January 26th, 2012 · 1 Comment
January 25th, 2012 marks the passing of one of the men who fought so hard for recognition of the abuse happening at the hands of those tasked with stopping abuse. This man named John Lukas did not pass away (he is alive and relocated to the mid west) he simply went the way of so many fathers rights advocates he discovered this fight for justice was more than he could tackle, he made a good effort for a number of years however, no question he will be remembered and talked about for a long time.
Mr. Lukas came into trouble several years ago resulting out of a abusive conflict with his ex wife and his trials and tribulations with the King County justice system and the ever abusive DV Treatment. He attended several DVPT programs and his aggressive style for holding others accountable quickly gave him a reputation here in Washington State. He entered into the system needing help, the system provided him none and to the contrary society was left with a broken man who fought to recover but could not overcome.
He called for change at several Washington State Agencies, DOH and DSHS to name a couple, was critical of many public employees Roy Carson, Maureen Kelly, Michael Gleason, private employees like Barry Glatt and Doug Bartholomew. He made a impression at a King County DVPT Gold Standard Committee meeting. John fought hard for what he felt was unjust and corrupt behavior whenever he could.
At the end he simply had become so bitter and concious of the corruption he could no longer carry on. It is a story fathers rights groups have seen again and again over the years the odds are stacked against any man (or woman) who stands up against injustice. The system is constructed to ruin a person from the inside out. No more evident is this than the family court arena where within 15 minutes a fathers entire life will be turned upside down and their most prized possessions are taken away, the children (John had the advantage of not suffering the void created by the loss of your children because he has no children).
At various points in his life he was happier and had overcome great personal loss, but now he finds solace in his cats, his cooking and the chilly winters of Green Bay, the system has no concern for men like John Lukas and I am sure many King County Professionals will revel in the news reported here I feel sorry for those who lack the ability not to help their fellow man, John certainly rubbed many people wrong (all the way to the end in fact) but I can say he was once my friend when I needed one and I know many can say the same thing.
John never quite made the system change the way he so dearly wanted, but he did make one hell of a dent in it. His hard work and sacrifice will make the road a little smoother for the next guy.
2012 marks the passing of yet one more who tried and failed to overcome the beast our government has become, one more man who the system could not stop kicking when he was down. I am sure somewhere out there is still one or two PDR’s waiting to be completed for him.
I wish you well John Lukas.
Tags: DV Industry
Seattle Weekly has just published a shocking (well not for us but for “Normal Media”) series of stories about the shameful abuses happening everyday in King County Superior courtrooms, simply that Civil Domestic Violence Protection Orders are being used in some cases as a weapon against fathers to gain the upper hand in custody and divorce proceedings with the support of Commissioners and Judges.
Autor Nina Shapiro really did a good job on this story, holds no punches back she named names and got interviews (I am sure she will not be getting anymore from KCSC after this). She went all in and I am sure pissed off many of the DV Industry power players here in Seattle.
Lots of the DV Industry worst abusers were named: KCSC Chief Commissioner Leonid “Les” Ponomarchuk, Commissioner Meg Sassaman, Commissioner Jacqueline Jeske, Commissioner Lori K. Smith, 2011 Assistant Presiding Chief Judge James Doerty, Lawyer Jan Dyer to name a few.
Great Series of stories which I am looking forward to more from Ms. Shapiro.
http://www.seattleweekly.com/2012-01-18/news/ripped-apart/
http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2012/01/family_court_dads_regularly_lo.php
http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2012/01/sky_metalwalas_dad_is_victim_o.php
Great stories and some quality comments.
Tags: DV Courts · DV Family · DV Industry · DV News · King County Superior Court
Working with Survivors Charged with DV-Related Crimes:
Some Information for Advocates
From the King County Coalition Against Domestic Violence, October, 20031
The King County criminal legal system is complex and can be overwhelming to people who are defendants or victims in criminal cases, especially those who are domestic violence survivors. The information below describes the various stages in the criminal court process and highlights some opportunities for advocacy with survivors who have been charged with DV-related crimes.
Police Agencies, Jails, Courts and More Courts: In the King County region there are 26 independent cities, most of which have their own police agencies and courts2. When a person is arrested for a misdemeanor crime, their case is processed either in the local municipal court, or in one of the King County District Courts, depending on where it occurred. When a person is arrested for a felony crime, their case is processed in by the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, and heard by judge in King County Superior Court.
Criminal Cases: There are several stages to a criminal case, which are explained in more detail below. Key stages are:
arraignment, when charges are officially filed, Pretrial” or “case scheduling” hearings, depending on the court system, Trial: if a trial results in conviction, then the case proceeds to Sentencing.
Steps in the Court Process
Initial investigation: The initial investigation of the crime is conducted by one or more patrol officers who travel to the crime scene or to the location of the victim, shortly after the crime is reported. Officers interview the parties and any witnesses, and begin an initial report listing the circumstances of the crime. The officer may also take photographs, and collect any related evidence.
According to Washington State Law, (RCW 10.31.100)
When the officer has probable cause to believe that family or household members have assaulted each other, the officer is not required to arrest both persons. The officer shall arrest the person whom the officer believes to be the primary physical aggressor. In making this determination, the officer shall make every reasonable effort to consider: (i) The intent to protect victims of domestic violence under RCW 10.99.010; (ii) the comparative extent of injuries inflicted or serious threats creating fear of physical injury; and (iii) the history of domestic violence between the persons involved.
1 Funded by the Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention Office, Human Services Department, City of Seattle, through VAWO, Arrest Programs Grant, 98-WE-VX-00282 A list of courts in King County is available on the Internet at www.courts.wa.gov, under Court Directory.
If the person was acting in self-defense, it may be beneficial to tell the officer why and how she was defending herself. If she has been physically or sexually abused or threatened by her partner, she may wish to tell the officer as much information as possible about this history. As described in the RCW above, officers are required to consider the history of domestic violence between the parties. [Read more →]
Tags: DV Courts · King County Superior Court
This is a repost of a article originally posted on June 11th, 2010
This past week, one of many complaints lodged against Doug Bartholomew came to a close. Despite the loose statutes and past history of selective enforcement of these minimum standards of WAC 388-60, The DSHS found Mr. Bartholomew behaved in a manner that placed DV victims at risk. The evidence revealed that Doug Bartholomew had been releasing victim information to participants in his class. WADVPress has obtained further proof that this is not a random act, and in fact has been going on for years. Forthcoming complaints will be issued by those many who have been coming forward through this website.
These complaints will also include not only further allegations, but substantiated proof of identical activities, as well as other violations.
Despite being found at fault for placing victims at risk, the DSHS only saw fit to enforce a written warning which included the weak requirement that Mr. Bartholomew must only submit a plan for ensuring that all information provided by, or about, DV victims be kept confidential.
In other words, he must live up to the WAC standards that he had previously bragged about creating in the past. Nowhere is the sanction does it mention that Bartholomew must actually adhere to these written warnings. That’s how bad this process has become.
This is the value and consideration the DSHS has concerning victim safety. WADVPress, as a victims rights organization is disappointed by this favorable response to a clear and dangerous precedent they have established with this decision. Public disclosure for past offenses along these lines with other DVPT programs have resulted in license revocation or worse. More of these past complaints along these lines will be published in the upcoming weeks, along with the exposure of the lack of procedures missing within the subjective DSHS WAC 388-60 complaint process.
Tags: Doug Bartholomew and Associates
Dr Tara J. Palmatier of Shrink4Men nails this one on the head. This is hardly ever considered by the courts who believe all men are perpetrators.
Does your girlfriend or wife yell, scream, and swear at you? Do you feel like you can’t talk to anyone about your relationship because they just wouldn’t understand? Is your relationship making you feel like you’re slowly going crazy?
If so, you’re probably involved with a woman who is an emotionally abusive bully. Most men don’t want to admit that they’re in an abusive relationship. They describe the relationship and their girlfriend/wife using other terms like crazy, emotional, controlling, bossy, domineering, constant conflict, or volatile. If you use words like this to describe your relationship, odds are you’re being emotionally abused.
Do you recognize any of the following behaviors?
1) Bullying. If she doesn’t get her way, there’s hell to pay. She wants to control you and resorts to emotional intimidation to do it. She uses verbal assaults and threats in order to get you to do what she wants. It makes her feel powerful to make you feel bad. People with a Narcissistic personality are often bullies.
Result: You lose your self-respect and feel outnumbered, sad, and alone. You develop a case of Stockholm Syndrome, in which you identify with the aggressor and actually defend her behavior to others.
2) Unreasonable expectations. No matter how hard you try and how much you give, it’s never enough. She expects you to drop whatever you’re doing and attend to her needs. No matter the inconvenience, she comes first. She has an endless list of demands that no one mere mortal could ever fulfill.
Common complaints include: You’re not romantic enough, you don’t spend enough time with me, you’re not sensitive enough, you’re not smart enough to figure out my needs, you’re not making enough money, you’re not FILL IN THE BLANK enough. Basically, you’re not enough, because there’s no pleasing this woman. No one will ever be enough for her, so don’t take it to heart.
Result: You’re constantly criticized because you’re not able to meet her needs and experience a sense of learned helplessness. You feel powerless and defeated because she puts you in no-win situations.
3) Verbal attacks.This is self-explanatory. She employs schoolyard name calling, psychopathologizing (e.g., armed with a superficial knowledge of psychology she uses diagnostic terms like labile, paranoid, narcissistic, etc. for a 50-cent version of name calling), criticizing, threatening, screaming, yelling, swearing, sarcasm, humiliation, exaggerating your flaws, and making fun of you in front of others, including your children and other people she’s not intimidated by. Verbal assault is another form of bullying, and bullies only act like this in front of those whom they don’t fear or people who let them get away with their bad behavior.
Result: Your self-confidence and sense of self-worth all but disappear. You may even begin to believe the horrible things she says to you.
4) Gaslighting. “I didn’t do that. I didn’t say that. I don’t know what you’re talking about. It wasn’t that bad. You’re imagining things. Stop making things up.” If the woman you’re involved with is prone to Borderline or Narcissistic rage episodes, in which she spirals into outer orbit, she may very well not remember things she’s said and done. However, don’t doubt your perception and memory of events. They happened and they are that bad.
Result: Her gaslighting behavior may cause you to doubt your own sanity. It’s crazymaking behavior that leaves you feeling confused, bewildered, and helpless.
5) Unpredictable responses. Round and round and round she goes. Where she’ll stop, nobody knows. This is another Borderline characteristic. She reacts differently to you on different days or at different times. For example, on Monday, it’s ok for you to Blackberry work email in front of her. On Wednesday, the same behavior is “disrespectful, insensitive, you don’t love me, you’re a self-important jerk, you’re a workaholic.” By Friday, it could be ok for you to Blackberry again.
Telling you one day that something’s alright and the next day that it’s not is emotionally abusive behavior. It’s like walking through a landmine in which the mines shift location.
Result: You’re constantly on edge, walking on eggshells, and waiting for the other shoe to drop. This is a trauma response. You’re being traumatized by her behavior. Because you can’t predict her responses, you become hypervigilant to any change in her mood or potential outburst, which leaves you in a perpetual state of anxiety and possibly fear. It’s a healthy sign to be afraid of this behavior, men. It’s scary. Don’t feel ashamed to admit it.
6) Constant Chaos. She’s addicted to conflict. She gets a charge from the adrenaline and drama. She may deliberately start arguments and conflict as a way to avoid intimacy or being called on her bullshit. She may also pick fights to keep you engaged or as a way to get you to react to her with hostility, so that she can accuse you of being abusive and she can be the victim later on. This maneuver is a defense mechanism called projective identification.
Result: You become emotionally punch drunk. You’re left feeling dazed and confused, not knowing which end is up. This is highly stressful because it also requires you to be hypervigilant and in a constant state of defense for incoming attacks.
7) Emotional blackmail. She threatens to abandon you, to end the relationship, or give you the cold shoulder if you don’t play by her rules. She plays on your fears, vulnerabilities, weaknesses, shame, values, sympathy, compassion, and other “buttons” to control you and get what she wants.
Result: You feel manipulated, used, and controlled.
8 Rejection. She ignores you, won’t look at you when you’re in the same room, gives you the cold shoulder, withholds affection, withholds sex, declines or puts down your ideas, invitations, suggestions, and pushes you away when you try to be close. After she pushes you as hard and as far away as she can, she’ll try to be affectionate with you. You’re still hurting from her previous rebuff or attack and don’t respond. Then she accuses you of being cold and rejecting, which she’ll use as an excuse to push you away again in the future.
Result: You feel undesirable, unwanted, and unlovable. You believe no one else would want you and cling to this abusive woman, grateful for whatever scraps of infrequent affection she shows you.
9) Withholding affection and sex. This is another form of rejection and emotional blackmail. It’s not just about sex, it’s about withholding physical, psychological, and emotional nurturing. It includes a lack of interest in what’s important to you–your job, family, friends, hobbies, activities–and being uninvolved, emotionally detached or shut down with you.
Result: You have a transactional relationship in which you have to perform tasks, buy her things, “be nice to her,” or give into her demands in order to receive love and affection from her. You don’t feel loved and appreciated for who you are, but for what you do for her or buy her.
10) Isolating. She demands or acts in ways that cause you to distance yourself from your family, friends, or anyone that would be concerned for your well-being or a source of support. This typically involves verbally trashing your friends and family, being overtly hostile to your family and friends, or acting out and starting arguments in front of others to make it as unpleasant as possible for them to be around the two of you.
Result: This makes you completely dependent upon her. She takes away your outside sources of support and/or controls the amount of interaction you have with them. You’re left feeling trapped and alone, afraid to tell anyone what really goes on in your relationship because you don’t think they’ll believe you.
You don’t have to accept emotional abuse in your relationship. You can get help or you can end it. Most emotionally abusive women don’t want help. They don’t think they need it. They are the professional victims, bullies, narcissists, and borderlines. They’re abusive personality types and don’t know any other way to act in relationships.
Life is too short to spend one more second in this kind of relationship. Get support, get out, and stay out.
Tags: DV Industry
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Here’s your chance…. It’s time to stop this ridiculousness now.
SAVE Services has launched this important alert
The Senate Judiciary Committee Needs Your Calls Before Thursday’s Vote On VAWA
Dear Harry,
The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) this coming Thursday at 10am. As you know, we have found many flaws in this bill, which is why we created the Partner Violence Reduction Act (PVRA).
The Partner Violence Reduction Act:
- Gives priority to real victims.
- Reduces false allegations.
- Removes provisions that violate the Constitution.
- Protects families.
- Provides legal assistance for alleged victim and alleged offender.
- Requires third-party accreditation.
- Curbs immigration fraud.
- Makes the law gender-inclusive.
Today we’d like you to call members on the committee. Tell them to reject VAWA and to support the Partner Violence Reduction Act. More info: www.saveservices.org/pvra
Please contact the members listed below:
- Chuck Grassley (202) 224-3744
- Orrin G. Hatch (202) 224-5251
- Jon Kyl (202) 224-4521
- Jeff Sessions (202) 224-4124
- Lindsey Graham (202) 224-5972
- John Cornyn (202) 224-2934
- Michael S. Lee (202) 224-5444
- Tom Coburn (202) 224-5754
Call them once, call them twice, call them several times. Call Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Ask your family, friends, church family, co-workers and neighbors to call. And don’t forget to ask your Facebook, Twitter and Google, and friends too.
Sincerely,
Teri
Teri Stoddard, Program Director
Stop Abusive and Violent Environments
www.saveservices.org
P.S. Help us grow our efforts…. www.saveservices.org/contribute ,
and forward this E-lert to a friend
Tags: DV Industry
The really good stuff starts at 3:05 in……. Next time a fundraiser comes a knockin’, send them a packin’. In fact, send any state senator packing that votes for any more of this nonsense. Enough is enough.
Tags: DV Industry
I think this logically sums it up. Happy New Year’s fellas, and Rock ON!
Tags: DV Industry
December 9th, 2011 · 9 Comments
We’ve run into eerily similar behavior as we have been bullied by the likes of the Attorney General’s Office, The DSHS, the King County Prosecutor’s Office, Advocates, Treatment Professionals, and many others as we have actually had the guts to ask questions and not fall in line with a biased agenda.
This is what you can expect.
We can’t make this up. Pay close attention to the captions in this video as it explains CLEARLY how the game of false accusations is taught and played. This time, she got caught.
Lisalyn R. Jacobs Charged & Arraigned for Assaulting Daddy Justice at VAWA Hearing in D.C. Senate Building
Lisalyn R. Jacobs was charged and arraigned today for assaulting Ben Vonderheide, aka. Daddy Justice At a VAWA Hearing in the Senate Building in Washington D.C.
Do your job VAWA people and stop supporting and defending false accusations or you will be exposed and go down one by one.
Lisalyn R. Jacobs, Vice President for Government Relations
Lisalyn R. Jacobs joined Legal Momentum as vice president for government relations in March of 2003. She began her legal career at the National Partnership for Women and Families under the auspices of Georgetown’s Women’s Law & Public Policy Fellowship. Following three years in private practice, she joined the Office of Policy Development of the U.S. Justice Department in 1995 and worked on a number of issues including implementation of the Violence Against Women Act, the welfare reform law, judicial nominations. and affirmative action. She also served as Chief of Staff of the Civil Rights Division, as well as Special Counsel to the Director of the Violence Against Women Office. In May of 2000, she left DOJ and for nearly three years was a civil and human rights consultant on issues ranging from capital punishment to affirmative action, and international human rights. She has testified before congressional committees at both the state and federal levels.
Tags: DV Industry
In the recently publicized Metalwala case, Julia Biryukova admits abandoning her son at the side of the road, a 2 year old child named Sky Metalwala.
Washington DV Press has obtained audio/video and copies of legal filings of these public hearings. These documents and recordings raise some serious questions regarding the fitness of the mother Julia Biryukvoa, and her abilities regarding custody of her children prior to the point where her baby, ….. eventually disappeared.
Just like that.
If this had involved a father in the State of Washington, he would have been in jail by this point. But, the excuses keep piling up.
There is a history here, and it is concerning to say the least.
You see, in June 2010, the father, Mr. Metalwala become so afraid for his safety (and his children), that he petitioned for a Civil Domestic Violence Protection Order (DVPO). That action was countered with a retaliatory petition by the mother (Biryukova), who enlisted the help of well known Seattle DV Guru Lawyer Veronica Freitas, (Washington BAR #19405). Ms. Freitas is well known for her abilities to propagate false allegations to King County Superior Court. Except this time a child went missing and the gender bias in King County once again kicked in.
Let the games begin.
What seems to get lost in the shuffle is that the mother (Biryukova) was admitted several times for mental health issues. Her diagnostic scores were alarming at intake and discharge. She was prescribed powerful drugs administered by medical professionals. This alone should have been more than enough to at least raise a red flag, let alone issue a DVPO. The children should have been placed into the father’s care, but unfortunately, these parties are in King County.
The mother, with the help of her lawyer (Freitas) proceeded to make an alarming chain of false allegations, including domestic violence, child abuse and sexual abuse. These false claims were investigated by DSHS CPS Bellevue office investigator Chris Sanchez and were closed unfounded, with no evidence found to support these false claims.
Let the games continue. This is how it rolls in King County.
This process dragged on for months, concluding in March 2011. Up until that point there were simply temporary protection orders. The final hearing involved KCSC UFC Commissioner Jacqueline Jeske. Despite all of the previous evidence, Jeske sided with the mother, and issued the DVPO with Biryukova and the children as the protected parties.
She denied the father’s access to his children to all but a few hours a month.
Other reports state the father had not seen the children since 2010. Jeske ordered Mr. Metalwala to attend and complete Domestic Violence Perpetrator Treatment naming two specific providers, Doug Bartholomew and Wellsprings Family Services (search this site for more information on these providers).
He was screwed.
She also 0rdered that he attend and complete a program called “DV Dads”, even though there is no such program recognized by the State of Washington, or King County. These programs are a figment of Bartholomew’s imagination and pocketbook. Jeske knew this. As a result Mr. Metalwala joined other unfortunate men in Washington State who get caught in this vicious cycle, and are required to complete 18 months of treatment that is not legally required.
Another confusing note in this (and many other cases) is that Commissioner Jeske issued a DVPO which expires March 3rd, 2012,. The PROBLEM, however, is that the parties were under temp orders since June of 2010. Washington State Statute only allows these Civil DVPO’s to be issued for 12 months without special findings. Special findings do not exist in this matter. Worse yet, these RCW’s are also supported by significant amount of Case Law.
While we are not lawyers, it seems that the existing DVPO that was preventing Mr. Metalwala from exercising his fundamental right to be a father, …… is in all likelihood a VOID Order. This is simply and sadly another fine example of the abuse perpetrated by Commissioner Jeske (and other commissioners) who follow the direction of Presiding Judge Richard McDermott and Assistant Presiding Judge James Doerty.
WADVPress is also following other cases involving Judge Doerty and his apparent illegal actions. We have discovered Judge Doerty having exparte communications with only one party in litigation (the mothers side) disclosing the outcome of a hearing IN ADVANCE (days before the hearing), denying due process.
He has conducted a “Star Chamber” hearings with Judge McDermott, further circumventing due process. This story will be reported in an upcoming article. Judicial Cannons mean little to Judge Doerty. This is a problem that Doerty would fight to the death over, … if exposed.
Clearly there is a failure to train and supervise rouge Commissioners. This includes others, who back in October, notified KCSC about similar misconduct by this Commissioner. Doerty’s response was NOTHING. No action whatsoever. This is a rogue action from the top on down, which keeps on flowing until it it gets checked. Hopefully, that will be soon, as actions to check this commissioner are in the works.
For the sake of these children and Mr. Metalwala we hope he did not fall victim to the likes of Doug Bartholomew or Mark Adams. He can hopefully escape the abuse by King County Superior Court, and the Sua Suponte actions of Jacqueline Jeske.
We feel for Metalawa and the other good fathers who are caught in the clutches of this dysfunctional system which trudges along without a rudder, no basis in science, but does line the pocketbooks of the lawyers and providers while stripping the fathers of their lives, families, livelihoods, and sometimes worse.
Tell me how this helps these fathers or their children?
Their is much blood on many hands on this one -
KCSC Commissioner Jaqueline Jeske
King CountyChief Presiding Judge Richard McDermott
King County Assistant Presiding Judge James Doerty
Lawyer Veronica Freitas
Doug Bartholomew and/or Mark Adams Wellsprings Family Services
Tags: DV Courts · DV Family · DV Industry · DV News
November 22nd, 2011 · 4 Comments
A Washington State not for profit Corporation “Washington Domestic Violence Commission” who advocates for equal protection and against DV, has come under attack by Seattle area lawyer Karma Zaike and the Law Offices of Michael W. Bugni. Zaike stated over and over again in Sworn Court Documents that this Organization does not exist. These statements were made on the record over a two month period, Karma Zaike even introduced documents (print outs from the Washington Secretary of State web site) which she swore as accurate but in fact were fabricated and totally without merit, King County Superior Court Assistant Presiding Judge Jim Doerty relied on these when making a monetary fine against a litigant in the case.
The WADVC was never allowed to respond to these charges so they persisted. Upon hearing this a member sought public records from the Washington SOS office, and what was recieved was shocking. Not only did Ms. Zaike visit the webpage which clearly provided the legal detail of WADVC she visited the same correct web page 20 TIMES over the 60 day procedings and not once informed the court as the RPC (Lawyer Rules of Professional Conduct) require. We have been informed that all methods of relief are on the table for consideration by the WADVC at this point including Civil action and Formal Notice to the proper Authorities.
The Law Offices of Michael Bugni and Karma Zaike falsified documents and presented these to KCSC in an attempt to win favor for her and her clients false allegations of Domestic Violence, thankfully for this father Judge William Downing ruled her claims insuficient to merit the Civil DVPO sought.
These records which have been supplied to Washington DV Press paint a clear picture of what happens everyday in front of King County Superior Court, litigants lie, lawyers lie, the Commissioners like Jacqueline Jeske and Judges like Chief Presiding Judge Richard McDermott, Assistant Presiding Judge James Doerty care little for facts and/or affording equal protection under the law to all parties.
Karma Zaike is a lawyer who is willing to place her professional career on the line just to promote the gender baised agenda that only females can be victims of Domestic Violence.
We will be posting many more stories about this in the near future as this case is riddled with corruption and misconduct, not the least of which is the mother who attempted to strangle the parties 14 year old child.
Bloodly hands on this go to-
Karma Zaike
Michael Bugni
Chief Presiding Judge Richard McDermott
Assistant Presiding Judge James Doerty
UFC Commissioner Jacqueline Jeske
The Common Sense awards go to-
King County Superior Court Judge William Downing (nice to see one of these Judges finally making a correct ruling)
Tags: DV Courts · DV Industry · DV News
We are pleased to announce a the launch of a new Accountability Initiative naming Seattle Attorney Karma L. Zaike (WSBA number 31037).
Ms. Zaike works out of the Michael W. Bugni and Associates Law Firm located at 11300 Roosevelt Way NE Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98125, she has been a member of the Washington BAR for a little over ten years.
At this point facts are still being uncovered and the situation is still very fluid, but the latest acts of misconduct have the possibility of landing this abuser in Superior Court facing Felony Charges.
We will be taking great pleasure in demonstrating the effects of being held accountable for one’s actions with this problem Lawyer. She has been spreading the poison of the DV Industry (while taking truckloads of cash to the bank and feeding the likes of Doug Bartholomew and Seth Ellner plenty of business) and alienating children from loving fathers for far to long.
As you may notice some of the same names keep popping up in our stories, Bartholomew, Zegree, Adams, Martin, Alquist, Hedrick, Todd, Sassaman, Russell, Ponomarchuk, etc. the reason is simple they are all part of the conspiracy known as the “DV Industry” here in Seattle and Washington State.
Based on preliminary information Zaike has been threatening State Officials with lawsuits, Tampering with a minor victim of Domestic Violence (mother attempted to strangle the child), Ms. Zaike reportedly threatened the minor if the truthful report made to Law Enforcement was not retracted among other statements. Coordinating possible violations of a Criminal No Contact Order which was perpetrated at the Bugni Law Frim Office, it is unclear if Mr. Bugni knew, supported, and/or engaged in this activity but the violations did happen at the office bearing his name.
If you are facing Ms. Zaike in current legal proceeding it may be worth sending a Public Disclosure Request to the Renton Police Department and Washington State DSHS CPS for information which likely could be used to put this abuser back into the cave she crawled out of some ten years ago.
As this Initiative unfolds and you would like to be a part or have additional information to contribute, email wadvpress@gmail.com and we will get right back to you.
UPDATE: Karma Zaike has been identified as “SUSPECT” on Renton Police Case number 2011-00007955, it is unclear if the case is proceeding at this point, but the word SUSPECT is far more appropriate than LAWYER. Zaike’s response to this Accountability Initiative, retain the legal services of Criminal Lawyer Geoffrey L. Burg (WSBA 24406) 206-467-3190 geoff@glblaw.com. Burg stated in a telephone call to RPD on 8-24-11 that he was “concerned about Karma’s livelihood” ahh the first concern of all good sleazeball lawyer’s MONEY.
Her lawyer is simply saying the Karma does not want to accept any accountability for her illegal actions and does not want her income effected because of her actions being publicized, sorry Karma and Geoff but when your actions come to the attention of wadvpress we will become a regular part of your world until your bottom feeding tactics are all exposed.
Bloody Hands on this one-
Karma Zaike – 206-365-5500 karma@lawgate.net
Tags: DV Courts · DV Industry
We have been following David Martin’s work for some time and in the past have been critical of him, but events this week really stink. Stepping back a few months left me start;
In late 2010 a 19 year old woman named Faribah Maradiaga arrived at her court ordered “anger management” class at the campus of Bellevue Community College, she arrived late and started being disruptive complaining about the movie that was being shown, when another female classmate started to discuss her inappropriate behavior Maradiaga simply pulled out a 3″ knife and stabbed at the woman contacting her three times (twice in the arm and once in the shoulder). Police were called and at some point later the woman was sent to get medical attention for her minor injuries.
Maradiaga was arrested and later charged with Assault 2 with a Deadly Weapon and booked with a $50k bail amount by a King County Judge under case number 10-1-09035-1. Maradiaga is listed as a defendant in two Kirkland Municipal court cases one in 2009 and again in 2010.
Moving on to another King County case, this one 11-1-06195-3 from May of 2011 involving Jennifer Kolone a 30 year old female. On May 24th Kolone was involved in a argument with her boyfriend of 5 years. The boyfriend was apparently coming to his sense’s by telling Kolone he was leaving, Kolone felt offended by this act of courage and grabbed the 40 year old mans Testicles with great force, feeling this was not sufficient for the man to remember she then sliced in a “W” pattern almost severing his testicles off. The victim was treated at NW Hospital for injuries consistaint with knife wounds with surgical glue, stitches, and a “scrotal support” by attending physician Dr. Jacoby.
The Seattle Police (SPD) were no strangers to Ms. Kolone, in fact they had been to the residence three times in the previous months, on two of the occasions they labled her a Suspect or Primary Aggressor, but strangely (and in violation of Washington’s mandatory DV arrest law) no arrests were made, the SPD left the male victim to fend for himself, he almost paid for these mistakes with his genitalia.
After Kolone perpetrated this vicious attack she started “cleaning the house” as if nothing had happened, clear indication of her likely maladaptive and psychotic pathology. Also present in the apartment to witness this brutal attack was a 5 year old child.
In comes Mr. David Martin from the KCPAO who heads up the entire Domestic Violence unit at the prosecutors office; Martin championed sentence reform noting some highly offensive cases like Damon Overby and Gary Ruffcorn. Ruffcorn was a Doug Bartholomew DV Treatment Provider success story Doug even went as far as to say “He (Ruffcorn) did everything right” well a couple months after doing everything right he sent yet another victim to the hospital, clearly you were wrong on this guy Doug, but the growing consensus is you are wrong 100% of the time.
Martin stepped right up to the plate with Kolone, charging her with Assault 3 Domestic Violence, sought a $30k bail and Ms. Kolone was walking the streets within 48 hours. Discusting. Martin must view Kolone as a “Vitim Defendant” maybe he will ask she attend a Victim Defendant DV Treatment Program like the one offered at NW Family Life or Dale Todd’s Phoenix DVPT so she can learn she had no choice in her actions because “a woman cannot be an abuser”(sic).
In Washington attacking another persons genitalia with a knife is actually a Hate Crime, Assault in the First Degree, in front of a child adds another 10 years jail time, plus the Domestic Violence enhancement.
David Martin is sending a strong message here, attack a female and inflict superficial wounds Assault 2 DW $50k Bail, make a real good effort at severing your boyfriend Testicles Assault 3 DV $30k bail and out on the streets in 48 hours. Martin has supported the Washington DVFR in its conclusions “DV is under reported”, we agree. We also agree it is under prosecuted because of gender feminist attitudes like that shown by David Martin.
Martin’s actions and disparity in charging these two cases is criminal, Prosecutorial Misconduct, and it continues the myth that men only are the abusers. Martin who keeps himself busy handling DV cases, for example this week he took a fair amount of time to sit with a DV Survivor and listen to her story about the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) failures in providing Probation supervision of Stephen Casino (also a Doug Bartholomew DVPT graduate) which allowed Casino to assault his first wife, travel outside the jurisdiction, un-install a automobile breath interlock device, maybe even committed fraud against his employer (a well known and respected Seattle area business), only three weeks after graduating from Batholomew’s DVPT Casino was a respondent of a DV Protection Order (the KingCo Commissioner ordered Casino to attend DVPT and DV Dads, likely she did not bother to look and see that this perp had just finished DVPT and was only a couple months away from completing DV Dads), was cited for driving with a suspended license, and of course failed to pay his court ordered victim restitution, all of this plus more went un-detected by the DOC.
Casino is in Jail now awaiting a DOC hearing, but after hearing this story Martin has hijacked the matter and is devoting County resources to bring Casino in front of a Superior Court Judge, allowing DOC to skirt any accountability for their failures. Martin is now victimizing the citizens of King County by doing this.
Mr. Martin can you explain why a years old case is more important than the victim of Jennifer Kolone? Clearly the abuses committed by Casino can be blamed on DOC employees CCO Margaret Alquist and CCO Justin Tuttle, Doug Bartholomew LMHC DVPT, and Mark Adams / Wellspring who was providing the DV Dads treatment (whatever this is) this is DOC misconduct here they should pay to fix their mess. While I understand their case loads may be high but if you can’t handle your jobs Magaret and Justin quit and stop taking the gravy state salary for doing nothing.
Assault of a woman-DV, almost cutting a mans Ball’s off- DV but only if the KCPAO has no choice but to call it that. Martin how much one on one time have you spent with Kolone’s victim? (remember that Oath of Office you took, and the part about the Consituition- equal protection under the law) no need to answer PDR’s will be going out.
Awards-
Bloody Hands- David Martin King County Prosecuting Attorney Office david.martin@kingcounty.gov
Bloody Hands- DOC CCO Margaret Alquist mkalquist@doc1.wa.gov
Bloody Hands- DOC CCO Justin Tuttle jatuttle@doc1.wa.gov
Bloody hands- Doug Bartholomew LMHC DVPT (425) 635-0188 doug@doug-bartholomew.comcastbiz.net
Bloody Hands- Mark Adams Wellspring FS DV Dads (206) 826-3049 madams@wellspringfs.org
Tags: DV Courts · DV Industry
WADVPress is currently working on several new “Accountability Initiatives” for the following individuals and/or firms if you have had any exposure to one or more or have been harmed by their actions or know somebody that has suffered let us know at WADVPress@Gmail.com
Doug Bartholomew- LMHC Bellevue, WA
KeithWaterland- DVPT Tukwila, WA
Roland Maiuro- PhD DVPT Seattle, WA
Stuart Greenberg- PhD, Parenting Evaluator (Deceased)
Marsha Hedrick-PhD Parenting Evaluator
Kevin Rundle- YWCA Attorney at Law
Seth Elner- SW DV Evaluator
Jacki Kirklin- Attorney at Law Factoria, WA
McKinnley Irvin Law Firm- Seattle, WA / any Lawyer working for this firm
Karma Zieke- Attorney at Law
Dale Todd- PhD (mail order) Phoenix Counseling DVPT and DVPT for women (Victim Defendant only however) Everett, Washington
Michael Bugni- Attorney at Law
Susan Alexander- Attorney at Law
King County Sheriff- Failing to take report of Custodial Interference or Failing to make a mandatory arrest at scene of DV call
Mark Weiss- Attorney at Law Bellevue, Washington
David Vandergrift- DVPT Bellevue, Washington
Mark Adams- Wellsprings Seattle, Washington
Gary Sarozek- Wellsprings Seattle, Washington
Marilyn Liepelt Wellsprings Seattle, Washington
Commissioner Les Ponomarchuk- King County Superior Court
Cheryll Russell- Attorney at Law, Family Law Mediator / Ex Pro Tem KingCo Family Court Commissioner
Commissioner Meg Sassaman- King County Superior Court
Jude McNeil- Unlicensed and Non Certified Parenting Plan Evaluator, GAL West Seattle, Washington (Ex FCS Social Worker)
Debra Hunter- Social Worker, King County Family Court Services
Lynn Tuttle- Attorney at Law, GAL, Parenting Plan Evaluator, Ex Manager KingCo Family Court Services
Rachael DelVillar- Attorney at Law, Program Manager Family Court Services
Amanda DuBois- Attorney at Law, Family Law Seattle, Washington
Venus and Ralph Talarico- DVPT Providers and Agency Counselor (the lowest possible license with DOH)
Dennis McGlocklin- Attorney at Law Seattle, Washington
Judge William Downing- KingCo Superior Court or “The King’s County Superior Court”
Tracee Parker- Supervised Visitation at Safe Haven NKA Sound Mental Health in Kent
Donald Layton- Theraputic Supervision in Everett Mr. Layton holds no professional License w/Dept of Health
Some of the issues being addressed are; Legal misconduct and Code of Ethics violations, unwarranted dismissal from DVPT Treatment program, DVPT Program practices of Witness Tampering, Law Enforcement failing to take reports of Custodial Interference, False arrest for violation of Civil Protection Order, DVPT reports to Family Law Courts, abuse suffered at the hands of any DVPT Program of any kind, Judicial misconduct, legal malpractice.
We are not only looking at issues today, but misconduct from a historical perspective so if you have had contact even years ago with any of these parties and have been delaying action on it contact us we want to hear your story. If you are unfortunate to have to deal with any of them in current proceeding contact us and we will be happy to share testimonials to assist, WADVPress@Gmail.com
Tags: DV Industry
WADVPress just learned of yet another accusation of misconduct by a King County agency, this time Sheriff Sue Rahr and her members of the King County Sheriff’s department. Sheriff Rahr was notified of long term corruption and failure by her office to protect victims of Domestic Violence, contained in the most recent allegations is a historic review of at least one 25+ year veteran KingCo Detective, however the allegations indicate it is likely at least 9 officers.
Detective in question has served on the Civil Unit since 2001, doing little else but serving some of the 6000 or so Civil Domestic Violence Protection Orders churned out by King County Courts each and every year. These Detectives armed with a copy of the Court Order and a certified copy of the sworn statement provided by the petitioner (accuser and/or victim) would then locate the respondent and perform a legal service of these documents, standard legal proceedings. Except that most of the DVPO issued in King County have provisions for gun ownership, specifically that firearms must be surrendered. Specifically one Detective has collected a total of ZERO guns since 2001, it is unknown at this point how many DVPO’s this Detective has served but it could be 700-1000 and not one gun collected for safekeeping.
The complaint contends that the Sheriff’s office ignored sworn statements of criminal activity and did not open investigations.
The cost to the community and to the taxpayers of King County could be millions of dollars, as the Department has willfully placed victims at foreseeable risk of harm, expect to see the Lawyers coming out of the woodwork on this issue to file tort actions against the county for everything from bloody noses to wrongful death, the department will have little to no protection from their acts of negligence.
Early reports are that the corruption may be systemic with local Seattle area law enforcement agencies, Records Requests have been sent out to the Seattle Police Department and Snohomish County Sheriff, we will report when the documents have been produced.
If you have been served with a civil DV Protection Order or have been harmed by a respondent of a Civil DVPO that was served by King County Sheriff we would like to hear from you.
Tags: DV Industry
