[Peace-discuss] more lawyer stuff

[Linda Evans]

I agree we need to pay and I plan to send a check
tomorrow.  I agreed to wait on paying until it was
discussed, but I don't feel comfortable waiting
longer.  

Linda
--- carol inskeep <carolinskeep at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Folks,
> 
> My two cents on the Gerstein business:
> 
> - I agree we should pay Gerstein the $100. And I
> think Peter’s right that we really need to stand by
> any commitments we make.
> 
> - I also wanted to document in a post my hesitations
> about Gerstein:  (sources at the bottom)
> 
> Gerstein has been censured twice by the Illinois
> Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commision (in
> 1978 and 1991) for writing letters to other
> attorneys that include offensive language and/or
> threats. One letter to the opposing attorney in a
> case involving Kraft Foods included the following:
> 
> "…I have never met, in a limited basis, a more
> despicable self-made piece of dog shit than you. You
> are a fucking slime-ball and a fucking slime-bag and
> I piss on your existence. What I want to tell you
> specifically is to take this letter and jam it up
> your asshole, resulting in severe paper cuts. You
> are a used condom of the highest order."
> 
> In 2002 Gerstein’s law license was suspended for 30
> days on a four count complaint for letters he sent
> to two other attorneys and to two claims adjusters.
> The letters called other male attorneys "idiot",
> "fool", "boy", and women were called "honey",
> "sweetheart", and "Mother Superior".
> 
> I’d like to see us look at some other possibilities
> in earnest before we go with Gerstein. I think his
> use of personal attack weakens his effectiveness,
> and wouldn’t serve AWARE.
> 
> I’m on the working group for this and I will do my
> best to help come up with some other alternatives.
> 
> I always hate when we (in AWARE) get bogged down in
> discussions like this – it’s hard to all agree as a
> group on how and what should be done. We seem to
> work best when small groups of us get things down
> outside the group! I’ll do my best to work with the
> working group to come up with something that will
> help move this forward to something we can all feel
> good about…
> 
> cpi
> 
> Here’s my sources:
> 
>
http://www.stcl.edu/faculty-dir/mcgaugh/insulting_letters.htm
> 
> Link to a Chicago Tribune article from 2002 about
> Gerstein’s 30 day suspension
> 
> http://www.clr.org/Gerstein-Marvin-Ira.pdf - PDF of
> documents from the 1991 case, including the quote
> above
> 
> Related links to News Gazette coverage
> 
> http://www.news-gazette.com/story.cfm?Number=9809
> 
>
http://208.5.125.166/ngsearch/index.cfm?&page=displyStory.cfm&yearfolder=the02news&file=120602%5Fngstory%5F12834%2Etxt&search=marvin%20gerstein&theorder=asaphrase
> – more on the 2002 suspension
> 
>
http://208.5.125.166/ngsearch/index.cfm?&page=displyStory.cfm&yearfolder=the01news&file=072601%5Fngstory%5F9808%2Etxt&search=marvin%20gerstein&theorder=asaphrase
> 
>
http://208.5.125.166/ngsearch/index.cfm?&page=displyStory.cfm&yearfolder=the99news&file=020899%5Fngstory%5F4359%2Etxt&search=marvin%20gerstein&theorder=asaphrase
> 
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> 
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