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Media Exposes Pond Scum Family Lawyers Hired By Apple, Inc. and Big Law Employees

9/26/2017

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Family Law Attorney Dominic Porrino, caught by press in corruption sting ( left) . Apple , Inc. employee Matthew Laycock after he  attacked and assaulted members of the  press outside courthouse  (right) .
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Court Watchers in Alameda County were heard claiming there are far too many good fathers out there to allow lawyers like Dominic Porrino to continue to hold children for ransom in California's divorce and custody cases.

​Much like family law  attorneys  Debra Crawford, Bradford Baugh, Nancy Perkovich , Paula Salinger, Marilyn Moreno, Nat Hales, Hector Moreno, Walter Hammon, Katherine Dorset and Stacey Stevens. Dominic Porrino appears to subscribe to the philosophy that more money can be made when certain litigation tactics are employed during  a modern day divorce or custody case.  Quite simply these tactics  would never be tolerated by real judges in civil or criminal matters as they include:

​#1 - Making false claims of domestic violence.
​#2- Claiming a former spouse is insane or mentally unstable.
​#3- Asking the court to declare the other parent vexatious.
​#4- Making irrelevant attacks on parenting and character.
​#5 Retaliating against ANYONE who files complaints with: The Commission on Judicial Performance , The State Bar, The Court Reporter's Board or the Psychology Board.

​All too oftern family law judges are ignoring the law and pandering to politics and drama brought by a select group of unscrupulous lawyers who make obscene fees and profits camouflaged in a $300-500/ hr. fee.
 
​Matthew Laycock appears to be one client  getting his money's worth.  Laycock, who is represented by Porrino, is reportedly using the money he earns as an employee for Apple , Inc. to beat down the mother of his children in an Alameda family court.

The mother in Alameda family court with Laycock has not been able to afford a lawyer herself  and  now appears to be  fighting Laycock and Porrino  to avoid being declared vexatious. The mother has reportedly filed State Bar Complaints, CJP complaints and complaints about less than ethical or qualified persons who are acting in a custody matter involving children under 10 years of age. The most questionable conduct appears to involve Elizabeth Braunstein , Commissioner Hendrickson and Judge Alice Vilardi.

Laycock is  reported to be trying to have the mother declared vexatious and ordered to a psych evaluation , while Judge Morrison, the presiding judge in Alameda County is well aware that the mother is facing retaliation for speaking out against the gross unfairness of family court proceedings and has filed administrative complaints in all state watchdog agencies that are designed to protect the public and prevent retaliation clearly being experienced by the mother of Laycock's young children.

​In 2016 Laycock reported he had only paid $6500 in legal fees and that Porrino earned merely $300 an hour. By 2017 Laycock had paid Porrino sufficiently   to try to declare his former wife insane and vexatious , as multiple Alameda Judges assist in retaliation for the mother's efforts to file complaints against judges and dirt bag lawyers like Porrino.

​Laycock, called an  "arrogant little prick"  by one concerned member of the public who observed Laycock and Porrino in and out of court, not only gloated at beating up his former spouse in court, he seemed to have no problem threatening and attacking reporters who tried to bring media attention to Alameda family law cases. 

Laycock  was so arrogant following a hearing before Judge Chatterjee,  that he and Porrino  insisted that three bailiffs escort them to their car, an appearance they are  as guilty and worthy of  media attention as O.J. Simpson, Bill Cosby, or Peter Sandusky.

​$6500 seems like a deal, where Laycock is concerned.  Brad Baugh, a Santa Clara family lawyer,  declared he charged Oliver Garbe $65,000 to have his former wife declared vexatious. Garbe  of course had  money as he was the  step son of Sean Connery ,  and  the Sixth District Court of Appeal allowed Garbe to keep $100,000 he and his wife had been given by Sean Connery and Garbe's mom as a wedding gift.

​Stacey Stevens, an attorney skilled at using false DV and "Mental Impairment" claims against moms in divorce and custody cases, boasted in a public court that she had been used by Brain Krippendorf , who uses computers , resources and money he makes while working at the big law firm of Wilson, Sonsini , Goodrich and Roasti, to declare the mother of his children vexatious and subject her to pay for supervised visits in a Contra Costa county custody and Santa Clara County support case.

Contra Costa Family Court Services , including employee Jim Paulssen is reported to be assisting lawyers like Stevens and Porrino in custody cases, making Kids for Cash the latest California Family Court problem and where Paulsen and others court employees are recommending custody arrangements that deviate from 50-50 by discrediting opposing parities, especially pro per litigants.

Male  court watchers in Contra Costa claimed Family Court Services have given custody solely to parents who   just "stink as a person" , by using false claims to discredit good parents seeking equitable custody arrangements in  Contra Costa County.  Family Court mediators appear to be the next in line for court reform advocates, who have already broken through the immunity claimed by CPS.  

Employers that include  Apple and Facebook are starting to note Silicon Valley family courts are bad for business. Some of the  worst cases have seen judges routinely violate the law, and retaliate when complaints to admisntrative agencies are made. Privately employers have PR and marketing teams scrambling to undo the negative impact of financial records and image backlash that is ground swelling as court reform advocates and activists garner more media attention.  Mainstream media outlets like the Chronicle's investigative reporting team are now even willing to accept complaints that the State Bar and CJP have tried to keep confidential for over 50 years.

​One Apple, Inc. employee made off record comments  to Q , indicating that  Apple, Inc.  is struggling  to adjust to the disruption in productivity when people like Laycock are spending all their time in court, or beating up on members of the press,  to keep a matter of public interest out of the media. Frankly Silicon Valley is under a great deal of pressure due to treatment of women in the tech industry, that treatment appears to extend to Silicon Valley Family Courts, and consumers won't stand for it." .

​" Family Court is bad for business , " stated  the Apple employee,  who wished to remain off record. " Apple executives are well aware that employees and contractors like Laycock have brought social media attention that includes #ShameonApple at a critical time for Apple's iPhone 8 marketing push".

​Emails are also flying around the big law firm of Wilson, Sonsini , Goodrich and Rosati, as an army of lawyers from Washington DC to Palo Alto try to determine if Krippendorf has used company resources and illegal hacking activity during his bitter custody battle that could  expose the firm, and its clients, to subpoenas and public scrutiny.

​A key component in  cleaning up California's family courts involves the state mandated audit of the Commission on Judicial Performance. Victoria Henley , the Director of the CJP who has been burying judge complaints in a cloak of secrecy is reported to be feverishly destroying documents that will reveal the state's most unethical and incompetent judges after the audit got a  boost this week when the Auditor, Ms. Howle and her lawyer , Myron Moskovich ,  filed a declaration explaining why the CJP being allowed to continue to hide, or redact   the names of judges who are the subject of a complaint makes an  audit impossibly impotent.  

Ms, Howle's  declaration reveals  the efforts the University of California's Office of the President went to while trying to hide information from the Auditor , which clearly shows an erosion of ethics  and conduct that is nothing short of moral turpitude that  has seeped into California's Courts and most revered public teaching instructions, conduct that clearly needs to be drained from the Swamp leaking sewage into public payrolls.  


​Personal fights going on in divorces have seeped out so far and wide that most court clerks, court reporters and judges have no idea how to control conduct that belongs under the pond scum. 

​The final area needed to clean up family courts is action by the State Bar. The auditor already exposed many of the flaws of the Bar, which simply put : Fails to Protect the Public

​Looks like the media is going to have to do the job judges and ethical lawyers should have done years ago.
14 Comments
Cje
10/1/2017 09:35:59 am

Can I put this on my website? I need to sell more red t-shirts.

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Ex Parte teaser trailer is awesome!
10/3/2017 02:23:45 pm

Did you see it? the video of that 5'3 68 year old reporter (blue shirt, black pants) pestering the Attorney and client all the way to his car!!! Hilarious, they had an escort and all.

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watcher
10/4/2017 07:00:50 am

"Looks like the media is going to have to do the job judges and ethical lawyers should have done years ago."

If anyone believes that a few rare media reports can do the job of a deeply corrupted legislature, a self serving CA state bar, and the criminal oligarchy known as the commission on judicial performance; then they are either delusional or are currently chasing leprechauns around in the dark.

A few obscure media articles or videos are not going to somehow magically infuse professional ethics and integrity back into our broken, corrupt, and criminal judicial system. Just not going happen....

When you have some actual indictments, convictions, or even any cases that have resulted in a positive end outcomes for the aggrieved; please share them here and let everyone know.

I don't know who runs this blog and organization; but just writing a blog, and making a big deal out of a few rare newspaper reports is not going to change anything. It's like holding up single pin to ward off a herd of charging elephants. it's basically inconsequential...

Full accountability and changing the laws are the only answers; and I don't see any of that being reported on this blog or anywhere else for that matter.

After all, providing false hope, is really providing no hope at all.

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Emily Kroll
11/7/2017 11:13:24 am

You have a point....I’m hoping for a Harvey Weinstein moment though...where something finally CLICKS with the right person or the right statement...at the right time.
Unless you’ve suffered in these courts and I’m talking about REALLY suffering (i.e. your children were taken from you) - nobody really wants to hear it or gives a shit.
There are too many people screwing it over. Everybody down at that Martinez Court has something on somebody else, etc.
It’s called legal kidnapping. Legal violation of individuals. I start to sweat and shake anytime I go near that courthouse. It feels like I’ve been gang raped. They destroyed me.

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Martinez court
11/9/2017 11:43:20 pm

@emily kroll

Who were the players in Your case? Judges, mediators, attorneys etc. name names, you're not alone, the death county and victims list is a mile long and there are many victims associated with each player.

Emily Kroll
11/21/2017 05:25:38 pm

Carolyn Cain was court appointed to represent my daughter. She is responsible for refusing Dependency Court, ethics violations too many to count, etc. However, I must give credit where credit is due and point out the Honorable John H Sugiyama head of Probate Dept 14!
Without him ALLOWING her to run the courtroom as she pleased, communicating ex parte, etc. her wish to orphan my daughter wouldn’t have been possible.
Hindsight can be excruciatingly painful. I wish I had, I wish I’d known then what I know now.....there was no way I was going to get my daughter back plain and simple. Carolyn Cain took myself and the baby’s father on a six year ride.
No child abuse. No neglect. No criminal convictions (except for the restraining orders I had placed against me AFTER my daughter was taken), no drug convictions/arrests.
Martinez Court, it’s investigators, examiners, judges, court appointed criminal conflict attorney Carolyn Cain - trafficked my infant.
That’s what hindsight showed me.

Jen wu
10/4/2017 11:03:56 pm

Look at all those sheriff!
Jenny Wells

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Lynne
10/5/2017 01:06:09 am

Hi, I was directed to your site, years back I hired a HORRIBLE attorney named Paula Grohs who scrubbed my Yelp reviews, she is just like the movie DIVORCE CORP, racketeering attorneys and scammers. The same things Grohs complains about. She is totally corrupt now I am finding her newest victims onlilne, oh also you can contact her for her comment:

Paula Grohs
5760 Tamarack Way
Clayton, California 94517
paula@grohslaw.net


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Jatt Law
10/10/2017 08:28:35 am

I own multiple businesses and Yelp claims they can NOT scrub or remove the negative reviews.

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Reading
10/13/2017 11:15:36 pm

Jatt - actually, Yelp can "scrub" these reviews by moving them to the "not recommended" section.

Funny, I did look at attorney Paula Grohs' yelp reviews and there are TONS in the 'not recommended' section.

Grohs, from all accounts, is trying to open a new business. I guess she isn't done defrauding the consumer.

Miss My Daughter
11/7/2017 11:05:37 am

From: Emily Kroll <emily.kroll@ymail.com>
To: "JPAUL@contracosta.courts.ca.gov" <JPAUL@contracosta.courts.ca.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 3:49 PM
Subject: cycle of abuse

Dear Mr. Paulson,

I am the mother of Willamina Gerke who is currently awaiting a trial over the termination of my parental rights/adoption of my daughter. I met you well over a year ago at Joyce Sasse's office to provide a supplement to Ann Silber's investigation and assist her in determining a recommendation to the judge.
I recall bringing up probate code 1513 and inquiring why/how a drug addict mother is afforded the rights of dependency court and, most importantly, a case plan (a two-month timeline, provided services, etc) and I am refused?
Your response was that we have to "move forward" and that "time is running out for my daughter".
Does anyone read through the entire case file? Do you question how/why my 3 month old infant was taken from me and the circumstances surrounding her removal?
If my daughter is being kept from me for "general abuse and neglect" - I have no drug history and before this happened I had no criminal history either?
Yes, I somehow managed to live 35 years w/o any restraining orders being brought against me. I had never been accused of mental illness, etc. until I gave birth to my daughter. I had three short months with my baby.
My mother and sister began plotting how they could take my daughter at two months. My sister lived in Palm Springs and had never even seen me with my daughter!
I was doing fine. There was no neglect. I never abused her. She was born 10 lbs. 1 oz. and it was the best day of my life.
I was never investigated by CFS. I have never met anyone from CFS. There is a threshold that CFS must meet in order to take a child out of his/her home - was never met...
I should be a mother right now. I have been abandoned by the court and the system. Left to my own devices to determine what it is you people actually want to see from me - the results of which Carolyn Cain sends out small novels in response to. Claiming that she is acting on a court order to "correct and fill in anything that I left out" during my therapy sessions.
First of all, the court order she claims to be acting on? Saying it's included in the 70+ pages she sent you? If you'll look closely - she does NOT provide it because it does NOT exist.
So this is how my efforts to blindly determine what exactly it is I need to do to get my daughter back are met?
I feel as though I have been trapped. The fact of the matter is - there isn't ANYTHING I can do to get my daughter back. Carolyn Cain has made that abundantly clear. When does the TRUTH count if it's allowed to be manipulated and no one is held accountable. Worse, no one cares to hear it.
Who was protecting me and my daughter?
Why does my relationship with her mean absolutely nothing to the court? What did I do to have an entire system turn it's back on me. This is devastating. I cannot describe what I go through every-single-day. I see your department and investigators walking on egg shells for complete LOSERS - making sure other parents legal rights are met and the system provides them with EVERYTHING they need to get their abused children back - with timelines of two months involving infants.
I sit in a court being told what a loser I am and how my daughter is better off with a 74 year old woman who has no relationship to myself or my baby at all.
You are perpetuating the cycle of abuse. My daughter told her father during visitation that she sometimes sleeps with her grandmother (my mother) in the same bed when she visits. My mother used to masturbate next to me when I was a little girl. The confrontation at her house where she alleges I attacked her was over her doing the same thing to my daughter! I told her I would kill her if I found out she was doing the same thing to my daughter.
All of this could have been avoided. Instead I'm being used to clog up an already perverse broken system while the cycle of abuse continues. I can't do ANYTHING to protect my daughter. The worst part about it? No one would believe me. I've already discussed it with several other people. It's a really sad situation.

I guess when you take an infant from its mother you are automatically crowned a superior parent.

Now I'm a threat to my daughter and have a personality disorder that is untreatable. Apparently Carolyn Cain has something she refers to as a blind diagnosis - an expert witness testifies to your mental illness w/o having ever met you, seen you or talked to you.

Who are you protecting? You are destroying lives. Your investigator's don't want to hear the whole story and don't give a shit about it either. Leave the child where she is at...with a 75 year old lying wretch who's first words to me when I announced my pregnancy were "we don't have any money for you". Now she and her attorney are claiming I'm a millio

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Alli
11/26/2017 06:10:37 pm

You should send Jim Paulsen that email again. Did you know that Jim Paulsen has a daughter? Is he more fit to be a parent than you simply because he works for the Superior Court?

Is Jim Paulsen involved in kiddi porn?

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Emily Kroll
11/30/2017 10:43:43 am

For his daughters sake, I hope he is a good father. Isnt that what every child needs? It’s the disconnect these people employ in regard to the parenthood of others - can sadistic sociopaths be good parents?
Do they make good court investigators? Judges?
In Martinez Court, they seem to be pretty good at trafficking children.

If you have any evidence of “kiddi porn” then I suggest you contact authorities.

Hmmm
12/3/2017 11:43:11 pm

I work in the school Matthew Laycocks son goes. Laycock is really a mean spirited person, very cold and I could speak to the effects he is having on his son but I will not go into that here.

Good thing Laycock pays his sons bill, and that is all I can really say.

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