see www.johnmarshalllawschoolinc. infoJMLS (Atlanta) a “for-profit” law school, performed a "cost-benefit" analysis on the value of my degree by involving me in a lawsuit filed by a former employee. JMLS legally and actually benefited from my assistance in that lawsuit (admitted in 05-CV-100897) but did not warn me of the potential adverse consequences that could, and did, arise when I applied for character and fitness certification to sit for the Georgia Bar Examination. Prior to filing the first lawsuit in Fulton County Superior Court (05-CV-100897), on April 20, 2005 I sent an offer of settlement to John E. Ryan, Dean and CEO of John Marshall Law School grounded only in equity.
In response to my offer of settlement grounded only in equity, I received a letter from Brian Douglas, attorney for John Marshall Law School. Brian Douglas’ letter to me dated May 10, 2005 (the attorney representing Dean Ryan), in which he stated:
1. “Any such attempt to harm my clients will bring results far beyond your contemplation.”
2. “I am also curious as to why you would threaten such a frivolous lawsuit with our fitness certification unresolved.” Sent, after the Fitness Board’s release of its’ original Specifications, which had a “factual error” that was overwhelmingly against the weight of all the evidence in the record and against the weight of common sense; and
3. “Your pursuit of any of these claims will guaranty a suit against you for abusive litigation and our employment of an extremely aggressive defense strategy.”
On May 10, 2005 I filed suit in Fulton County Superior Court. Mr. Douglas followed with a similar letter May 19, 2005 in which he wrote:
1. “Your pursuit of this case will guaranty an abusive litigation suit being brought against you.”
2. Then, there’s always the “hints” that were dropped over the course of the past year by others:
3. “Suing the school won’t get you certified….”
I filed suit, and those "results" were realized (see
www.alpjusticepact.org).
After I filed suit in federal court against the Board to Determine Character and Fitness of Bar Applicants and the Office of Bar Admissions, I voluntarily dismissed the Fulton County Superior Court lawsuit and immediately re-filed the claims originally filed in Fulton County Superior Court in 1:06-CV-0052 to consolidate all claims and all Defendants.
After I filed suit in 1:06-CV-0052, Jeff Van Detta (my spouse and employee of John Marshall Law School) filed a “no-fault” Complaint for Divorce against me in Douglas County Superior Court after we had been separated for two years. The litigation in state and federal courts was used in his Complaint for a Divorce and the merits of the lawsuits were litigated in my custody trial.
Table “A” (see
www.johnmarshalllawschoolinc. info) was filed in various forums in support of the allegation that the Douglas County Juvenile Court was allowing Jeff Van Detta to litigate the merits of the federal lawsuits, while at the same time, denying evidence regarding his role in the conduct which resulted in the “tentative” denial of my fitness application.
Brian Douglas appeared at the first custody hearing April 10, 2006 and was allowed to remain the hearing as an “observer” over my objections. Since that time, I filed an additional lawsuit against John Marshall Law School and others regarding their interference in the custody trial. This was the “results far beyond my contemplation...”, so I filed the following lawsuit based on those “results” June 2006: Van Detta v. Van Detta et al., 1:06-CV-1339.