Do you know of a NH Judge, Marital Master, Attorney or Guardian Ad Litem that is unethical but you are afraid of retaliation if you provide information about this person?

Do you know of a NH Judge, Marital Master, Attorney or Guardian Ad Litem that is unethical but you are afraid of retaliation if you provide information about this person? 

Post anonymously the persons name in this post and their position and whom they are associated with.  The blog staff will investigate this person.  Please provide as much information as possible to assist us in our research.  If you can tell us a little bit about some areas to look into that would be a great help. 

Additional information on the unethical people already posted would also be appreciated. 

Thank you,

Blog Staff

NH Attorney And Guardian Ad Litem Has Issues With Depression - More Disturbing Information Found On Tracy A. Bernson - Article Published In The Syracuse University Post-Standard On June 23, 2001 Discusses Her Major Depressive Disorder

 The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)

June 23, 2001 Saturday Final Edition

STUDENT SUES SU UNDER DISABILITIES ACT SUIT SAYS LAW SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE ADJUSTED FOR HER CONDITIONS DURING TEST-TAKING.

BYLINE: Jim O'Hara Staff writer

SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. B5

LENGTH: 499 words

Tracy Bernson recently completed her first year of law school at the Syracuse University College of Law. But she's already headed for the courtroom.

She won't be there as a lawyer, though. She'll be there as a litigant because she is suing SU, claiming the university violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to accommodate her in taking her final exams last month.

Douglas A Thornton Listed On NH Guardian Ad Litem Board’s List – Listed As “Expired or Renewal Denied” – How the State Of NH Protects Those Working For The State That Have Enormous Power To Destroy Lives And Yet The State Refuses To Give The Public Access To Information About These People

Here is a list that was published by the Guardian Ad Litem Board in NH.  As you will note, Douglas Thornton is listed as “Expired or Renewal Denied.”  This document is available at the following link. http://www.nh.gov/gal/documents/BoardCertifiedGALs-Alpha.pdf

CHANGES IN GUARDIAN AD LITEM STATUS

Changes through December 8, 2010

Suspended:

• Lenora Boehm

• Marsha Lavallee Huntoon

Newly approved

• Lynn Aaby

• Arlene Agosto

• Tracy Bernson

• William Cleary

• Margo Cooper

• Tina Craig

• Anna Elbroch

• Kristen Finnegan

• Carleen Forrest

• Barbara Gardner

• Aprel Goddard

• Lucinda Hopkins

• Robin Partello

• Elizabeth Rodd

• Laura Vaillancourt

Expired or renewal denied:

• Michael Atkins

• Dianna Baker

• Lisa Bellanti

• Paul Bennett

• Floreen Keifer-Bishop

• Quentin Blaine

• Barry Bolduc

• George Bortnick

• David Braiterman

• Peter Brigham

• Susan Brown

• Peter Brunette

• Deborah Buxton

• Cindee Carter

• Mark Cavanaugh

• Karen Collman

• Clark Corson

• RoAnne Cronin

• Timothy Cunningham

• Gail Cyr

• Susan Denenberg

• Elaine Dolph

• Daniel Dwyer

• Edmunds Everett

• Michael Finamore

• John Fox

• Patricia Frim

• Christopher Garner

• Matthew Garthwait

• Jill Gaumont

• Kim Gaumont

• Michelle Gosselin-Limire

• Tammy Gosling

• Joan Gross

• Margaret Cunnane Hall

• Marianne Hannagan

• Jeremy Harmon

• Patrick Harrigan

• John Harwood

• Honey Hastings

• Tricia Hayes

• James Hurley

• David Kamen

• Kathy LaRocque

• Marcia Leighninger

• Thomas Mandra

• Jeanette Marino

• Steven Markiewicz

• Elizabeth Maynard

• Barbara McCracken

• Glenn McCracken

• Andrea McCusker

• Robert McKenney

• Norma Micheroni

• Fred Miller

• Kathy Needleman

• Deborah Shepherd

• Douglas Thornton

Someone contacted the GAL board for information and here is their response. 

1^st Request For Information From GAL Board

Hi:
I recently noticed that GAL Douglas Thornton is on a list of "Expired or renewal denied." as for changes through December 1st 2010.  How do I find out information about this?  I would like to know what information is available to me. 

Thanks

1^st Response To Request

Good Morning,

I am not sure what information you are requesting, so I am including the dates of any status changes for Mr. Thornton. I reviewed Mr. Thornton’s file and found that he was originally certified by the Guardian ad Litem Board on March 13, 2006.  His certification expired on March 13, 2009.  He did apply for Guardian ad Litem Certification again in the summer of 2010; however, the board denied his application on September 24, 2010.  He is not a board certified GAL, and has not been board certified since his original expiration date.   

If you are looking for something more specific please let me know and I can try to get that information for you if it is indeed public information.  The reasons for denial are not public information.   

Thank you,

Katherine

GAL Board Secretary

2^nd Request Asking For Information

Thank you for your speedy response.  You answered most of my questions.  Specifically, I am assisting a friend with some post divorce issues.  Doug Thornton was the GAL.  It would be helpful is we could find out why Mr. Thornton's application was denied as there could be some impact on the post divorce issues.  I am a little confused why that information would not be open to the public under the NH Right to Know law and if it is not subject to right to know, how could someone find out?  A petition to the court?  Subpoena?  Your assistance would be greatly appreciated. 

2^nd Response To Request

The reason for denial is exempt from right to know requests pursuant RSA 91-A:3 II(c), and cannot be disclosed.  If he had requested a hearing to challenge the board’s denial of his application, then the information would have become public, but he did not.  I am a secretary, and I am unaware of how you would force the release of exempt information, but I think it may be through the Supreme Court, but you may want to get some legal advice on that.

If you are under the assumption that the reason for denial stems from a complaint about Mr. Thornton as a GAL, I can inform you that all disciplinary decisions regarding GALs are posted to the board’s website under the complaints section.  I do not see that any disciplinary action was ever taken against Mr. Thornton.

If your friend wishes to file a complaint against Mr. Thornton, there is paperwork available on the Board’s website under the complaints section.  However, it should be noted that the board can only handle complaints against certified GALs, so if the time period during which the violations took place was after Mr. Thornton expired, then the complaint would need to be directed to the court, and she would need to contact them as to how to file a complaint.

Thank you

Katherine

GAL Board Secretary

As you can see, the secretary in quite polite in her response.  She notes that the reason for Thornton being denied his certification is not subject to the right to know laws.  Here is a person that has caused a great deal of destruction to two young boys and God knows who else but you can’t find out why his application was denied.  Do you see something wrong with this?  What is the GAL Board covering up?  Thornton created a lot of problems for my divorce, he was biased and negligent in the way he handled the case but I can’t find out why he was denied his certification. 

Someday my children will become adults.  They will someday realize that their father did everything he could do to be in their lives but had his rights taken away by a sick mother that breeds on Parent Alienation as well as her attorney Jaye Rancourt, a negligent GAL Douglas Thornton along with Master Forrest and Judge Arnold. 

Unethical NH Attorney’s, Guardian Ad Litem’s, Judges and Marital Masters Wanted!

Please email us names of unethical NH Attorney’s, GAL’s, Judges and Marital Masters to add to our new “Wall of Shame” at the bottom of this page.  Please include the following information:

1. Their full name.
2. Their title.
3. Where they are from.
4. Why you believe they are unethical. 

If you can substantiate their unethical behavior, we will be proud to post their names on our new “Wall of Shame.”  Your name will remain confidential and will not be posted. 

Please email your information to nh.unethical.attorney@gmail.com.

Thanks for your support.

What Can You Do To Deal With Unethical Attorney’s, GAL’s Judges and Marital Masters?

I use to be a full time police officer.  During my years of experiences in law enforcement, I went up against a lot of attorneys.  When I was police prosecutor I dealt with a lot of attorneys.  Some attorneys were very ethical and good and others not so ethical.  I never took it personal when I lost a case to an attorney doing their job and being ethical and proper.  What I always had an issue with is unethical attorneys that will lie and cheat.

Now that you have some background let me begin by telling you the most important thing you can do to deal with unethical attorneys like Jaye Rancourt of Manchester, NH, and Doug Thornton of Surry, NH as well as Marital Masters like David Forrest and Judges like John P. Arnold is to hold them accountable by getting your information out there in the public.  I always liked to use the following scenario with subordinate officers.  I would hold my pen up and tell my subordinates, “See this.”  I would then point to my firearm and say to them that this pen in my hand has more power then the firearm I was carrying.  Here is my point.

1. Blog about these people.  You can search for blogs and other forums by doing a Google Search.  You can create your own blog for free.  The Courthouse Forum is a good place to post information about Judges and Marital Masters (http://www.courthouseforum.com/).  Another recent blog I found was NH Judges Are Sodomites at http://nhjudgesaresodomites.blogspot.com/.  Let others know how and why these people are problematic.  Take away their business by making others want to not do business with them.  With the internet you can reach out to a lot of people.  What is one of the first things I do when I want to know about a person or company that I am thinking of doing business with?  I Google their name to see what information is available.  I decide to do business with them or not to do business with them based on my research.  Just make sure you are giving accurate information about these people and be professional.  Don’t make up false information about these people.  Just stick to the record which usually speaks for itself and gives credibility to what you have to say. 

2. File complaints against these people through the appropriate agencies.  In NH, you can file complaints with numerous agencies. 
1. For judges and marital masters you can file a complaint with the Judicial Conduct Committee.  Information is available at the following link: http://www.courts.state.nh.us/committees/judconductcomm/index.htm
2. For attorneys, you can file a complaint with the Judicial Conduct Committee.  Information is available at the following link: http://www.courts.state.nh.us/committees/attydiscip/
3. If the attorney is providing a service to you the Better Business Bureau is another avenue.  I am going to try this with the GAL since he provided me a service and there were lots of issues while doing so (This will be outlined in another post in the near future).
4. For GAL’s you can file a complaint with the Guardian Ad Litem Board in NH at http://www.nh.gov/gal/complaints.htm.  The real joke about this is that it cost to file a complaint.  This is a direct quote from the website, “The complaint filing fee in the form of a valid check or money order made out to “The State of New Hampshire: GAL Board.” The fee is $100.”  Most people that have been screwed by incompetent GAL’s can’t afford the money to file the complaint which is true in my case.  Amazing, the government is charging for services that should be covered by our taxes.  Is there a problem here?  Can you say discrimination? 

3. Contact the media and see if they will interview you or write an opinion letter to the editor.  I recently saw two articles in the Keene Sentinel where one person did just this.  If you go to his website NH Judges Are Sodomites at the following link you can read them at http://nhjudgesaresodomites.blogspot.com/2010/10/cheshire-superior-court-holding.html and http://nhjudgesaresodomites.blogspot.com/2010/10/cheshire-superior-court-rapes-divorce.html

4. Contact your state politicians and tell them that their state is screwed up and they need to work towards fixing it.  I’m not hopeful that they will listen but it’s a great way to vent. 

These are just some of the things you can do.  The important thing is to get your information out in the public.  If anyone has more suggestion please by all means post them.  If you have any helpful links please email them to me and I will post them. 

Send Us Your Your Information On Unethical Attorney's, GAL's, Marital Master's and Judges!

We want to hear about your experiences with these unethical people that are destroying our country and are a disgrace to our Constitution. 

Please feel free to send us your stories, links or any other information that would be helpful in disclosing these unethical people.  We would like to start a list of unethical Attorney's, Guardian Ad Litem's, Marital Master's and Judges in the State of New Hampshire.  Your help in exposing these people would be greatly appreciated. 

Please email your information to nh.unethical.attorney@gmail.com.

Is Jaye Rancourt unethical and is the law firm of BRENNAN, CARON, LENEHAN AND IACOPINO (BCLI) where she works Unethical too?

Here is an email correspondence from my last attorney to me.  He was helping me with some post divorce issues.  This is in response to a letter I forwarded to him that was written to Jaye Rancourt by my previous attorney early on in the divorce.  The earlier attorney was trying to appeal to Jaye Rancourt and my ex-wife for things to be civil for the sake of the children.  As you will see by my most recent attorney’s email to me, Rancourt and her law firm BRENNAN, CARON, LENEHAN AND IACOPINO also known as BCLI are well known for “prolonging litigation and driving up cost.” 

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Email From My Attorney To Me

To (Censored)

From:	(Censored) (XXXXXXX@XXXXXXXXlawoffices.com)
Sent:	Fri 2/19/10 10:27 AM
To:	(Censored) (XXXXXXXXX@hotmail.com)

(Censored Name),

Thank you for providing the note.  Your ex wife's lawfirm has a reputation for prolonging litigation and driving up costs.  As long as she is represented by them this will continue.

(Censored Name), Esquire

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As my attorney stated as long as my ex-wife has BRENNAN, CARON, LENEHAN AND IACOPINO (BCLI) representing her this will continue.  I guess what that means is this blog will be around for at least another eleven years (My youngest child will be eighteen then and Rancourt’s only involvement with my ex will be collecting her bill). 

What do you think the impact is on children when attorneys act unethical and prolong litigation, drive up the cost, and cause both parents to have to file bankruptcy and or be in financial turmoil for ten years?  Does it benefit the children?  Of course not.  Who does it benefit?  In my opinion unethical attorneys like Jaye Rancourt who are padding their retirement from our children’s future.  I feel that these types of attorneys should be able to be charged with child abuse. 

Here is a copy of the letter written by my previous attorney to Jaye Rancourt pleading with her for the destruction to stop.  This was around the time I offered to give my ex-wife my entire share of equity in our house to stop the destruction and my only stipulation was she give it to the kids for college when they were of age.  All I was asking is that if she wanted to stay in the house she do so and make an agreement that when the kids were of age, she would give them my share of equity which at the current time was approximately $25k.  I have censored the names in the letter to protect my minor children. 

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Letter From My Previous Attorney to Jaye Rancourt

Dear Jaye, 

                Re-scheduling (FEMALE NAME CENSORED)’s deposition prompted me to sit down and write this letter to put to paper some thoughts my client has expressed to me over the last several weeks.   (MALE NAME CENSORED) has been extremely frustrated at the way this divorce action has proceeded and wants this matter concluded as soon as possible so that both parties can move on with their lives, and the kids can begin the process of adjusting to the permanent split of their parents.  At this juncture, the only things this litigation is accomplishing is continuing and, indeed, escalating the intolerable conflict between the parties causing long-term damage to the children, and depleting all marital assets to that both parties will be unable to provide a home and security for the children.   (MALE NAME CENSORED) believes this insanity needs to stop – for everyone’s sake.

                 In that regard, (MALE NAME CENSORED) has urged me to contact you to try and find some common ground with (FEMALE NAME CENSORED) to settle this case now, so that everyone can move forward without additional emotional and financial damage. With respect to the most important part of this matter, the children, (MALE NAME CENSORED) believes that equal parenting time is really in the boys best interests, as Doug Thornton indicated in his initial recommendation to the Court.   Having a trial to determine this issue in not in anyone’s interest and now is the time for the parties to come together as co-parents and figure out what is best for these kids, as only they can.  You have indicated in the past that (FEMALE NAME CENSORED) would not entertain equal parenting time at this point, but would consider a settlement that would include a move towards equal parenting time going forward under a specified time table.  Can you ask your client to make a proposal in that regard so we can move this ball forward and stop the conflict which the children obviously observe and which is without question causing them long-term damage of the sort well-documented by all of the studies on this subject?  

                With respect to property, and overall conflict, we both know that if (FEMALE NAME CENSORED) is successful in proving fault grounds, after a four day trial, there will be no property to divide at all because both parties will have upwards of $50,000 in attorney’s fee, each.  Thus, any equity that could have been divided 50/50 or 60/40 on its best day, will be gone and the parties will be left with nothing but a bitter memory and a huge legal bill which will take each of them 5-7 years to dig out of given their respective incomes?  Is that really what (FEMALE NAME CENSORED) wants?  Not to mention the fact that one day those boys will pull their parent’s divorce file and see what has occurred, largely because (FEMALE NAME CENSORED) cannot seem to let this matter go and move on.  The boys at that point will make their own judgment as to why it all occurred and I don’t expect (FEMALE NAME CENSORED) will be pleased with the conclusions they make.   Putting long term effects aside, (MALE NAME CENSORED) believes that, whether he is in the right or the wrong, now is the time to try to put this all behind everyone for the children and the parties emotional and mental health.  (MALE NAME CENSORED) tells me that he is willing to consider something less than a 50/50 distribution of marital property, but any settlement must be reasonable and swift, and include dropping the fault and endangering mental health and reason grounds.    Attorney’s fees are racking up by the day and soon there will be nothing to fight over.  I respectfully suggest that is (FEMALE NAME CENSORED) wants her day in court to tell her story, another venue may be more appropriate that does not destroy all marital assets and continue the conflict that the boys experience as a result.  Would you ask (FEMALE NAME CENSORED) to make a proposal as discussed above?

 (MALE NAME CENSORED) tells me that is not willing to settlement property issues, without a global settlement on all issues contemporaneously. Nonetheless, please make any proposal as discussed above so we can explore all options before money and time run out.

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As you can see by this letter, there were serious issues at the onset of the divorce.  My attorney tried to get Rancourt to be reasonable and to not drive up the cost of litigation.  Instead she forced me to spend upwards of $50K and broke my bank and last I knew my ex-wife owed Rancourt around $50k. 

The divorce in the end dragged out for close to three years and in the end, all of the marital assets were gone.   An attorney that would let this happen is unethical.  Do I really think when Jaye Rancourt saw my ex-wife thought to herself that she was a self proclaimed healer of broken hearts and that she would fight for what’s right.  I don’t think so.  I believe Rancourt saw a sucker.  Someone that was weak and someone she could take advantage of. 

Now what do you think of Jaye Rancourt and her law firm BRENNAN, CARON, LENEHAN AND IACOPINO?  Are they unethical?  I believe so. 

If the attorney that wrote the above letter saw this some two years later, he would be shocked on how accurate he was in predicting the future.  When my children become adults and if they ever decide they want to file a lawsuit against Jaye Rancourt, I will encourage it.   

Attorney Doug Thornton - GAL for Cheshire County Family Court, Another Unethical Attorney Who is Incompetent To Do Their Job

In my opinion, Attorney Doug Thornton of Surry New Hampshire who was the GAL appointed to my divorce case is about as incompetent as a person can be. Again, these are my opinions. I will give some information and let you decide.

Doug Thornton is biased towards Fathers. He feels that a mother should be the primary care giver. My ex-wife was constantly making complains about me. She stated to Doug Thornton that I was abusive towards her. Funny, she made reports to her Attorney Jaye Rancourt every time we had a custody exchange. Attorney Rancourt would write nasty letters to my attorney describing how I was out of control in front of the kids.

Being smart, I was always keeping witnesses around me. I learned this from my tenure as a police officer. In one particular circumstance while doing a custody exchange at a local Mr. Mike’s Convenience Store, I asked a couple of the workers to watch the exchange. The exchange went well so I thought. After the fact the nasty Rancourt letter came about how I was out of control. In regards to these two workers. One was inside listening through the speakers at the gas pumps and another was outside picking up trash just feet from us and actually walked between us. Both gave me written statements that there were no issues. Do you think Doug Thornton would be fair enough to look into this incident which was well documented? Of course not. Again, the ex made me out to be the bad person and this idiot believed her.

I can’t speak about any of my ex-wife’s records so let me just say that my ex-wife in my opinion had some issues with her counseling records. Doug Thornton didn’t want to hear it. As a matter of fact, he told the court that he didn’t take the records into account as they came to him too late and he didn’t have the expertise to interpret them. Who was it too late for? I’ll tell you who. My children who are the victims of parent alienation. By the way, I believe that Doug Thornton leans towards not believing that there is a such thing as PAS. Shame on you Doug Thornton.

Oh yea. When it came time to pay this guy. He wouldn’t give me a final statement for my account. I believe that he made me pay my bill in full and he wrote off a portion of my ex-wife’s bill as he became very defensive with me.

I will try to find some correspondences that I have from Doug Thornton and post it. He was very rude.

If you get a chance to read this Doug Thornton, you should be ashamed of what you did to my two children. I have lots of pictures and videos showing how happy they were when they were part of my life. With your help their mother has made them hate me. People like you make me sick.

I plan on filing complaints with the Better Business Bureau and the Professional Conduct Committee in NH. I will keep you all posted.