of my wrongful termination in retaliation for my reporting misconduct in violation of my First Amendment rights, I instituted a lawsuit captioned Anderson v. State of New York, et al., 07 Civ. 9599 (S.D.N.Y. 2007). (A copy of my complaint in this action is attached hereto as Exhibit A.) Specifically, I discovered and reported that employees of the DDC had engaged in, inter alia, the “whitewashing” complaints of misconduct leveled against certain “select” attorneys and law firms. This “whitewashing” sometimes involved burying cases or destroying evidence, so that certain complaints were inevitably, unavoidably, dismissed. I witnessed this destruction of evidence myself. Other reported misconduct involves victimizing attorneys lacking privileged positions or connections.
Although the then Chief Counsel of the DDC, Thomas Cahill, stepped down in 2007, evidence clearly establishes that under the leadership of Alan Friedberg, the current Chief Counsel, the same practice of corruption and whitewashing of complaints continues. Such practice robs the public of any hope at justice; it also works to the detriment of the very public the DDC is duty-bound to serve.
During the course of my litigation against the DDC, a former colleague of mine, who still works as a Principal Attorney at the DDC, agreed to testify on my behalf at a deposition. This former colleague, Nicole Corrado, has been employed by the DDC for approximately eight years, prior to which she worked as a prosecutor for New York State. On the morning of her deposition, however, while en route to her deposition, Ms. Corrado was approached on the street by a supervisor at the DDC, who threatened and intimidated her with respect to her upcoming deposition testimony. Although terribly shaken, Ms. Corrado nonetheless sat for her deposition and testified truthfully. Following her deposition, however, Ms. Corrado has been subjected to further harassment and intimidation at the hands of the DDC. She has been forced to take a leave of absence as a result.
On June 8, 2009, I testified at a hearing convened by John L. Sampson, New York State Senator and Chairman of the New York State Standing Committee On The Judiciary. (A copy of my affidavit submitted to the Committee is attached hereto as Exhibit B.) At that hearing, several witnesses testified as to their shocking experiences with the grievance and judiciary committees in New York State. Shockingly, within days of my testimony, in my lawsuit, my sealed medical and psychiatric records were filed and posted publicly on the court’s Internet filing system by counsel for the defendants – i.e., the New York State Attorney General’s Office. I regard those actions as horrifically unethical and malicious, and taken in deliberate retaliation for my testifying at the Senate hearing.
The detailed testimony presented by innumerable witnesses at the June 8th Senate hearing reveals the manifold reports of corruption and abuse by the State’s Disciplinary Committees. (A copy of the transcript of this hearing is attached hereto as Exhibit C.) Charges included concealment of evidence, obstruction of justice, extortionate sexual threats by attorneys, pilfering of estates by attorneys, abuse of power, fraud, conspiracy and repeated violations of state and federal constitutional rights.
In light of the foregoing, it is plain that the enduring practice of allowing attorneys in this state to police themselves is fundamentally flawed. With the numerous reports of abuse by both attorneys and state officials, the corruption in the court system has reached a critical stage. Accordingly, I respectfully request that you authorize the appointment of a Special Prosecutor to investigate the epidemic of honest services fraud in the New York state court system, and the appointment of a Federal Monitor, to oversee the lawful operation of the same.
Thank you for your time and attention. I look forward to your response.
Very truly yours,
Christine C. Anderson
cc w/o enc:
The Hon. David A. Paterson
New York State Governor
Office of the Governor of New York State
State Capitol
Albany, New York 12224
The Hon. Boyd M. Johnson III
Deputy United States Attorney for the
Southern District of New York
Public Corruption Unit
United States Department of Justice
One St. Andrews Plaza
New York, New York 10007
The Hon. Loretta A. Preska
Chief U.S. District Judge
United States Courthouse
Southern District of New York
500 Pearl Street
New York, New York 10007-1312
The Hon. Andrew M. Cuomo
New York State Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General of New York State
The Capitol
Albany, New York 12224-0341
The Hon. Luis A. Gonzalez
Presiding Justice, New York State Appellate Division,1st Department
27 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10010
The Hon. Joseph M. Demarest, Jr.
Assistant Director in Charge, New York Division
26 Federal Plaza, 23rd Floor
New York, New York 10278-0004
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by the way, that is the way they work Christine, if they can not find your psychiatric problems, they make them up and pass them around……and my FEDS have done nothing about it………..
why, because it will involve to many, maybe ex us attorneys, lawyers, maybe a senator, his prostitue, etc………..
who should all be arrested!!!!!!!!!!!
the evil always hits hardest before a victory!
we will keep praying for Christine Anderson!
I have names, dates, etc…..
If you need me, contact Frankand many other Felonies!
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buttbuster
so I am not allowed to speak as to the felonies they are committing…..good try boys, we can not find her psych rider, we will just write it on the top of this paper……
you didn’t know I was almost dead,
recovering from major surgery and one of the worst types of misdiagnosed adenomas known……..
where did all that paperwork go?
we will just change all this so she will not be allowed to speak!
bunch of backstabbing, bloodsucking bastards burn in hell
hey FEDS, bring handcuffs to the hearings,throw these bastards in jail
Ms Anderson is absolutley correct in reporting the retaliation BY OCA…against anyone who supports her as well as against herslf.
In my present federal lawsuit my 3 witnesses have been fired after sick leave, fired in general and one forced to quit. OCA’S witnessess spewing perjury have all been promoted…soon after….including the hearing officer who is now the executive director of the 5th judicial district.
In my original federal case against OCA n the 90’s (which this present case is an offshoot of) …I was forced to go to a psychiatrist in order to claim worker’s comp benefits. The judge whom I accused of sexual harassment… his atty…went to a supreme ct judge to seek opening the psychiatric records to the public..because OCA paid for the visits through comp….and that WAS granted.
Once I became aware of this court order..all my visits reported stories and information about the hostile female court employees and the crimes committed by OCA. The atty found that information unpublishable, so he requested an exam by a forensic psychiatrist….which supreme ct said NO to. So this atty was friend’s with the state ins fund lawyer handling my comp case and he went through him. That slick move ended with the state paid doctor finding on my behalf entirely….and him stating to me…OCA IS SCREWING WITH YOU….I hope you get millions. OCA paid him for those reports…that remain hidden somehwhere at the 8th district offices.
As I am now forced to fight them again in federal court due to continued retaliation…the crimes and witness retaliaton has become more agressive and criminal as I have reported on this blog for 3 years.
Ms Anderson…you are not alone as OCA has become a total syndicate of crime and corruption. I await a response to your letters…as I can and will substantiate everything you have stated the NY court system is guilty of…relative to major criminal activity against anyone who dares to expose their illegal activities.
know that you are guided with faith and grace….
it is called a FELONY!
and proves who you bastards are!
Is that 8 years for lying to a FED, wouldn’t want those public officials in jail for 8 years….
explains why the FEDS have not arrested them!
Get them ST Christine
ST Nicole!
just to try to nail you again, as they did me…….
your DA will do nothing to charge them, the paperwork will disappear…
they will try anything to discredit you………keep your courage
but most of all thank you for your strength and honesty of the evil that exists in our courts system!
I of course know this from 15 yrs ago and the story I told you above gathered from information from close supervisory sources, oh yes…the CJC and lawyers close to OCA administration….all willing to tell on them. Sorry OCA you just cannot know and attack everyone I have contact with in the legal community.
I also got a heads up about the insanity defamation in my 2004 OIG investigation that I requested relative to OCA retaliation. An employee…. who eventually turned on me…..oh this should make for an interesting trial…whispered in my ear the day the hearing was to begin….. that my supervisor and friend of the removed judge… and heavy politico daughter of a major judicial influential political party….. told her that her goal was to make me appear crazy. This was the same remark made by the atty for the ex-judge in the 90’s….and this lady supervisor worked for as a secretary for 11 yrs and is connected politically to the supreme court judge that is the first cousin of the ex-judge’s atty.
The court system thrives on inflammatory statements…true or altered…. and dares you to prove otherwise.
Ms. Anderson…you must get information personal and work related that reflects workplace unfitness and incompetency… like drug habits, alcohol use at work and driving to or from work in that state,sleeping with hearing officers that rule AGAINST OCA, stolen property in the purchasing of hot goods etc…
about the employees/supervisors that are attacking you and submit them in affidavit form…under penalties of perjury. Don’t be shy…they want to ruin your life!
they will use the ilk of the world to discredit you and behind your back, prove what they are, because the only thing that will tell such lies about another human being is a prostitute! Remember you are dealing with prostitutes who enjoy torturing another human being.Walk in the Light, You are of the Light!
they will use the ilk of the world to discredit you and behind your back, prove what they are, because the only thing that will tell such lies about another human being is a prostitute! Remember you are dealing with prostitutes who enjoy torturing another human being.Walk in the Light, You are of the Light!
great work by the AG’s Office!
does ST Andrew, really want to be Governor?
see you can not trust any of them when money is involved……stop the money trail
expose the complaints!