Atty. James Beirne Contempt

1. 3/9/2012 James Beirne Scam 1

2. Atty. Paul ‘Boy’ Allen, Fronting for
Others, He also Faces Contempt of
Court Charges
Submitted by PinoyWatchDog.com
Beirne Stops Advertising in Face of Contempt
Charges. Is He Shutting Down Law Office?
By Rene Villaroman with PWD Investigative Team
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3. BURBANK — Highly regarded and well-seasoned trial
attorney Dennis P. Wilson told PinoyWatchDog.com that he
intends to bring contempt of court charges against Atty.
Paul „Boy‟ Allen, admitted to practice law just last summer,
and appearing in advertisements for the Beirne Law Office
since the fall of 2011.
Wilson said that “as an associate of Attorney Beirne this
new attorney falls under Judge Brugerra‟s court order to
not mislead or deceive the public” and Allen‟s recent
seemingly independent advertising that just directs clients
to the Beirne Law Office is misleading.
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4. The Law Office of James P. Beirne admits the young Mr.
Allen had no prior legal experience before working with the
Beirne office. In January 2012, hundreds of contempt of
court charges were brought against Attorney James Beirne
and are now pending in the Los Angeles Superior Court.
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5. The web site of the State Bar of California has Allen‟s full
name as Paul Mendoza Allen, apparently the son of
Anthony Allen and Luchie Mendoza-Allen, the widely
reported non-lawyer owners of the Law Office of James
P. Beirne. Beirne‟s office refused to comment on „Boy
Allen‟s‟ relationship to the notorious Anthony Allen and
Luchie Mendoza-Allen. “It is safe to presume he is their
son,” speculated one Balita Media observer. “Indeed,
they must have someone who can be trusted because of
things that go on over there. But why deny they are your
parents?”
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6. The “Deceptive and Misleading” Ads Continue
We at PinoyWatchDog.com have observed that
recently, Atty. Beirne‟s
copywriters, presumably, owners Anthony and Luchie
Mendoza-Allen, and “practicing journalist” Rhony
Laigo had crafted a new set of advertising copies
depicting Atty. Paul Allen singly, but utilizing the same
addresses and telephone numbers of the three offices
of James P. Beirne in Glendale, Cerritos and West
Covina.
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8. On hearing this new round of “deceptive and confusing
advertising”, trial attorney Dennis P. Wilson, who, by the
way, is no ordinary trial lawyer, but one so busy and well-
known he does not even need to advertise, said: “Attorney
Allen‟s advertising is in violation of the court order that
Beirne‟s law office not mislead the public.” Wilson cited
California Rule of Professional Conduct 1-400 and
referred to a „Standard 9‟.
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9. „Standard 9‟ states that „Firm names, trade names,
fictitious names, or other professional designations used
by a lawyer or law firm that differ materially from any other
such designations used by the lawyer or law firm at the
same time in the same community “ are presumed to be
misleading and deceiving.‟ Considering the ads have the
same phone numbers and addresses as the Beirne law
office, and follow the same format „Boy‟ Allen appears
destined to the same fate as Attorney Beirne.
“There is no question of same time and same community,”
said Atty. Wilson. “It is the same newspaper, same
edition.” Balita Media newspapers is owned by Paul
Allen‟s parents, Anthony and Luchie Mendoza-Allen.
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10. Wilson has been designated to prosecute Atty. James
Beirne for over 200 counts of contempt of court charges
resulting from his disregard of Judge Soussan
Brueguera‟s court order “to not have any
false, misleading, deceptive advertising or
communications, or such advertising that tends to
confuse, deceive or mislead the public; or to not
guaranty any outcome on a legal matter, or to use a
spokesperson without disclosure of the spokesperson‟s
title.”
“There will be dozens more charges filed,” Wilson
said, “for new violations since the January 2012” when
the instant contempt of court proceedings against
Beirne began.
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11. The maximum sentence for all these counts could total
up to three (3) years in jail and about $200,000 in fines,
plus attorneys fees. However, it would be expected that
the sentence would not be that harsh, if ever the trial,
originally set for February 27, 2012, but now continued
to a later date by Judge Bruguera, proceeds.
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12. The Los Angeles County Bar Association has advised in a
formal opinion in 2006, many years
before, young, inexperienced Paul „Boy‟ Allen even started
going to law school that “a practitioner who maintains her
own solo law practice is not ethically precluded from
concurrently serving as “of counsel” with another law firm
or attorney despite CPPC 1-400 (E), Standard 9. So long
as the lawyer tells existing and potential clients that she
works in both capacities and identifies the actual capacity
in which she will handle a client‟s matter, she may use
separate business cards and stationery to indicate when
she is acting as “of counsel” for the affiliated firm and when
she is acting through her solo practice.”
But “Boy” Allen is such a new attorney with no experience
he could hardly be „of counsel‟ to any law firm.
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13. “This is Scary”:
Former Beirne Client
„Boy‟ Allen‟s ads offer debt relief in large letters. In small,
barely readable letters in the bottom of the advertisement
is the language required under Federal law for all
bankruptcy attorneys. “This is scary,” said Diosdado
Duldulao, a former Beirne client whose family home was
lost when Beirne failed to file an already completed and
signed bankruptcy petition. “I answered an ad for debt
relief and Ruby Sexton ( a Beirne staff member) sold me a
bankruptcy petition. It looks like they are doing the same
thing here.”
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14. “Do they think Filipinos are stupid?” asked one
friend of Duldulao. “A new admittee with no
experience suddenly has three law office locations
and full ad campaign. Seems pretty obvious that this
boy is not in charge of the law office, he is just a
front, and that is dangerous to the Filipino
community.”
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15. PinoyWatchDog.com‟s investigation has revealed that
numerous former Beirne clients experienced the same
„bait and switch‟ techniques, going to the office for debt
relief and being sold a bankruptcy. “I understand that
standard attorney fees for debt relief are about $2500. It
involves a lot of work, and success rates are not that
high,” said Atty. Dennis P. Wilson. “However, if you sell a
Chapter 13 bankruptcy petition along with lien stripping
(procedure to take a second mortgage off a home) the
law firm can charge $8000.”
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16. Attorney Beirne Shutting Down Law Office?
Media observers in the Fil-Am community are of the
opinion that these moves by the Balita/Beirne owners are
in preparation for Atty. Beirne‟s exit from the practice of
law in the face of crippling contempt of court charges
pending which number over 200. Indeed, Beirne has
ceased advertising except for an outdated, misleading and
factually incorrect „Setting the Record Straight‟ open letter
that still says “Merry Christmas” in the middle of February.
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17. One reliable observer said that Anthony Allen and Luchie
Mendoza have long intended to move Beirne out and start
anew with the younger Paul „Boy‟ Allen, but with the
pending criminal trial looming against Beirne the calendar
for this roll-out was moved forward, even though Attorney
Allen does not yet have experience to practice law on his
own.
“Please tell your readers at PinoyWatchDog this” the friend
continued, “so others do not lose their house by this
group‟s fraud on all Filipinos.”
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