Can't tell the players without a scorecard, and can't zoom in if you do not have your favourite judge's zoom address. Don't forget to scroll down and see yesterday's post (there were two!) on Judge Hanzman's support for Zoom.
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Speaking of needing a scorecard, first a lawyer, then a candidate, then a judge, then a lawyer, then a defendant, and now a Bar Respondent.
The Bar Complaint against Miami's Own Mike Mirabal is lengthy, layered, and disturbing. How could someone with such a history, and who engaged in such mendacity, convince a majority of Miami voters -who naturally made a careful study of both candidates- that he had the "right stuff" to be a judge?
There are multiple outstanding liens from judgments that were not disclosed on forms filed under oath; misrepresentations to the Bar of lawsuits filed against him; and threats against a sitting judge who filed the complaint. All in all, a troubling basket of ills, and a character so troubled that it might not pass the test for representing the POTUS 45.
BAR COMPLAINT AGAINST MIRABAL
2021-1469_petition_78933_complaint by HR on Scribd
I’m seeing a 3rd Dca spot in his future. And if you know who is elected in 2024 a district court spot is likely.
ReplyDeleteJudges don’t like zoom because they became a judge because of how it feels for everyone to stand when they glide into a room and that doesn’t happen on zoom. Lawyers aren’t wearing suits and ties. Defendants are playing video games as they wait. It makes the judges realize that they are not super special brilliant people but just workers on an assembly line processing the product. They want to disrupt the lives of lawyers and litigants ( not Hanzman but that’s because he’s comfortable in his own skin having been successful in private practice) by having them drive and park just to see them. Zoom makes them feel Average and they are not average. They are special. Chosen by a higher power because of their brilliance.
ReplyDeleteSpot on 8:45am.
ReplyDeleteThe bar complaint is fake news. The arrest is fake news. Orchestrated like the Biden flu (delta) is.
ReplyDeleteMM was removed via a left wing Pizza eating child exploitation ring out of DC funded by Hilary Clinton and Merrick Garland and Barack Obama. It’s on record that MM was the ONLY judge to not make people wear masks. He refused in writing to apply sharia law. No other judge in Miami has done so. This is a vast left wing conspiracy designed to remove a duly elected official from office. Sound familiar? There will be a news conference shortly at the Doral Four Seasons Landscaping and tree removal company. Let’s see if the failing Miami Herald covers it. Tune into Newsmax for continuing coverage of the “Miami Judicial Scandal”.
I’m ALL IN for making #Miamijudicialscandal trend on Twitter.
ReplyDeleteSo he never thought all of his misrepresentations and lies would not come to the fore? It’s called opposition research
ReplyDeleteThe stupid voters traded Joe Mansfield for Mike Mirabal. Sounds like the Miami Marlins and their brilliant moves. Remember Adam Duvall? Hit a home run for Atlanta last night.
ReplyDeleteI am surprised that Mansfield's people didn't uncover at least some of this stuff during the campaign. I knew Joe for many years and hated to see him lose to such an imposter. I understand that Joe relocated to the Ft. Myers area. I hope he does well in his new endeavor.
Wow, boy was Mirabal a slime bag. Now I know why he resigned, that was sooooo sooooo bad the Supreme Court would have suspended him without pay and booted him.
ReplyDeleteWhat was he thinking?
What a scammer.
ReplyDeleteTed I am no fan of Joe Mansfield for reasons I will keep to myself. However I know that 1- he was disinterested at best in raising money, and 2- had zero interest in doing any opposition research. I was part of a team that did the research. Most of this could be found on the internet ( the lawsuits) and a five minute study of his financial docs showed the scam he was doing. Joe was told to reach out to us for this info. He never did. Mirabal was beatable. Joe has a lot to blame himself for here which doesn’t excuse the slime Mirabal is.
ReplyDeleteI’m a fan; a real decent guy as an ASA to deal with, total gentleman as a judge
DeleteAccusing someone of being involved in Court Broom WHEN THEY WERE NOT is not going to be allowed to be posted in the comments. If you have an issue with that, email me.
ReplyDeleteMansfield is now an ASA in the Keys
ReplyDeleteApparently that 'threat' came through his attorney Tynan, which can't be good for Tynan, I would think.
ReplyDeleteMirabal deserves what he’ll get (disbarment probably) but that “threat” is not a threat. Saying I’d prefer to settle and not drag both our names through the mud is like 90 percent of what civil lawyers do.
DeleteA conspiracy is where 2 or more people agree on a common illegal plan, and one takes action in furtherance of the plan. If proven, it provides an ideological basis to punish all the conspirators for the acts of the group.
ReplyDeleteWith that in mind, consider these comments from judge howell in a 1/6 case:
"The rioters attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6 were not mere trespassers engaging in protected First Amendment conduct or protests,” Howell added. “They were not merely disorderly, as countless videos show the mob that attacked the Capitol was violent. Everyone participating in the mob contributed to that violence.”
Query:
Is Judge Howell correct that we should punish those convicted only of trespass on a theory of group culpability? And when the government hasnt proven a conspiracy?
Rump?
Should this reasoning extend to other contexts?
I cant get over how absurd judge Howell's comments are. Maybe i just dont get it. What is so special about the 1/6 cases that guilt by association is now viewed as legitimate?
If i am at 1/6 and i watch in amazement as police scuffle with protesters and see i can waltz right into the Capitol, then i do so, take a selfie and leave, i should now be punished for someone else's violence? If that is fine, why shouldnt we just arrest everyone who was at the rally and didnt even trespass? They are criminals too?
I wonder why KFR didn't take Joe Mansfield back? Why the Keys?
ReplyDeleteL'affaire Mirabal finally broken wide open. An arrest for aggravated assault, Fla. Bar charges of multiple questionable financial dealings, lack of candor in his judicial applications, allegations of intimidation of an opposing judicial candidate.
ReplyDeleteMonths ago, reading Mirabal's judicial campaign publications it was clear that his past work and accomplishments were sketchy, unverifiable, and clearly not rooted in local practice. My ultimate impression was, "this guy isn't real; he's a cardboard cutout!"
Nevertheless, he was elected to the County bench. I don't expect much from Dade County voters. Lord knows their standards, ethnicity, good looks, family contacts, a well trimmed beard?
How did his election ever happen? The signs were there. Does the Fla. Bar really vet judicial applications? Is there any press left to ask penetrating questions? Did the Dade County Bar Assn. do anything other than host "candidate forums?" Did his opposition do "oppo" research?
The County and Circuit bench in this county/circuit is growing weaker by the month. There is little to be done about the governor's appointments. However, judicial elections, if they are to mean anything at all, must be treated in a much more serious manner by the Fla. Bar, the press, by attorney associations, and by the public at large. If not, our judicial system will drown in a puddle of mediocracy, corruption, and ignorance.
One of the writers is correct. Joe Mansfield is now in the Keys according to Florida Bar directory. When I first checked in he was showing up in Ft. Myers. I found Joe to be a good guy and I wish him the best.
ReplyDelete10:10. No. Mansfield did no oppo research. One reason he lost.
ReplyDeleteJoe Mansfield is a mensch and I wish him all the best.
ReplyDelete11:20. How much were you charging him for that research?
ReplyDeleteI wasn’t. We were a group helping two friends who were judges and were facing possible challenges from MM. We discovered the improprieties in his financial reports and we offered them to Mansfield. No response. We all knew how bad MM WOUID BE
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ReplyDeleteYou say "If i am at 1/6 and i watch in amazement as police scuffle with protesters and see i can waltz right into the Capitol, then i do so, take a selfie and leave, i should now be punished for someone else's violence? If that is fine, why shouldnt we just arrest everyone who was at the rally and didnt even trespass? They are criminals too?"
Several easy points:
- the people who didn't trespass aren't criminals. They aren't, as far as I know, being charged with crimes. So, let's not have any more of that nonsense.
- the people who did "waltz right into the Capitol," didn't do so in a vacuum. They did so in the context of a violent attack on the heart of our democracy. They knew they weren't allowed. Thinking that they could get away with it because it was in the context of mass law breaking doesn't absolve them. Doing so, whether they thought it through or not, added critical mass to the attack that made it more difficult for capitol police to handle. They were, effectively, aiding the violent attackers with their own criminal conduct (trespassing).
- 1/6 was not just a "police scuffle with protesters." 1/6 was an attack on the people's representatives, in session, and they were trying to "stop the steal" (i.e. overturn or otherwise disrupt certification of the people's lawful election). It wasn't like almost any other event in US history. The sooner you understand this and stop comparing it to other events, the sooner you will stop being puzzled.
DBR article about Mirabal's situation.
ReplyDeleteBob Jarvis, an ethics professor at Nova Southeastern University College of Law in Fort Lauderdale, said the case shows the tenacity of the bar.
The bar paused the investigation into Mirabal’s alleged transgression when Mirabal became a judge, only to resume it when he resigned from the bench in April.
“This is a guy who, if he’s not suffering from some sort of mental illness, then he’s just a guy who is begging to have his license taken away,” said Jarvis, who is not involved in the case. “It’s just very strange. His behavior cannot be explained in any sort of rational way.”
https://www.law.com/dailybusinessreview/2021/10/28/wrong-side-of-the-bench-ex-miami-judge-accused-of-intimidating-female-jurist-among-other-allegations/
Why would the Bar pause an investigation when the subject was elected to the bench?
ReplyDeleteIf Anonymous opposition researcher wasn’t charging money and knew this, is a member of the Bar and didn’t file complaints, write an op piece to Herald or do whatever they could to stop this fraudster from scamming voters, well, you are no shining star. Shame on you. Bet this blog would have posted the info you had since it was verifiable.
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