Klayman V Fox

Case 1:18-cv-01579 Document 1 Filed 07/03/18 Page 1 of 98
IN THE UNITED STATS DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
LARRY KLAYMAN, an individual

7050 W. Palmetto Park Road, #15-287
Boca Raton, FL, 33433
Plaintiff,
v. Case No.:
HAMILTON FOX, in his individual capacity
c/o 515 Fifth Street NW
Building A, Suite 117 COMPLAINT
Washington, DC 20001
And
ELIZABETH HERMAN, in her individual
capacity
Building A, Suite 117
And
H. CLAY SMITH, III, in his individual
capacity
And
JULIA PORTER, in her individual capacity
And
OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL
515 Fifth Street NW
Washington, DC, 20001
Defendants.
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I.! INTRODUCTION
1.! Plaintiff Larry Klayman (“Mr. Klayman”) brings this action against individual
Defendants Hamilton Fox (“Defendant Fox”), Elizabeth Herman (“Defendant Herman”), H. Clay
Smith III (“Defendant Smith”), and Julia Porter (“Defendant Porter”) (collectively
“Defendants”). The Individual Defendants are all employed by the District of Columbia Office
of Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”) which “serves as the chief prosecutor for attorney disciplinary
matters involving active or inactive attorneys who are members of the D.C. Bar.”1 Defendant
Fox, Defendant Herman, Defendant Smith, and Defendant Porter, while acting in concert in a
conspiracy under the “color” of state law, are being sued for actions taken in their individual
capacities and outside the scope of their official duties. ODC is being sued in its official capacity.
Defendants, acting in concert and as joint tortfeasors, intentionally violated Mr. Klayman’s
statutory, constitutional and other rights due to Mr. Klayman’s political beliefs, public interest
activism, and gender, pursuant to their own individual biases, prejudices, political views,
loyalties, and allegiances.
II. JURISDICTION AND VENUE
2.! This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §
1331 (Federal Question Jurisdiction).
3.! This Court has diversity jurisdiction over this case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332,
as the parties are completely diverse in citizenship and the amount in controversy exceeds
$75,000.
4.! This Court has supplemental jurisdiction over this case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §
1367.
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https://www.dcbar.org/attorney-discipline/office-of-disciplinary-counsel/obcmission.cfm
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5.! Venue is proper pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1965 and 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b)(2), (3) in
that Defendants reside here and are subject to personal jurisdiction in this District. Venue is
proper in the District of Columbia because the Individual Defendants are all employed by the
District of Columbia Office of Disciplinary Counsel, and the conduct complained herein arises
out of Defendants’ unconstitutional and illegal conduct as ODC attorneys.
III. PARTIES
6.! Plaintiff Larry Klayman is an individual, a natural person. Mr. Klayman is at all
relevant times a citizen and resident of the state of Florida.
7.! Defendant Hamilton Fox is an individual, a natural person. Defendant Fox is at all
relevant times a citizen and resident of the District of Columbia.
8.! Defendant Elizabeth Herman is an individual, a natural person. Defendant
Herman is at all relevant times a citizen and resident of the District of Columbia.
9.! Defendant H. Clay Smith III is an individual, a natural person. Defendant Smith is
at all relevant times a citizen and resident of the District of Columbia.
10.! Defendant Julia Porter is an individual, a natural person. Defendant Porter is at all
relevant times a citizen and resident of the District of Columbia.
11.! Defendant Office of Disciplinary Counsel serves as the chief prosecutor for
attorney disciplinary matters, and purports to have a dual function: “to protect the public and the
courts from unethical conduct by members of the D.C. Bar and to protect members of the D.C.
Bar from unfounded complaints.”
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IV. STANDING
12.! Mr. Klayman has standing to bring this action because he has been directly
affected by the unlawful conduct complained herein. His injuries are proximately related to the
conduct of Defendants.
V. FACTS
Facts Pertaining to Mr. Klayman’s Representation of Ms. Sataki
13.! Mr. Klayman is an attorney licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia,
who has been a member continuously in good standing since 1980 and with no current
disciplinary record.
14.! On November 2, 2010, about eight years ago, a Complaint was filed against Mr.
Klayman with the ODC, styled In re: Klayman, Bar Docket No. 2011-D028. (the “Sataki
Complaint”).
15.! The Sataki Complaint was implemented as the result of two separate complaints,
both prepared and filed by non-lawyers on behalf Elham Sataki (“Ms. Sataki”), engaging in the
unauthorized practice of law then and at all material times thereafter.
16.! Ms. Sataki has refused to identify who filed the first complaint on her behalf. The
second complaint was prepared and filed by either Kathleen Staunton or Sam Razzazi, her
cousin, who uses many aliases and is a convicted felon.
17.! The Sataki Complaint was based on Mr. Klayman’s representation of Ms. Sataki’s
interests in a sexual harassment action against her former employer, Voice of America (“VOA
Lawsuit”) in case styled Sataki v. Broadcasting Board of Governors, et al, 1:10-cv-00534
(D.D.C).
18.! The scope of Mr. Klayman’s services, performed along with Ms. Sataki’s union
representative and president, Mr. Tim Shamble (“Mr. Shamble”) included, inter alia, the filing of
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an administrative EEO/VOA Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) complaint, lobbying congressmen
and senators to intervene on Ms. Sataki’s behalf, engaging in approved publicity by Ms. Sataki to
try to coax a settlement, and filing the VOA Lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of
Columbia (“District Court”) to preserve the “status-quo” while the EEO/OCR complaint
proceeded administratively.
19.! The VOA Lawsuit, which was also filed with Ms. Sataki’s knowledge and
consent, and which sought to ask the District Court to put Ms. Sataki to work at another VOA
office in Los Angeles - away from her alleged harasser – was eventually improperly dismissed
by the District Court, without even providing an evidentiary hearing.
20.! Furthermore, the EEO/OCR administrative complaint was ultimately not
successful.
21.! Prior to and during the course of Mr. Klayman’s representation of Ms. Sataki, he
developed a close friendship with her, within the bounds of the relevant rules of professional
responsibility and ethics.
22.! At the time, Mr. Klayman sympathized with Ms. Sataki’s apparent plight, as she
had claimed to be destitute and stuck in an untenable work situation. Mr. Klayman was himself
going through a difficult time in his life, and therefore identified with Ms. Sataki’s alleged
problems. This motivated Mr. Klayman to work extremely diligently on Ms. Sataki’s behalf, pro
bono.
23.! As a close friendship developed further during the course of the legal
representation, Mr. Klayman took it upon himself to help Ms. Sataki on a personal level,
including moving her out to Los Angeles to escape her alleged harasser, paying for her
apartment, and other expenses, at a personal cost of about $ 30,000, and even finding
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psychologists for her and paying for some of her psychological counseling, for which she was
otherwise insured.
24.! Ms. Sataki, however, began to exploit and take advantage of her close friendship
with Mr. Klayman, at one point asking Mr. Klayman to purchase a car for her. Mr. Klayman
declined to do so.
25.! Specifically, as a “final straw,” Ms. Sataki’s request that Mr. Klayman purchase a
car for her and her other actions led Mr. Klayman to realize that he could not continue legal
representation of Ms. Sataki. Mr. Klayman thus suggested that it would be best if Ms. Sataki
found new counsel to represent her in her claims against VOA.
26.! Mr. Klayman even referred Ms. Sataki to his personal friend, Gloria Allred, Esq.,
a famous women’s rights legal advocate, as well as Tim Shea, Esq., who had come suggested by
Mr. Shamble.
27.! When Ms. Sataki’s complaints against VOA did not yield immediate results, Ms.
Sataki became more difficult, demanding, belligerent, frequently disrespectful, and hard to reach.
28.! Due to this, Mr. Klayman suggested that they memorialize their attorney-client
relationship with a contingent fee agreement.
29.! This never occurred because a series of events ultimately resulted in Mr. Klayman
no longer representing Ms. Sataki.
30.! Mr. Klayman and Mr. Shamble were unable to reach Ms. Sataki after this point,
and in an abundance of caution, Mr. Klayman filed at his further expense on Ms. Sataki’s behalf,
an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals to the District of Columbia Circuit, regarding the District
Court’s dismissal of the VOA Lawsuit in order to ensure that Ms. Sataki’s right of appeal was
protected and not lost.
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31.! At the end of the day, Ms. Sataki was not able to obtain relief through either the
EEO/OCR process or the District Court, but not due to lack of effort from Mr. Klayman, who
worked extremely diligently on her behalf, even on a pro bono basis.
Facts Pertaining to Ms. Sataki’s Complaint Against Mr. Klayman
32.! On November 2, 2010, nearly eight years ago, persons who are not lawyers
anonymously filed ODC complaints against Mr. Klayman purportedly on Ms. Sataki’s behalf –
as set forth previously - regarding the VOA lawsuit (“Sataki Complaint”) pertaining to his other
pro bono representation.
33.! These non-lawyers also filed corresponding identical complaints with The Florida
Bar and the Pennsylvania Bar, both of which were summarily dismissed because they were not
based upon fact or law, much less the clear and convincing evidence required to substantiate
these types of claims.
34.! Nevertheless, ODC sent Ms. Sataki a letter dated July 7, 2011 containing Mr.
Klayman’s response, with explicit instructions that “[i]f we do not hear from you promptly, we
may assume that you are satisfied with the attorney’s explanations.”
35.! Afterwards, Ms. Sataki abandoned the Sataki Complaint, as evidenced by ODC’s
own internal correspondence and admissions. However, Defendants, for their own unethical,
unconstitutional, illegal, and tactical reasons, outrageously and incredibly resurrected Ms.
Sataki’s complaint six years later, as set forth in detail in the following paragraphs. During this
time period, believing that the Complaints before ODC had also been dismissed, as they had
been in Florida and Pennsylvania, Mr. Klayman understandably did not retain the files necessary
to defend himself. In addition, during this interim time period, relevant documents were lost,
witnesses moved, and memories faded.
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36.! On January 15, 2014, ODC Counsel H. Clay Smith III (“Defendant Smith”) sent
an email to ODC investigators Chuck Anderson and Kevin O’Connell, stating, “I am trying to
locate a complainant [Ms. Sataki] that has dropped off the map…She filed a complaint vs. Larry
Klayman in 2011. Her only correspondence with us was the ethical complaint that she filed.”
37.! ODC then, about seven years after the complaints were purportedly filed by Ms.
Sataki, filed a Specification of Charges with the District of Columbia Board of Professional
Responsibility without providing Mr. Klayman proper notice, or granting a meeting as requested
with the new Disciplinary Bar Counsel Hamilton Fox (“Defendant Fox”), in contravention of
ODC’s policy and practice and Mr. Klayman’s due process and other constitutional and
statutory, and legal common law rights, which had already been compromised during the
previous seven years of unconscionable and highly prejudicial delay.
38.! A draft of the Specification of Charges were prepared even before Mr. Klayman
was given an opportunity to file a supplemental response, which evidences ODC’s punitive and
biased mindset and improper, unethical, unconstitutional and illegal motivations, all in violation
of accepts norms concerning statutes of limitations, laches, and other laws.
Facts Pertaining to ODC Misconduct
39.! The Individual Defendants, acting in concert as joint tortfeasors, each and every
one of them, have engaged in a pattern and practice of abusing and exceeding their position of
authority, which is granted under state law, but which the abuse of authority is not, to act outside
the scope of their official duties and intentionally violate Mr. Klayman’s constitutional and other
rights by selectively prosecuting Mr. Klayman because of his political activism, free speech, and
gender, as set forth in more detail below.
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40.! ODC has also engaged in a pattern and practice of abusing and exceeding its
position of authority, which is granted under state law, but which the abuse of authority is not, to
act outside the scope of their official duties and intentionally violate Mr. Klayman’s
constitutional and other rights by selectively prosecuting Mr. Klayman because of his political
activism, free speech, and gender.
41.! Mr. Klayman is a prominent conservative and non-partisan attorney and public
interest activist who has brought lawsuits against Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, George W.
Bush, and other politicians and government officials. He conceived of and founded the
prominent public interest watchdogs, Judicial Watch, Inc. and Freedom Watch, Inc., and is a
former U.S. Department of Justice federal prosecutor, having been on the trial team which broke
up the AT&T monopoly during the Reagan administration. In 2003-2004, he ran for the U.S.
Senate in the Florida Republican Primary. Mr. Klayman is also the only lawyer to ever have a
court rule that former President Bill Clinton had committed a crime, when he illegally released
the Privacy Act protected White House government file of a woman he had allegedly sexually
abused and harassed in the Oval Office. Her name is Kathleen Willey. Mr. Klayman has also
represented Juanita Broaddrick, Gennifer Flowers, Paula Jones, Dolly Kyle Browning, and other
Bill Clinton female victims, who Hillary Clinton is alleged to have retaliated against and tried to
destroy to advance her and her husband’s political interests. Mr. Klayman is a supporter of and
legal advocate for women’s rights.
42.! Even a quick search of FEC records shows that Defendant Fox, as well as Deputy
Bar Disciplinary Counsel Elizabeth Herman (“Defendant Herman”) both donated significant
sums of monies to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama as well as other liberal Democrats.
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43.! It is clear that Defendants’ goal is to prevent Mr. Klayman from being able to
practice law because they do not agree with his political and other beliefs, and in retaliation for
his gender during this highly charged period when men are frequently presumed guilty of even
provably false allegations.
44.! Because of his conservative beliefs, Defendants Herman and Porter, who are both
Deputy Bar Disciplinary Counsel, in particular, apparently see Mr. Klayman as anti-women, all
of which is not true. It was apparent to Mr. Klayman Defendants Herman and Porter in particular
wanted to take disciplinary action against Mr. Klayman due to his gender and activism, and thus
enlisted the other Defendants, including the new Bar Disciplinary Counsel, Defendant Fox, to
follow suit and work in concert with them.
45.! After many years, Defendants have improperly, unethically, illegally, and
suddenly revived the Sataki Complaint for purely tactical and strategic reasons, despite the fact
that the original complainant, Ms. Sataki, had abandoned it.
46.! Indeed, the tactical purpose for the sudden, unexplained, and unwarranted revival
of the Sataki Complaint, after 8 years of delay and after two other state bars summarily and
timely dismissing identical complaints – Pennsylvania and Florida — hinges on a hearing
committee’s remedial recommendation with regard to another pending ethics complaint against
Mr. Klayman, Bar Docket No. 2008 D048 (“the Judicial Watch Complaint”) that Mr. Klayman
must, after serving his proposed three-month suspension, then petition for reinstatement based on
the fitness to practice law.
47.! Thus, if Defendants can “pile on” by filing a new case or cases before the Board,
as they have done with regard to the Sataki Complaint, they can argue that this on-going
proceeding, which would go on for years, would be grounds for Mr. Klayman not to be
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reinstated, effectively disbarring him, especially since he is now almost 67 years old – in
effecting involuntarily retiring of Mr. Klayman. This piling on is also intended to bankrupt Mr.
Klayman, as he has already expended considerable monies in defense of the Judicial Watch
matter. Thus, regardless of Defendants’ chances of success in the Sataki case, Defendants can
seek to silence Mr. Klayman just by driving him into financial ruin. Other recent threats of an
additional bar proceeding, forwarded by Defendant Porter on her own behalf and on behalf of the
other Defendants, acting in concert, which would serve to have Mr. Klayman spend considerable
monies he cannot afford, have also been levied by Defendants
48.! The dishonesty of the Individual Defendants and the fact that the sudden revival
of the Sataki Complaint is nothing more than an unethical, unprofessional, unconstitutional and
illegal tactical strategy is strongly evidenced by ODC’s filing of a frivolous assignment of error
to the Board’s decision to remove the reinstatement provision in the Judicial Watch Complaint.
49.! Indeed, the reason that the Board reversed its decision and removed the
reinstatement provision in the Judicial Watch matter is that it it found that Mr. Klayman had
been honest in stating that he had received what in effect was advice of counsel for the acts that
he had been charged with. ODC never argued for or challenged this finding at the time, yet still
dishonestly, opportunistically and unethically filed an assignment of error after the fact.
50.! Defendant Smith told Mr. Klayman that he was relieved that the reinstatement
provision was removed, as he “didn’t think it was right.” However, he said the filing of the
assignment of error was “out of his hands” and belonged to the other Defendants.
51.! The Individual Defendants have not hidden, or even attempted to hide their deep-
seated resentment and bias and animus towards Mr. Klayman due to his political beliefs,
activism, free speech, and gender
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52.! Confirming and thus supporting the fact that Mr. Klayman is being selectively,
unethically, unconstitutionally, and illegally prosecuted for his politics, activism, free speech,
and gender, is the extremely hostile and disrespectful demeanor and words Defendant Herman
exhibited during a meeting that occurred on July 28, 2017 and at other times, which exhibited
bias and discrimination as well, based on his public advocacy, free speech, and gender.
53.! Defendant Herman abruptly and in a hostile voice refused to say whether she had
had contact and/or met with Ms. Sataki. In fact, she told Mr. Klayman that this was “none of his
[male] business.”
54.! Furthermore, Defendant Herman’s brazenly and openly admitted her bias and
animus against Mr. Klayman due to his political beliefs, activism, free speech, and gender, which
explains her participation in her baseless prosecution against him, when she curtly and in a
hostile manner, on more than one occasion, stated to Mr. Klayman, “I [we] don’t like the way
you practice law.”
55.! It is indisputable that Defendant Herman’s personal feelings should have no
impact on the performance of her professional duties, but her open admission clearly shows that
she is driven by her bias and animus due to Mr. Klayman’s political beliefs, activism, free
speech, and gender.
56.! Furthermore, when Mr. Klayman advised Defendant Herman at the same meeting
that The Florida Bar and the Pennsylvania Bar had summarily dismissed Ms. Sataki’s claims, she
on behalf of Defendants stated that “we could care less.”
57.! This gender-based and political vendetta against Mr. Klayman is clearly
demonstrated and confirmed in a meeting that that Mr. Klayman had with Defendant Smith on
September 29, 2017.
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58.! The purpose of this meeting was to discuss another vindictive Complaint filed by
Mr. Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, as well as the pending Sataki matter.2 Defendant Smith
strangely suggested that rather than appeal the hearing committee’s findings with regard to the
first Fitton/Judicial Watch Complaint alleging conflicts of interest to the Board, that he simply
agree to resign from the bar, which is in effect, disbarment.
59.! Mr. Fitton’s retaliatory vindictiveness stems from Mr. Klayman having previously
obtained a jury verdict against Judicial Watch for malicious defamation, which Mr. Fitton as
President of Judicial Watch caused and furthered, and which award included punitive damages. 3
60.! Defendant Smith then stated that if Mr. Klayman would agree to this, it could be
done quietly and that no one else would know, preventing embarrassment to and bad publicity
for Mr. Klayman, suggesting that the Defendants would otherwise seek to smear and thus harm
Mr. Klayman publically by destroying his professional and personal reputation. This obviously is
not only a false premise, and contrary to the remedies that had been previously recommended to
the hearing committee by ODC, which fell well short of what was in effect, disbarment.
61.! However, apparently seeing that the hearing committee was recommending three
months’ suspension with a requirement of petitioning for reinstatement based on a showing of
the fitness to practice law, Defendants – acting in concert through Defendant Smith - now
outrageously, without factual or legal basis, suggested that resignation would be the easier and
less humiliating road for Mr. Klayman to agree to.
62.! Mr. Klayman was confused at the time as to why Defendant Smith would made
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Indeed, it is no coincidence that an attorney of Judicial Watch, James Peterson, has been
present at the Sataki hearing, which commenced on May 30, 2018, and has been taking notes to
further Mr. Fitton’s damaging smear campaign against Mr. Klayman. Mr. Fitton and Judicial
Watch were obviously tipped off by Defendants, acting in concert with Mr. Fitton, to damage
Mr. Klayman further through false publicity and other unethical, illegal, and improper means.
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Klayman v. Judicial Watch, 13-cv-20610 (S.D. Fla.).
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such a strange and outrageous suggestion, but in retrospect Mr. Klayman has reason to believe,
based on the facts pled herein, that it was a warning to Mr. Klayman that there was a concerted
effort by his superiors at ODC, including but not limited to Defendants Fox, Herman, and Porter,
to remove him from the practice of law and that this was beyond his control, which has now been
clearly demonstrated in the Individual Defendants’ actions, acting in concert.
63.! Mr. Klayman asserts that even though Defendant Smith is simply and pliantly
following the orders of his superiors, Defendants Fox, Herman, and Porter, he is still equally
liable and thus culpable, as all of the Defendants are acting in concert.
64.! In that regard, ODC recently even transferred the most recent Fitton Complaint
from Defendant Smith to Defendant Porter, obviously because ODC did not want anyone who
may be sympathetic to Mr. Klayman to handle the matter. She then, confirming her complicity,
threatened Mr. Klayman with another bar proceeding, claiming to have even prepared a draft
specification of charges before Mr. Klayman could even respond to this threat.
65.! Even more, as set forth above, Defendants would not allow Mr. Klayman the
courtesy of a meeting with Defendant Fox before rushing to file a Specification of Charges with
the Board in the Sataki matter.
66.! This refusal to allow a meeting is also due to the conflict of interest that
Defendant Fox claimed to have suffered, for which Defendant Fox was trying to hide.
67.! Indeed, while it was clear that Defendant Fox had been involved in the so-called
investigation and prosecution of Mr. Klayman from the very outset, he disingenuously and
defensively demanded that Mr. Klayman sign a conflict of interest waiver before finally agreeing
to a meeting with him and Mr. Klayman after the Specification of Charges had already been filed
before the Board.
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68.! The conflict of interest – which Defendant Fox clearly recognized and admitted –
stems from the fact that Defendant Fox, while previously a lawyer and partner at Sutherland,
Asbill and Brennan, represented Mr. Klayman’s interests when he defended a deposition of his
then partner, Herbert Beller, concerning a severance agreement he negotiated for Mr. Klayman,
noticed by Judicial Watch, the public interest group which Mr. Klayman founded in 1994, and
which through its president Tom Fitton, had, as retaliation, vindictively complained against Mr.
Klayman in the pending matter now before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
69.! During a May 11, 2018 meeting to discuss the Sataki Specification of Charges,
and the gross prosecutorial misconduct of the Defendants up to that point, for which Mr.
Klayman had substantial hard evidence, Defendant Fox acted extremely hostile towards Mr.
Klayman, further confirming the bias and animus against Mr. Klayman due to his political
beliefs, activism, speech, and gender.
70.! Mr. Klayman was surprised to find that both Defendant Deputy Bar Counsel Julia
Porter (“Defendant Porter”) and ODC’s described investigator, Kevin O’Connor would be
present in the meeting, which had not been disclosed previously.
71.! From the outset, Defendant Fox immediately and belligerently stated that he was
not going to hear anything about or discuss dismissal of the Specification of Charges, but that
Mr. Klayman could simply produce the evidence of misconduct and unethical and illegal
behavior.
72.! Mr. Klayman calmly responded that he would not be dictated to as to what he
could discuss. This prompted Defendant Fox to stand up threateningly and scream “this meeting
is over” and that Mr. Klayman “should leave [his] office.”
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73.! When Mr. Klayman got up from his chair, he indicated that this gross
prosecutorial misconduct would leave him no recourse but to file this instant Complaint, as well
as bar grievances which are attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and are incorporated herein by
reference.
74.! Defendant Fox then approached Mr. Klayman at the door, as if to stalk him and
screamed, "I welcome your complaint," adding in a hostile voice, "do you seriously believe that I
would not welcome the opportunity through discovery to show how you practice law."
75.! This more than confirms Defendants’ improper motivations, that the mission of
Defendants is to unlawfully attempt to remove Mr. Klayman from the practice of law, by
whatever unprofessional, unethical, unconstitutional, and illegal means are used to "justify" these
ends.
76.! Indeed, it is clear that Mr. Klayman is being selectively prosecuted by Defendants
based on politics, activism, free speech, and gender.
77.! It was even revealed that Defendants purposefully and intentionally withheld
exculpatory documents and evidence when they had a duty to turn them over to Mr. Klayman.
78.! As another example, ODC quickly, improperly, and unethically disposed of a
valid and meritorious Complaint filed by Mr. Klayman against Paul Orfanedes (“Mr.
Orfanedes”), Judicial Watch’s litigation director, centered around Mr. Orfanedes’ participation in
a misappropriation of 1.4 million dollars of donor money.
79.! In fact, Defendant Herman admitted that this Complaint was summarily
dismissed, less than a month after it was received, and it was never even processed or opened for
a full investigation, despite the uncontroverted fact that Mr. Orfanedes, a member of the bar, had
participated in the outright theft of 1.4 million dollars of donor money over 15 years.
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80.! On the other hand, the clearly non-meritorious Sataki Complaint, which not based
in law or fact (which has been demonstrated to Defendants through sworn affidavits and the
summary dismissal of the Florida and Pennsylvania ones), has been pending against Mr.
Klayman for now about eight years, a condition that would not be permitted in other jurisdictions
and should not be countenanced in this one, due to ordinary norms of laches, statute of
limitations, fundamental fairness, much more due process and equal protection under the
Constitution.
81.! This striking dichotomy is clear evidence of unconstitutional and illegal selective
prosecution, bias, and personal animus that must be remedied.
82.! As a result of Defendants’ prosecutorial misconduct, Mr. Klayman has been
damaged by his having to expend significant time and resources defending himself against this
baseless prosecution, including but not limited to attorney’s fees, costs, travel and other
expenses, as well as personal and professional time lost preparing for his own defense. It has also
damaged Mr. Klayman by intentionally causing him severe emotional distress. Defendants’
prosecutorial misconduct has been carefully and cynically calculated to bankrupt Mr. Klayman,
so that he is no longer able to practice law or engage in his public interest advocacy, which
Defendants do not agree with and despise. Defendants intent is to smear Mr. Klayman and fatally
damage his personal and professional reputations, affecting his family and livelihood, which
damage has already occurred and is continuing.
83.! See, e.g., Mills v. District of Columbia, 571 F.3d 1304, 1312 (D.C. Cir. 2009) (a
constitutional violation and loss of constitutional protections "'for even minimal periods of time,
unquestionably constitutes irreparable injury'") (quoting Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347, 373
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(1976)). Irreparable injury is present with regard to Defendants’ unconstitutional conduct toward
Mr. Klayman, which has severely damages him and is continuing to severely damage him
84.! Indeed, it is no coincidence that an attorney of Judicial Watch, James Peterson,
has been present at the Sataki hearing, which commenced on May 30, 2018 and ended on June
27, 2018, and later another Judicial Watch attorney, Michael Bekesha, had been taking notes to
further Mr. Fitton’s damaging smear campaign against Mr. Klayman. Mr. Fitton and Judicial
Watch were obviously tipped off by Defendants, acting in concert with Mr. Fitton, to damage
Mr. Klayman further through false publicity and other improper means.
85.! Mr. Klayman thus filed ethical complaints with ODC setting forth the gross
misconduct by the Defendants specified above, which facts are incorporated herein by reference.
Exhibit 1.
86.! On June 5, 2018 and thereafter, the chair of the Board of Professional
Responsibility, Robert C. Bernius, incredibly informed Mr. Klayman that the Board will not
pursue any remedial action, much less open an internal investigation of the alleged prosecutorial
misconduct and violation of ethics, the law, and the Constitution. Mr. Klayman has also asked
the District of Columbia Bar’s general counsel, president, and chief executive officer, Marlon
Paz, Esther Lim, and Robert Spanoletti, respectively, to review the unethical, unconstitutional,
and illegal conduct set forth in Exhibit 1, and they have failed to take action in furtherance of this
apparent “cover up” to protect their own, with a “circle the wagons” mentality, motivation, and
practice. Exhibit 2.
87.! Defendants and the Board of Professional Responsibility are not, and cannot be,
above ethics, the law, much more the Constitution. Mr. Klayman therefore has no recourse but to
file this instant Complaint, as he has no legal or other remedies remaining.
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88.! As further evidence of ODC and the District of Columbia Bar’s political biases
and motivations to chill free speech and other constitutional rights by conservatives, and those
they wrongfully perceive to be anti-feminist and anti-women as a result, ODC and the other
Defendants are entertaining, if not soliciting, completely meritless complaints against
conservative activists and figures.
89.! Attached hereto as Exhibit 3, is a Complaint filed by a group of law professors
against Counselor to the President of the United States, Kellyanne Conway (“Conway
Complaint”), also a member of the bar, seeking to discipline her for her political activities and
beliefs, as well as to have a chilling effect on her free speech on behalf of President Donald J.
Trump.
90.! Even a law professor from Northwestern University, Steven Lubet, a self
described “liberal Democrat,” wrote for Slate Magazine, a far left publication, that the Conway
Complaint “is dangerously misguided and has the potential to set a terrible precedent.4”
91.! One of the signatories to the Conway Complaint, has somehow, perhaps not
coincidentally in all likelihood, been placed on the hearing committee that is adjudicating the
Sataki Complaint, which at least creates a strong appearance of clearly demonstrating the
unconstitutional political biases, gender based discrimination, and intent to silence conservative
figures and activists like Mr. Klayman and Ms. Conway.
92.! Indeed, Mr. Klayman himself has been a vocal, strong, and ardent supporter of
President Trump, much like his fellow conservative bar member, Ms. Conway, who Mr.
Klayman knows quite well. Regrettably, during this polarized and highly charged period of
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Steven Lubet, In Defense of Kellyanne Conway, Slate, Feb. 27, 2017, available at:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/02/the_misconduct_
complaint_against_kellyanne_conway_is_dangerously_misguided.html
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American history, anyone who supports President Trump is generally considered and treated as
“enemies” of liberal and Democrat activism and causes, as the President has been branded a
female abuser, sexist, misogynist, and last but hardly least, a racist. This bias and thus mindset is
clearly present with regard to the Defendants herein, several of whom have donated to politicians
and political candidates who support these causes and who oppose and have vilified the President
publically.
93.! Finally, at the hearing in the Sataki matter, Defendants, acting in concert, by and
through Defendant Smith, openly admitted that their motivation in prosecuting bar complaints
against Mr. Klayman is because he had filed large and complex lawsuits against Hillary Clinton,
other Democrats, and other related parties, persons, and entities.
FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION

Abuse of Process
Against All Defendants
94.! Mr. Klayman repeats and re-alleges all of the previous allegations of the entirety
of this Complaint, including, but not limited to, the Introduction and the exhibits to this
Complaint, with the same force and effect, as if fully set forth herein again at length.
95.! Defendants, each and every one of them acting in concert, have abused and
perverted the Board of Professional Responsibility’s process in initiating, furthering, and falsely
deciding claims of misconduct in order to compel Mr. Klayman to be prevented and ultimately
barred from practicing law due to Mr. Klayman’s political beliefs, activism, free speech, and
gender.
96.! As set forth previously, this concerted effort to disbar Mr. Klayman is evidenced
by Defendant Smith’s ridiculous and outrageous suggestion, on behalf of the other Defendants,
that he accept disbarment, despite the fact that the hearing committee had only recommended a
three-month suspension in the Judicial Watch matter.
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97.! Defendants conduct is a deliberate misuse of the Board of Professional

Responsibility’s judicial process for all of the reasons set forth in this Complaint and its
preceding paragraphs, as well as the exhibits hereto.
SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION
Malicious Prosecution
Against All Defendants
of this Complaint, including, but not limited to, the Introduction and the exhibits to this
99.! Defendants had no reasonable basis in fact or law to file a Specification of
Charges with the Board of Professional Responsibility, particularly after seven years if delay and
after Ms. Sataki had abandoned her purported complaints, much less the clear and convincing
evidence needed to substantiate their claims, yet proceeded to do so anyway due to Mr.
Klayman’s political beliefs, activism, speech, and gender.
100.! This is strongly evidenced by the fact that The Florida Bar and the Pennsylvania
Bar both summarily dismissed identical claims filed on behalf of Ms. Sataki against Mr.
Klayman because they were not based on fact or law.
101.! Defendant Herman, however, on behalf of herself and the other Defendants,
acting in concert, “could care less” that these other Bars clearly and summarily found no
misconduct, because their unethical, illegal, and unconstitutional agenda is to remove Mr.
Klayman from the practice of law.
102.! Defendants acted maliciously in prosecuting Mr. Klayman, without probable
cause, due solely to due to Mr. Klayman’s political beliefs, activism, free speech, and gender.
THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION
42 U.S.C. 1983 - Violation of Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection
Against Defendants Fox, Herman, Smith, and Porter
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of this Complaint, including, but not limited to, the Introduction and the exhibits attached to this
104.! The Individual Defendants, as attorneys employed by ODC, the chief prosecutor
for attorney disciplinary matters involving active or inactive attorneys who are members of the
D.C. Bar, at all relevant times were acting in concert under the color of state law.
105.! The Individual Defendants, acting in concert and conspiring in their individual
capacities, outside of the scope of their official duties, conspired to violate Mr. Klayman’s
constitutional, statutory, and other common law rights, and did in fact violate those rights.
106.! Intentionally violating an individual’s constitutional rights is not within the scope
of the Individual Defendants’ official duties.
107.! The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution prohibits states from denying any
person within its territory equal protection of the laws.
108.! Under the color of state law, the Individual Defendants have deprived Mr.
Klayman of his federal, constitutional right to equal protection under the laws by selectively
prosecuting him for his gender, public interest advocacy, and free speech without a legitimate or
any basis in fact or law.
FOURTH CAUSE OF ACTION
42 U.S. C. 1983 - Violation of First Amendment Protections
Against Defendants Fox, Herman, Smith, and Porter
of this Complaint, including, but not limited to, the Introduction and the exhibits attached to this
110.! The Individual Defendants as attorneys employed by ODC, the chief prosecutor
for attorney disciplinary matters involving active or inactive attorneys who are members of the
D.C. Bar, at all relevant times were acting in concert under the color of state law.
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111.! The Individual Defendants, acting in concert in their individual capacities, outside
of the scope of their official duties, conspired to violate Mr. Klayman’s constitutional, statutory,
and other rights, and did in fact violate those rights.
112.! Intentionally violating an individual’s constitutional rights is not within the scope
of the Individual Defendants’ official duties.
113.! The First Amendment to the Constitution prohibits states and state entities and
agencies from abridging freedom of speech.
114.! Under the color of state law, the Individual Defendants have deprived Mr.
Klayman of his federal, constitutional right to freedom of speech by selectively prosecuting him
without any basis in fact or law to remove him from the practice of law due to his politics,
conservative activism, free speech, and gender.
115.! The Individual Defendants, acting in concert, are trying to unethically,
unconstitutionally, and illegally attempt to disbar Mr. Klayman, so that he is no longer able to
pursue his conservative, public interest work, in effect silencing his public interest activism and
free speech in furtherance of removing Mr. Klayman from public discourse, as guaranteed by the
First Amendment.
PRAYER FOR RELIEF
W H E R E F O R E , Plaintiff Klayman prays for relief and judgment against Defendants as

follows: actual, compensatory, and punitive damages in an amount to be determined by the trier
of fact, as well as preliminary and permanent injunctive relief, attorney’s fees and costs, and any
other relief that this Court may deem just and proper.
DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL
Plaintiff demands a trial by jury on all counts, as to all issues so triable.
DATED: July 3, 2018 Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Larry Klayman

Larry Klayman, Esq.
KLAYMAN LAW GROUP, PA
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c/o 7050 W. Palmetto Park Road

#15-287
Boca Raton, FL 33433
Email: leklayman@gmail.com
Tel: 561-558-5563
Counsel for Plaintiff
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EXHIBIT 1
ATTACHMENT
I HEREBY FILE THIS ETHICS COMPLAINT against Disciplinary Bar Counsel

Hamilton Fox (“Mr. Fox”), Deputy Disciplinary Counsel Elizabeth Herman (“Ms. Herman”),
Assistant Disciplinary Counsel H. Clay Smith, III (“Mr. Smith”), Deputy Disciplinary Counsel
Julia Porter (“Ms. Porter”), and any other Deputy or Assistant Disciplinary Bar Counsel or other
licensed attorney or investigator such as Kevin O’Connor employed by the Office of
Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”) who has participated in and worked on in any way a matter
concerning a complaint allegedly filed in the name of Elham Sataki (“Ms. Sataki”)1 against Larry
Klayman (“Mr. Klayman”) on November 2, 2010, nearly eight years ago. This on-going case has
now unethically and tactically resulted, as set forth below, into a Specification of Charges against
Mr. Klayman filed with the Board of Responsibility. It is styled In re: Klayman, Bar Docket No.
2011-D028. (the “Sataki Complaint”).
This instant ethics complaint is predicated and founded upon serious misconduct
committed by ODC attorneys and their agents, acting under the color of state law, which are in
clear and gross contravention of the following District of Columbia Rules of Professional
Responsibility (hereafter D.C. Ethics Rules): Rule 8.4-Misconduct; Rule 4.4 – Respect for Rights
of Third Persons; Rule 4.1 – Truthfulness in Statements to Others; Rule 3.8 – Special
Responsibilities of a Prosecutor; Rule 3.3 – Candor to Tribunal; Rule 3.1 – Meritorious Claims
and Contentions; Rule 3.4 – Fairness to Opposing Party and Counsel; Rule 1.1 – Competence;
Rule 1.7 – Conflict of Interest; and Rule Rule 4.3 – Dealing with Unrepresented Person.
Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is correspondence from complainant, Mr. Klayman, which
sets forth the underlying facts upon which ODC’s unethical and frivolous ethics proceeding was
wrongfully instituted and on which it is based. Mr. Klayman reserves the right to supplement this
complaint as more facts become known.
From the very outset, there has been a conscious disregard for Mr. Klayman’s due
process, equal protection, and other rights by ODC attorneys and their agents. Indeed, Mr.
Klayman had requested to meet with Mr. Fox before the Specification of Charges based on Ms.
Sataki’s baseless allegations was apparently filed against Mr. Klayman with the Board of
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!It remains unclear who filed the complaint as set forth in prior correspondence with Bar
Disciplinary Counsel!
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Professional Responsibility. See Exhibit 1. This simple request was ignored, contrary to
established professional courtesy and practice by ODC, thereby denying Mr. Klayman due
process, equal protection and other rights in what amounts to what in effect is technically a
criminal proceeding. Thus, based on this and the rationale set forth below, Mr. Klayman submits
that he is the subject of a political and gender based tactical prosecution by the ODC, which is
clearly in violation of the D.C. Ethics Rules.
The Sataki Complaint is not based upon fact or law, much less the clear and convincing
evidence that is required to substantiate these types of claims. Indeed, the tactical purpose for the
sudden, unexplained, and unwarranted revival of Ms. Sataki’s Complaint, after 8 years of delay
and after two other state bars summarily and time dismissed identical complaints – Pennsylvania
and Florida -- hinges on the hearing committee’s remedial recommendation with regard to the
Judicial Watch ethics complaint against Mr. Klayman, Bar Docket No. 2008 D048 (“the Judicial
Watch Complaint”) that Mr. Klayman must after serving his proposed three-month suspension
then petition for reinstatement based on the fitness to practice law. Thus, if ODC can “pile on”
by filing a new case or cases before the Board – indeed Tom Fitton2 has filed a new non-
meritorious and vindictive complaint against Mr. Klayman (Bar Docket No. 2017-D051) - as it
has done with regard to Ms. Sataki’s complaint, it can argue that this on-going proceeding, which
would go on for years, would be grounds for Mr. Klayman not to be reinstated, effectively
disbarring him, especially since he is now almost 67 years old – in effecting involuntarily retiring
of Mr. Klayman. Furthermore, it is evident that ODC’s goal, regardless of the outcome of the
Sataki Complaint, is to financially drain Mr. Klayman by forcing him to expend significant
resources – attorney’s fees, costs, and travel to say the least – as another way to limit his ability
to carry out his public interest work and legal practice in general.
Tellingly, it is evident that Ms. Sataki did not actively pursue her initial complaint against
Mr. Klayman, but instead it was ODC who sua sponte, for their own tactical and unethical
purposes, chose to revive it. In a letter from ODC to Ms. Sataki dated July 7, 2011, in response to
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! It shocks the conscience and mind that the ODC relies so much on Mr. Fitton, who lost a
defamation suit against Mr. Klayman and had to pay $181,000 to Mr. Klayman. Usually, one
who is found guilty of New York Times malice scienter, i.e., knowingly lying is not a credible
witness. A federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida has already
found that Mr. Fitton and his other directors had lied and Judicial Watch has been found liable to
pay a judgment of $181,000, which included punitive damages for malice.
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Mr. Klayman’s answer to the initial complaint, ODC stated, “if we do not hear from you
promptly, we may assume that you are satisfied with the attorney’s explanation.” Exhibit 1. It is
clear from correspondence that ODC did not hear anything from Ms. Sataki, who apparently
decided not to pursue the complaint against Mr. Klayman further at that time. Exhibit 1. Yet, in
2014, ODC, for its own illegal, unethical, and tactical purposes, sought to revive the Sataki
Complaint, despite the fact that Ms. Sataki had, in their own words, “dropped off the map.”
Exhibit 1. ODC even went so far as to use a forensic investigator, Mr. O’Connell, to try to locate
Ms. Sataki to try convince her to pursue her complaint against Mr. Klayman. This unethical and
illegal behavior not only ignores the defaulting actions and abandonment of the complainant, but
show a clear malice and animus against Mr. Klayman that has undeniably tainted this entire
proceeding.
In fact, the dishonesty of ODC and the fact that the sudden revival of the Sataki
Complaint is nothing more than an unethical and unprofessional tactical strategy is strongly
evidenced by ODC’s filing of an assignment of error to the Board’s decision to remove the
reinstatement provision in the Judicial Watch Complaint. Indeed, the reason that the Board
reversed its decision and removed the reinstatement provision is that it it found that Mr. Klayman
had been honest that he had effectively received advice of counsel to take the acts he had been
charged with. ODC never really challenged this finding at the time, yet still filed an assignment
of error after the fact. Indeed, even Mr. Smith told Mr. Klayman that he was relieved that the
reinstatement provision was removed, as he “didn’t think it was right.” However, he said the
filing of the assignment of error was “out of his hands.”
When questioned about the filing of the assignment of error, Mr. Fox lied to Mr.
Klayman that it was “policy” to appeal everything that reversed a finding of fact by the Board. In
sum, Mr. Fox and ODC are dishonestly appealing a fact that they and the Board know to be true.
This, in turn, “tips their hand” and clearly evidences the importance of the reinstatement
provision to them as the mechanism that they wish to use to fulfill their goal to have Mr.
Klayman effectively disbarred, because as ODC has admitted in legally audio taped
conversations3 and recorded in contemporaneous memoranda, they “do not like the way Mr.
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Recording occurred in one party consent jurisdictions
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Klayman practices law.”4 Indeed, the latest Judicial Watch Complaint was inexplicably
transferred from Mr. Smith – who at least always had been respectful and professional, even if
compromised by others at ODC - to Ms. Porter, who is part of and has participated ODC’s
apparent bias and animus much more unethical conduct leveled against Mr. Klayman, which is
set forth in detail below.
First, as set forth in Exhibit 1, an identical complaint by Ms. Sataki was filed with the
state bars of Florida and Pennsylvania and summarily dismissed many years ago. When Mr.
Klayman advised Ms. Herman at a meeting designed to head off the prosecution of the Sataki
Complaint, she on behalf of ODC stated that they could care less. Yet it should be at least
relevant that other Bars have looked at these charges and dismissed them as not based on any
credible evidence, much more the required clear and convincing evidence necessary to justify
commencing a bar proceeding. It should also be relevant and compelling that these other Bars
dismissed the the Sataki Complaint 7 years ago. For reasons that the ODC never bothers to and
refused to explain, why it has waited seven years. This blatant disregard for the facts
demonstrates that Ms. Herman and her colleagues at ODC have no concern with whether the
Sataki Complaint is meritorious, in gross violation of D.C. Ethics Rule 3.1, and that she is not
acting pursuant to the law or the facts, but instead their own desire to harm Mr. Klayman. Even
more, when considering the function of ODC, and its parallels with those of prosecuting
attorneys, D.C. Ethics Rule 3.8 which prohibits prosecutors from:
(a) In exercising discretion to investigate or to prosecute, improperly favor or
invidiously discriminate against any person; (b) File in court or maintain a charge
that the prosecutor knows is not supported by probable cause; (c) Prosecute to
trial a charge that the prosecutor knows is not supported by evidence sufficient to
establish a prima facie showing of guilt; (d) Intentionally avoid pursuit of
evidence or information because it may damage the prosecution’s case or aid the
defense….
Shockingly, Ms. Herman and her named respondent colleagues, all of whom have acted in
concert, have unethically done all of these things.
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How Mr. Klayman practices law is not arrogantly ODC’s business; only whether he has
violated the District of Columbia Code of Professional Responsibility.
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Supporting Mr. Klayman’s substantiated belief that he is being selectively prosecuted for
his politics and gender, is the extremely hostile and disrespectful demeanor and words Ms.
Herman exhibited during a meeting that occurred on July 28, 2017. As diplomatically set forth in
Exhibit 1, which politely understated Mr. Klayman’s reception by Ms. Herman, showing animus,
she curtly and nastily refused to say whether she had had contact and/or met with Ms. Sataki. In
fact, she told Mr. Klayman that this was none of his business. Furthermore, Ms. Herman’s
brazenly and openly admitted her personal bias and animus against Mr. Klayman, which explains
her participation in her and ODC’s baseless prosecution against him, when she abruptly, curtly
and disrespectfully admitted to Mr. Klayman, “I don’t like the way you practice law.” Ms.
Herman’s personal feelings should have no impact on the performance of her professional duties,
but her open admission clearly shows that she is driven by her bias and animus. Thus, Mr.
Klayman was not only insulted disrespectfully in violation of D.C. Ethics Rule 3.55, which in
effect requires lawyers to be courteous among one another, it was more than a disturbing
response, since Mr. Klayman had never spoken or met with Ms. Herman before. Among other
very hostile statements, there was also Ms. Herman’s demeanor, which showed deep animus, as
if Mr. Klayman disrespected women such as Ms. Sataki. Taken as a whole, it appeared that the
Sataki case was being pursued based on Ms. Herman’s view that Mr. Klayman is anti-women,
which is blatantly untrue. Feeling this strongly, Mr. Klayman, as recorded in Exhibit 1, pointed
out that he is good friend with famed female rights lawyer Gloria Allred, who he had even
approached to represent Ms. Sataki when Mr. Klayman felt that he could do so no longer.
A review of Ms. Herman’s political leanings, as well as Bar Disciplinary Counsel
Hamilton Fox, as easily found on the internet and in Federal Election Commission records of
political campaign contributions, further explains her (and Mr. Fox’s) motivations and personal
and political animus against Mr. Klayman, and also explains her gross misconduct in handling
these matters against Mr. Klayman. She has donated to the campaigns of Barack Obama and
other leftist Democrats, who Mr. Klayman has sued in his public interest capacity. It is certain
that Ms. Herman’s animus toward Mr. Klayman stems from her perception that he is anti-
Obama, anti-Hillary Clinton, anti-Democrat, and anti-women. In any event, complainant firmly
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See Comment 4: “Refraining from abusive or obstreperous conduct is a corollary of the
advocate’s right to speak on behalf of litigants.”
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believes that among other ethical violations, particularly given the there is no clear and
convincing evidence that Mr. Klayman violated any D.C. Ethics Rules as set forth in Exhibit 1,
and that Bar Disciplinary Counsel - after seven long years of sitting on an identical complaint
that had been summarily dismissed by two other state bars and abandoned by Ms. Sataki - rushed
to file the Sataki Complaint before the Board of Professional Responsibility before he was even
accorded the courtesy of meeting with Bar Disciplinary Counsel, Mr. Fox. Ms. Herman, Mr.
Fox, and the other respondents are blinded by their prejudice and personal animosity towards Mr.
Klayman, in violation of her legal, professional, and ethical duties.6
Regrettably, this squares with what Mr. Smith told Mr. Klayman at the side meeting of
June 28, 2017, concerning the on-going Judicial Watch proceeding now before the Board, that
his hands were tied, that the issue of Mr. Klayman’s fate lied with the higher ups and that after
Wallace “Gene” Shipp retired, that there was a different leftist mindset in the office toward Mr.
Klayman, who is a conservative activist and openly pro-President Donald Trump, having filed
lawsuits and taken other strong legal actions to remove Robert Mueller as Special Counsel.
Indeed, once when Mr. Klayman asked Mr. Smith for an extension of time to respond to an
issue, Mr. Smith informed him that he himself would face discipline if he consented to an
extension. This clearly flaunts the D.C. Ethics Rules that mandate that attorneys should be
courteous and avoid abusive behavior.
Second, this matter is now, as again set forth in Exhibit 1, nearly 8 years old. During this
time, Mr. Klayman’s files were lost, memories of witnesses have faded, evidence has been
misplaced, and material witnesses cannot be located. As set forth by Professor Ronald Rotunda,
a renowned ethics expert, who has written the premier treatise on legal ethics under American
law, this unnecessary and unexplained delay denies Mr. Klayman due process and other crucial
constitutional and other rights, notwithstanding issues involving laches. This also invokes the
competency requirement of the D.C. Ethics Rules. It would appear, again as explained in Exhibit
1, that ODC not only failed to process and consider Ms. Sataki’s Complaint timely, and instead
sat on it for going on a decade, but also buried intentionally and unethically ignored the same
response that Mr. Klayman had successfully submitted to Florida and Pennsylvania, which
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In the case of Mr. Smith, he simply goes along with and thus ratifies the ethical violations set
forth herein, admitting to fear retaliation and discipline by his superiors, Mr. Fox, Ms. Herman,
and Ms. Porter.
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resulted in the summary dismissal of Ms. Sataki’s Complaint. Indeed, Mr. Klayman has already
provided a considerable amount of authority, as set forth by legal ethics expert Ronald Rotunda,
that the nearly eight-year delay is inexcusable and serves as basis for dismissal of the Sataki
Complaint. See Florida Bar v. Rubin, 362 So. 2d 12 (Fla. Sup. Ct. 1978)(per curiam); The
Florida Bar v. Walter, 784 So. 2d 1085, 1987 (Fla. Sup. Ct. 2001) (ruling that a seven-year delay
between a lawyer’s alleged misconduct and the filing of a bar complaint is ethically improper).
Exhibit 1.
Thus, ignorance of or lack of concern for the law is no excuse for the unethical conduct
of ODC. The revival of the Sataki Complaint was a willful and tactical decision meant to punish
Mr. Klayman for his advocacy work and his political beliefs, activism, and gender.7 Lastly, this
unethical misconduct is in clear violation of D.C. ethics Rule 3.2, which states that (a) In
representing a client, a lawyer shall not delay a proceeding when the lawyer knows or when it is
obvious that such action would serve solely to harass or maliciously injure another…(b) A
lawyer shall make reasonable efforts to expedite litigation consistent with the interests of the
client.
Third, when Bar Disciplinary Counsel informed Mr. Klayman that the Sataki Complaint
was pending against him and had actually not been dismissed after all of these interim years,
they were asked by Mr. Klayman to forward any documents which Ms. Sataki had submitted to
ODC, as well as other documents in the file. However, ODC through Assistant Bar Disciplinary
Counsel H. Clay Smith III and Deputy Bar Disciplinary Counsel Elizabeth Herman, apparently
and inadvertently sent the Specification of Charges before the Board of Professional
Responsibility which had been prepared before Mr. Klayman’s supplemental response was even
made. Thus, this Specification of Charges, as set forth in Exhibit 1, was prepared before Mr.
Klayman learned (to his surprise) that Ms. Sataki’s abandoned Complaint remained pending after
over 7 years. This dishonest prejudgment of Ms. Sataki’s Complaint violates of a number of the
D.C. Ethics rules cited above, not the least of which Rule 8.4 – Misconduct; Rule 3.4 – Fairness
to Opposing Party and Counsel; Rule 3.1 – Meritorious Claims and Contentions; and others as
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Tellingly, the Judicial Watch Complaint has been pending for over ten years. ODC has engaged
in a pattern and practice of abusive and hostile behavior, abusing their position of authority to
carry out their own biases and preconceptions.
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apply to this outrageous and unethical conduct. (add provisions dealing with the administration
of justice)
Fourth, this political and gender based “vendetta” against Mr. Klayman is clearly
demonstrated and confirmed in a meeting that that Mr. Klayman had with Mr. Smith on
September 29, 2017, after the previously mentioned meeting with him that occurred on June 28,
2017. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss the second Complaint filed by Mr. Fitton, as
well as the pending Sataki matter. Mr. Smith strangely suggested that rather than appeal the
committee’s findings with regard to the first Fitton/Judicial Watch Complaint alleging conflicts
of interest to the Board, that he simply agree to disbarment. Mr. Smith then stated that if Mr.
Klayman would agree to this could be done quietly and that no one else would know, preventing
embarrassment to Mr. Klayman. This obviously is not only a false premise, and contrary to the
remedies that had been previously recommended to the hearing committee by ODC, which fell
bar short of disbarment. In addition, how can one have a “quiet” disbarment! However,
apparently seeing that the hearing committee was recommending three months’ suspension with
a requirement of petitioning for reinstatement based on a showing of the fitness to practice law,
ODC - through Mr. Smith - now suggested the agreed disbarment would be the easier and less
humiliating road for Mr. Klayman to agree to. Mr. Klayman was confused at the time as to why
Mr. Smith would made such a strange suggestion, but in retrospect Mr. Klayman believes that it
was a warning to Mr. Klayman that there was a concerted effort by his superiors and others at
ODC to remove him from the practice of law that was beyond his control, which has now been
clearly demonstrated in ODC’s actions.
Fifth, it is clear, as set forth in Exhibit 1, that the above named ODC attorneys, acting in
concert, pursued and filed the Specification of Charges before the Board, without even providing
a professional and courteous opportunity for Mr. Klayman to meet with Mr. Fox, as politely
requested and as set forth again in Exhibit 1, because their goal is to try to disbar Mr. Klayman,
based on his political advocacy, gender and their related biases and prejudices. This refusal to
allow a meeting is also due to the conflicts of interest that Mr. Fox claimed to have suffered, for
which Mr. Fox was trying to cover himself. Indeed, while it was clear that Mr. Fox had been
involved in the prosecution of Mr. Klayman from the very outset, he demanded that Mr.
Klayman sign a conflict of interest waiver before finally arranging a meeting after the
Specification of Charges had been filed before the Board. The conflict of interest – which Mr.
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Fox clearly recognized – stems from the fact that Mr. Fox, while previously a lawyer at
Sutherland, Asbill and Brennan, represented Mr. Klayman’s interests when he defended a
deposition of his then partner, Herbert Beller, noticed by Judicial Watch, the public interest
group which, through its president Tom Fitton, had complained against Mr. Klayman in the
pending matter now before the Board of Professional Responsibility and District of Columbia
Court of Appeals. Mr. Beller and Sutherland had represented Mr. Klayman in his severance
negotiations with the other Judicial Watch Directors as he was leaving to run for the U.S. Senate
in Florida. Indeed, Mr. Klayman just discovered recently that Mr. Fox’s name still appears on the
district court’s service list in a case which Mr. Klayman was forced to file against Judicial Watch
for subsequently breach of this severance agreement, which Mr. Fox’s then law firm negotiated
for Mr. Klayman. In sum, Mr. Fox clearly had a conflict of interest in taking action in concert
with the other persons named in this ethics complaint, designed to have Mr. Klayman disbarred
or effectively removed from the practice of law, even before he compelled Mr. Klayman to sign
a waiver before granting a customary meeting.
Mr. Fox’s unprofessional and unethical behavior towards Mr. Klayman has not lessened
but only increased over time. During a May 11, 2018 meeting to discuss the Sataki Specification
of Charges, and the gross misconduct of the ODC attorneys to that point, for which Mr. Klayman
had substantial evidence, including but not limited to audiotaped conversations with respondents,
Exhibit 1, Mr. Klayman was surprised to find that both Ms. Porter and ODC’s described
investigator, Kevin O’Connor were present in the meeting, which had not been disclosed
previously. From the outset, Mr. Fox immediately and belligerently stated that he was not going
to hear anything about or discuss dismissal of the Specification of Charges, but that Mr.
Klayman could simply produce the evidence of misconduct and unethical behavior. Mr.
Klayman calmly responded that he would not be dictated to as to what he could discuss. This
prompted Mr. Fox to stand up threateningly and scream “this meeting is over” and that Mr.
Klayman “should leave [his] office.” When Mr. Klayman got up from his chair, he indicated that
this gross misconduct would leave him no recourse but to file this instant Complaint and court
litigation. Mr. Fox then approached Mr. Klayman at the door, as if to hunt him down and
screamed, "I welcome your complaint," adding in a hostile voice, "do you seriously believe that I
would not welcome the opportunity through discovery to show how you practice law." This more
than confirms what Ms. Herman had previously admitted, that Mr. Fox and ODC’s improper
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motivation and mission is to remove Mr. Klayman from the practice of law, by whatever
unprofessional, unethical and illegal means are needed to "justify" these ends. As with Ms.
Herman, who had stated that she “did not like the way [Mr. Klayman] practices law” Mr. Fox’s
demonstrated animosity also likely stems, at least in large part from his own political leanings
and gender given the current “Me Too” atmosphere – although Mr. Klayman is not accused of
sexual harassment. Not coincidentally, Mr. Fox has contributed significant amounts of monies to
Barack Obama and other democratic politicians. Again, in the course of Mr. Klayman’s public
interest work, he has sued Mr. Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton and prominent Democrats and
others numerous times. Mr. Klayman’s interactions with ODC have confirmed that they are
looking for way to try to remove him from the practice of law, including trying to get discovery
into Mr. Klayman’s practice for improper purposes.
Sixth, the main witnesses in Ms. Sataki’s case are Ms. Sataki, Mr. Klayman, and Mr. Tim
Shamble (“Mr. Shamble”), the AFL_CIO president and union official who represented Ms.
Sataki along with Mr. Klayman at the events of over seven years ago. Mr. Shamble has no reason
to be anything but truthful. After all, he represented Ms. Sataki in the events that she now claims
merit some sort of bar discipline. Mr. Shamble will testify, as the submitted sworn affidavits
show, that Ms. Sataki is simply wrong - perhaps lying, perhaps misremembering - but clearly
wrong about all the complaints she has. Mr. Shamble is a completely objective witness. Despite
the fact the Mr. Klayman has submitted sworn affidavits by Mr. Shamble to this effect, ODC and
the respondents have apparently decided to give no weight to this testimony, for the sole reason
that it vindicates Mr. Klayman and is therefore of no use in perpetuating their clearly
demonstrated vendetta against Mr. Klayman. This, and other compelling evidence that Mr.
Klayman submitted to ODC, including an affidavit of Keya Dash and an ethics opinion by
Professor Ronald Rotunda before the specification of charges were filed, clearly constitutes
professional misconduct under D.C. Ethics rule 8.4 (c) and (d), which prohibit a lawyer from
engaging in conduct “involving dishonestly fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation” or “that seriously
interferes with the administration of justice.” Essentially burying exculpatory evidence
indisputably falls under these provisions. Exhibit 1.
Seventh, as evidence of ODC’s selective prosecution targeted at Mr. Klayman has
mounted, it quickly and unethically disposed of a valid Complaint filed by Mr. Klayman against
Paul Orfanedes (“Mr. Orfanedes”), Judicial Watch’s litigation director, centered around Mr.
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Orfanedes’ participation in a misappropriation, that is theft, of 1.4 million dollars of donor

money. In fact, Ms. Herman admitted that this complaint was summarily dismissed, less than a
month after it was received, and it was never even processed or opened for a full investigation.
Exhibit 1. On the other hand, the clearly non-meritorious Sitaki Complaint, which not based in
law or fact (which has been demonstrated to ODC through sworn affidavits), has been pending
against Mr. Klayman for almost eight years, as well as another 10-year-old proceeding. This
striking dichotomy is clear evidence of selective prosecution, bias, and personal animus that
must be remedied.
Mr. Klayman will not elaborate further, as most of the underlying facts are set forth in
Exhibit 1, and he will supplement this ethics complaint in the near future. But for the time being,
a review of the DC Ethics Rules, when analyzed with the underlying facts – which ODC claim to
be “experts” at - shows that ODC and their named respondents have violated their own ethical
standards. They are supposed to act with disinterested objectivity in enforcing the DC Rules.
Instead, they are motivated by politics and gender. They, like other attorneys licensed in the
District of Columbia, are not above the law. And, that is regrettably why this ethics complaint
must be filed, and why it must be adjudicated before the Board of Professional Responsibility
without delay.
Please have non-conflicted persons who are not employed by ODC contact me, as I
would like to speak and meet with them about this serious matter, as I attempted to do with Mr.
Fox. Indeed, ODC has shown to be deeply prejudicial against Mr. Klayman. As just one example
among many, Ms. Sataki’s prejudicial ex parte and undisclosed communications apparently are
off limits to Mr. Klayman, as Ms. Herman would not reveal any of them – since she angrily and
with palpable animus told Mr. Klayman that they are none of his business. But the instant ethics
complaint is any ethical lawyer’s business, even those employed and who work for ODC.
Indeed, as publicized on the ODC’s own website, one of its two functions is to “protect members
of the D.C. Bar from unfounded complaints.” It is clear that they are unethically violating this
duty.
Lastly, it is evident that ODC cannot be tasked with investigating and taking action on
this Complaint, as it is their own gross misconduct and unethical behavior that is at issue. In this
regard, Mr. Klayman advocates speaking with a non-conflicted person about other avenues to
carry out this investigation, perhaps by a mutually agreed retired jurist or a distinguished,
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scholarly, and independent minded lawyer. Mr. Klayman is in possession of compelling evidence
of ODC’s and respondents’ gross misconduct and unethical behavior set forth above, including
audio recordings, and will provide them to a non-conflicted, neutral investigative body, along
with other supporting evidence.
This is a serious matter which cannot be swept under the carpet and covered up by ODC.
This complaint by Mr. Klayman must be processed and administered to fairly and ethically,
without conflict of interest by the named respondents. What is good for the gander is also good
for the proverbial goose, and ODC and its lawyers and agents must in the end be held fully
accountable for its grossly unethical acts to try to remove Mr. Klayman, improperly and without
cause, from the practice of law because they apparently decided that they “do not like the way he
practices law” as a public advocate against political and gender based interests and views they
personally hold dear and have even financially supported.
The named respondents in this bar disciplinary complaint must immediately recuse
themselves from any and all participation in In re: Klayman, Bar Docket No. 2011-D028, as they
have manifest conflicts of interest given their unethical behavior and the enumerated unethical
misconduct towards Mr. Klayman.
Finally, just in the last days, the Respondents including Mr. Smith, at the direction of Mr.
Fox, Ms. Herman and Ms. Porter, furthered and contrived and/or assisted Ms. Sataki with false
representations by that she could not agree to a suitable and mutually agreeable timeframe to
reset the hearing date in the otherwise unethical on-going proceeding before the hearing
committee, as set forth above, due first to her employer's vacation schedule, claiming
incredulously that she would have to quit her job. When this appeared not to carry the day, she
submitted, contrived, and likely falsified, at the 12th hour before a hearing on Mr. Klayman’s
motion to continue, a letter by her alleged physician stated that she could not reschedule because
of an impending neck procedure. The doctor, who is undoubtedly a member of Ms. Sataki's close
knit community in Los Angeles, was not consulted by ODC, nor was Ms. Sataki's employer, and
thus at a minimum ODC and the named respondents either failed to do a due diligence, or
knowingly furthered false and misleading information having been put forth to the hearing
committee, resulting in the denial of Mr. Klayman's motion for a short continuance to further
deny him due process, equal protection and other rights.
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Respondents also sent to Mr. Klayman recently the bar disciplinary file of another
lawyer, thus violating that lawyer’s rights to confidentiality by illegally disclosing his case. The
victim of this misconduct is Tim Guy Smith. While Mr. Klayman did not review the substance of
the file, which includes confidential banking records, and is returning the file to the ODC, it
underscores ODC’s and the respondents’ unprofessional, careless and unethical modus operandi
with Mr. Klayman's case as well, contrary to the proper practices of the Pennsylvania and Florida
bars which summarily dismissed Ms. Sataki's complaint against Mr. Klayman many years ago.
For all of the compelling reasons, the ODC and respondents must be severely disciplined
for their grossly dishonest, unethical, and unprofessional misconduct. They are not above the
same ethics and law, which other lawyers of the District of Columbia Bar are required to respect
and adhere to, even if they think and act as if they are.
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To: Oliver Peer <oliver.peerfw@gmail.com>, leklayman <leklayman@gmail.com>

Forwarded message
From: Larry Klayman <leklayman@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, May 11, 2018 at 8:10 AM
Subject: WRITTEN RECORD OF WHAT JUST JUST HAPPENED IN YOUR OFFICE
To: Phil Fox <FoxP@dcodc.org>, Clay Smith <smithc@dcodc.org>, "Elizabeth A. Herman" <HermanE@dcodc.org>,
"Julia L. Porter" <PorterJ@dcobc.org>, Andrea de la Torre <delatorrea@dcodc.org>
Cc: leklayman <leklayman@gmail.com>

Mr. Fox:

This morning, as previously scheduled for today at 10 am, I came to Office of Bar Counsel, in good faith, to discuss, show
you and allow you to listen to the evidence of unprofessional, unethical and illegal conduct of you and your staff, including
but not limited to the above listed recipients of this email. I had written in emails previously I would provide the
professional courtesy to you and your staff which had not been afforded to me before the Sataki specification of charges
was presented to a Board member to sign off on, and thus institute the Sataki case.

At 10:00 o'clock this morning, I thus came to Office of Bar Counsel, and you came out to the reception to lead me into yor
office, where I unexpectedly found Ms. Julia Porter and your described investigator Kevin O'Connor, who you had not
advised me in advance. would be present.

You then abruptly, arrogantly and belligerently proceeded to tell me that you and your staff were not going to hear
anything about why the Sataki and related matters were wrongly brought and pursued; only that I was to show you and
Ms. Porter and Mr. O'Connor what evidence I had.

Hearing your hostility and seeing your animus before we even began, I then stated that I would not be dictated to as to
what I could discuss.

You then, in front of Ms. Porter and Mr. O'Connor, got up quickly in a threatening manner and with a terse high pitched
and loud loud voice screamed that "this meeting is over" and "that I should leave your office."

As I got up to leave, I calmly, despite having being pushed out the door to your office, responded by stating that this left
me no choice but to file bar disciplinary grievances and a court complaint against you and your staff.

You then, with a grimace and showing more animus toward me, confirmed what I had perceived before, by yourself
nearly yelling that "I welcome your complaint," adding in a hostile voice, "do you seriously believe that I would not
welcome the opportunity through discovery to show how you practice law." This more than confirms your motivations, as
previously expressed in writing you and your staff, that the mission of Bar Disciplinary Counsel is to remove me from the
practice of law, by whatever unprofessional, unethical and illegal means you decide are can be used "justify" these ends.

It clear that my politics and gender have a lot to do with this during there very polarized time. Indeed, among many other
indicia, you and others on your staff have supported and donated heavily to government officials that in my public interest
capacity at Judicial Watch and now Freedom WatchI have brought suit and pursued other legal actions against in the
public interest.

The evidence that I had intended to show and allow you to listen to , among a large amount of other evidence, are
conversations recorded by audio in the Office of Bar Counsel while I was previously meeting in this office with you and
your staff, which itself more than supports my allegations of unprofessional, ethical and illegal conduct by you and your
staff.

Please govern yourself accordingly.

Larry Klayman
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OF FI CE O F DI SC IP L I NA RY CO U NSEL
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Disciplinary Counsel CONFIDENTIAL
Eliz.abeth A Hennan
DepuJy Disciplinary Co11nsel Larry E. Klayman, Esquire
2020 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 345
Senior Assistan1 Disciplinary Coonse/
Jennifer P. Lyman Washington, DC 20006
Julia L. Poner
AsslStanl Disciplmary CoonseI Re: Orfanedes/Klayman

Joseph . Bowman Undocketed No. 201 7-U353
Caroll G. Donayre
Gayle Marie Brown Driver Dear Mr. Klayman:
Jerri u. Dunston
Jelani C. Lowery
Becky Neal We have completed our review of the disciplinary complaint that you
Dolores Dorsainvil Nicolas
Sean P. O'Brien fi led against Paul J. Orfanedes, Esquire. You state that Mr. Orfanedes serves
Joseph C. Perry
William R. Ross as Chief Legal Counsel for Judicial Watch, Inc. ("Judicial Watch"). Mr.
Clinton R. Shaw, Jr. Orfanedes also serves on the Board of Directors for Judicial Watch ("the
H. Clay Smith, m
Traci M. Tait Board").
Senior Sia.ffAllomey You state that when Judicial Watch began accepting donations for a
Lawrence K. Bloom new building in 2003, the donors expected to receive certain naming benefits
Hendrik deBoer
referencing their donation. To date, the new bu ild ing has not been
Manager, Forensic lnvest1gat1ons
Charles M. Anderson
constructed. You claim that Mr. Orfanedes, along with the Board, committed
fraud, dishonesty and misappropriation by failing to use the donated funds
Senior Forensic Investigator
Kevin E. O'Connell for their intended purpose. You further state that such fa ilure " ri ses even to
the level of criminality." You have requested a fu ll investigation into these
allegations.
We decl ine to open a full investigation of this matter. Your complaint
raises the mishand ling of donated funds, given by the supporters of Judicial
Watch fo r the construction of a new building. A dispute over whether
Judicial Watch misused the donated fund s is civil in nature.
Accordingly, we decline to further investigate th is matter and have
closed our fi le. If a civil suit causes a court to make findings of dishonesty
or fraud, you are free to re-contact this office.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth A. Herman
Deputy Disciplinary Counsel
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Serving the District of Columbia Court ofAppeals and its Board on Professional Responsibility
515 5th Street NW, Building A, Room I 17, Washington, DC 20001 • 202-638-1501, FAX 202-638-0862
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To: Oliver Peer <oliver.peerfw@gmail.com>

Forwarded message
From: li a e . erman <HermanE@dcodc.org>
Date: Fri, May , 2018 at 6:3 AM
Subject: FW: 201 U3 3 Klayman
To: Larry Klayman <leklayman@gmail.com>

Mr. Klayman: Attached is the decline letter previously sent to you, as you requested. We did not request or receive a
response from the attorneys because this case was not opened for a full investigation.
Elizabeth A. Herman

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Clay Smith, m This office is in receipt of the disciplinary complaint that you filed
aciM. Tnit against Paul J. Orfa nedes, Esquire, dated August 31, 2017, whi ch our office
nior StaffAttomey received September 6, 20 17. We will write to you again after our preliminary
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711llger, Forensic Jmiesligatfons
iarles M. Anderson If you have a question regarding this matter, please contact Angela
nior Fort1uic Jmiestigator Walker at (202) 638-1 50 I. Please refer to the above-referenced undocketed
:vin E. O'Coruiell number in all correspondence and telephone calls.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth A. Herman
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PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
Larry E. Klayman, Esquire

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KLAYMAN LAW GROUP

A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
Larry Klayman, Esq. 2020 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., #800 Tel: 310-595-0800
Washington, DC, 20006 Fax: 202-379-9289
Via Federal Express and Email
June 6, 2018 URGENT AND FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION
Robert C. Bernius, Esq.

Chair
Board on Professional Responsibility
430 E Street NW
Suite 138
Board Docket No. 17- BD-063

Bar Docket No. 2011-D028
Re: Review of Unprofessional and Unethical Conduct by Bar Disciplinary Counsel
Dear Mr. Bernius:
I have received and reviewed your letter of yesterday, June 5, 2018 (attached) claiming immunity
for the alleged unprofessional and unethical acts of Bar Disciplinary Counsel and Deputy Bar
Counsels Elizabeth Herman and Julia Porter, as well as those of Assistant Bar Counsel H. Clay
Smith III, all of whom acted and continue to act in concert in unprofessional and unethical
prosecutorial misconduct.
Given this position, with which I respectfully disagree with particularly given that these putative
respondents have also violated my constitutional rights and thus have lost any even arguable claim
of immunity, please advise me as soon as possible how the Board of Professional Responsibility
otherwise internally addresses and remedies unprofessional and unethical prosecutorial
misconduct by its so called prosecutors.
Even assuming immunity from bar disciplinary grievances, one would have to believe that there
is some mechanism for the Board to address unprofessional and unethical conduct by Bar
Disciplinary Counsel prosecutors and staff. For instance, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”)
routinely conducts internal investigations and metes out discipline for its prosecutors who have
engaged in unethical and illegal prosecutorial misconduct. As you know, the offices of DOJ which
conduct these investigations and mete out discipline are the Office of Professional Responsibility
and the Office of the Inspector General. Incidentally, I am an alumnus of DOJ, having served as
a trial attorney in the Antitrust Division as a young lawyer.
Clearly, the Board must have an equivalent mechanism to address unethical and unprofessional
prosecutorial misconduct by its prosecutors in the Office of Bar Disciplinary Counsel. The Board
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Chair
430 E Street NW
Suite 138

Re: Second Supplement to Letter of June 6, 2018 Concerning Requesting Expedited

Internal Review of Unprofessional and Unethical Prosecutorial and Other
Misconduct of Bar Disciplinary Counsel Hamilton Fox, Deputy Bar Disciplinary
Counsels Elizabeth Herman and Julia Porter, and Assistant Bar Disciplinary Counsel
H. Clay Smith III and Related Matters
Dear Mr. Bernius:
Further to my correspondence of June 6 and 7 2018, it is clear that you have the authority to
investigate the alleged unethical and illegal prosecutorial misconduct of Bar Disciplinary Counsel.
For example, Section 4(e), of Bar Rule XI provides unequivocally:
The Board shall have the power and duty… To appoint Disciplinary Counsel,
Special Disciplinary Counsel, and such assistant disciplinary counsel and staff as
may be required to perform the duties and functions of that office (see section 6),
and to fix their compensation. Disciplinary Counsel shall serve at the pleasure of
the Board, subject to the Court's oversight authority over all disciplinary matters.
Any Special Disciplinary Counsel and all assistant disciplinary counsel shall serve
at the pleasure of the Board. As used hereafter in this rule, the term "Disciplinary
Counsel" shall refer collectively to Disciplinary Counsel, any Special Disciplinary
Counsel, and all assistant disciplinary counsel unless the context requires
otherwise.
I look forward to receiving your affirmative response to my request later today.
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Sincerely,
Larry Klayman, Esq.
cc. Hamilton Fox, Esq

Elizabeth Herman, Esq.
Julia Porter, Esq.
H. Clay Smith III Esq.
Office of Bar Disciplinary Counsel
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KLAYMAN LAW GROUP


Chair
430 E Street NW
Suite 138

Re: Third Supplement to Letter of June 6, 2018 Concerning Requesting Expedited

Internal Review of Unprofessional and Unethical Prosecutorial and Other
Misconduct of Bar Disciplinary Counsel Hamilton Fox, Deputy Bar Disciplinary
Counsels Elizabeth Herman and Julia Porter, and Assistant Bar Disciplinary Counsel
H. Clay Smith III and Related Matters
Dear Mr. Bernius:
Your response to my letters of June 6, 7 and today, after you claimed in blanket fashion that Office
of Bar Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”) and its prosecutors in your letter of June 5, 2018 are immune
from ethics complaints, is disappointing and unfortunate.
The crux of your response today is that I am asking for an internal review of only the Sataki case.
Apparently, you did not read the ethics complaints which I had filed with ODC and also sent to
you for review. My complaints go to a course of conduct in the Sataki and other enumerated
proceedings, unethically designed to try to remove me from the practice of law based on my
politics, public advocacy and gender. I set forth in excruciating detail the specifics of the
prosecutorial misconduct and rank dishonesty.
With all due respect, your response today is disingenuous and creates the appearance, along with
your previous letter which failed to advise me of the bar's internal review procedures, of protecting
ODC and its named prosecutors.
As the harm inflicted on me is continuing, as is the unethical and illegal conduct at issue, I have
no choice but to now file suit. This is regrettable, as I have tried to have this matter dealt with by
you and the Board, rather than in court. But now I have no other avenue of relief and must do what
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is necessary to ironically not only seek redress for myself, but to uphold the high standards that
ODC is uncharged to enforce with it comes to professional ethics and responsibility.
Sincerely,
Larry Klayman, Esq.
cc. Hamilton Fox, Esq

Elizabeth Herman, Esq.
Julia Porter, Esq.
H. Clay Smith III Esq.
Office of Bar Disciplinary Counsel
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Larry Klayman <leklayman@gmail.com> Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 2: 0 PM

To: "Paz, Marlon" <paz@sewkis.com>
Cc: Phil Fox <FoxP@dcodc.org>, "Elizabeth A. Herman" <HermanE@dcodc.org>, "Julia L. Porter" <PorterJ@dcobc.org>,
"Julia L. Porter" <porterj@dcodc.org>, Clay Smith <smithc@dcodc.org>, Frederick Sujat <fsujat@yahoo.com>, Oliver Peer
<oliver.peerfw@gmail.com>
Dear Mr. Paz:

Thank for returning my call this morning. As discussed, I am sending you the ethics complaints which I attempted to have
filed and processed by Bar Disciplinary Counsel, but were instead rejected in order to shield Mr. Fox, Ms. Herman, Ms.
Porter and Mr. Smith from having to adhere to the same ethics requirements the other ordinary members are held to.

As the general counsel for the bar, you have a duty and responsibility to objectively review the attached materials, as they
show flagrant and gross ethics violations by Bar Disciplinary Counsel and lawyers on his staff in violation of the Rules of
Professional Responsibility. These ethics violations cannot and should not go unaddressed as part of an apparent cover
up of prosecutorial misconduct in more than one proceeding.

After ODC refused to process my ethics complaints, in good faith I attempted to have this matter internally reviewed, as
you will see from my correspondence with the Board's chair, Mr Bernius, in order to seek resolution without having to file
suit.

I send these materials to you in order to demonstrate again my good faith, before having to regrettably and finally "pull
the trigger" and file a complaint in court which should not be necessary if the bar commits to review and if necessary hold
ODC to the same ethical standards that it seeks to hold other members of the bar.

In sum, it is your duty to try to head off unnecessary legal proceedings which can harm the reputation of the bar and
subject it to liability , as its general counsel.

I will be in further contact in the next few days, and will hold off filing the complaint which has already been prepared ,
awaiting our further communication. Until then.....

Sincerely,

Larry Klayman, Esq.
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Call to discuss. Thx

Forwarded message
Date: Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at :0 PM
Subject: Fwd: Ethics Complaint and Supplements
To: Meghan Borrazas <mborrazas@dcbpr.org>
"Julia L. Porter" <porterj@dcodc.org>, Clay Smith <smithc@dcodc.org>, Frederick Sujat <fsujat@yahoo.com>, Larry
Klayman <leklayman@gmail.com>

Please forward to Mr. Bernius.

Thank you Meghan.

Larry Klayman

Forwarded message
Date: Wed, Jun 13, 2018, 11:3 AM
To: <espath@dcbar.org>
Cc: Phil Fox <FoxP@dcodc.org>, Elizabeth A. Herman <HermanE@dcodc.org>, Julia L. Porter <PorterJ@dcobc.org>,
Julia L. Porter <porterj@dcodc.org>, Clay Smith <smithc@dcodc.org>, Frederick Sujat <fsujat@yahoo.com>, Paz, Marlon
<paz@sewkis.com>

Attention: DC BAR President Esther Lim and CEO Robert Spanoletti FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION

As I just discussed with you, thank you Mr. Spath, for forwarding this to the new DC Bar President Esther H. Lim and the
DC Bar CEO Robert Spanoletti for IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION.

As they may know, I am the founder of both Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch and a member of the DC bar for 36
years, during which time I have continuously been in good standing and currently have no disciplinary record.

Time is of the essence, as Bar Disciplinary Counsel, as set forth in the attachments which I sent yesterday to Marlon Paz
SEE BELOW EMAIL WITH ATTACHMENTS , the bar's general counsel, are continuing and getting more pronounced.
Thus, as part of an apparent "coverup" I have been unsuccessful in even obtaining a commitment to conduct an internal
review of the alleged unethical conduct, much more processing bar grievance which I had filed.

I would prefer not to have to file suit, as I explain below to Mr. Paz, if the DC bar will now undertake to police itself.
However, the 'this circle the wagons" approach not only fails to live up to much more adhere to the ethical standards of
the bar, but also sets a bad precedent for ordinary members of the bar.

Please therefore have President Lim and CEO Spanoletti contact me by cob this Friday, or regrettably I will be forced to
file suit if the bar continues to bury its head in the sand over its own unethical prosecutorial misconduct. Ironically I
founded Judicial Watch 2 year ago this July to serve as an ethical watchdog, in addition to the bar, over misconduct in
government and the legal profession. uite apart from my own issues concerning the unethical conduct of Bar
Disciplinary Counsel, i feel strongly that the bar cannot dance to a different tune than the rest of its members, In this
regard, the website of Bar Disciplinary Counsel represents that it is not just bring cases, but also protect the members of
the bar from unfounded prosecutions, much less address its own misconduct. In short, ODC itself is not above ethics and
the law.
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Filed 07/03/18

I thus look forward to hearing from the bar's President Ms.Limm and the bar's CEO Mr. Spanoletti by close of business
this Friday, after they have had a chance to review the below email and attachments, which raise serious issues of
prosecutorial misconduct by Bar Disciplinary Counsel.

Sincerely,

Larry Klayman, Esq.

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EXHIBIT 3
GEORGETOWN LAW
Abbe Smith
Professor of Law
February 20, 2017
Office of Disciplinary Counsel

District of Columbia Court of Appeals
515 5th Street NW
To the Office of Disciplinary Counsel:
Please be advised that the below signed law professors, all of whom teach courses relating to
legal ethics, are hereby filing a disciplinary complaint against District of Columbia bar member
Kellyanne Conway, currently listed as a member of the bar under her name before marriage,
Kellyanne E. Fitzpatrick,1 under DC Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4(c) [hereinafter DC Rules].
As Rule 8.4(c) states, “It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to [e]ngage in conduct
involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.” This is an admittedly broad rule, as it
includes conduct outside the practice of law and, unlike 8.4(b), the conduct need not be criminal.
We are mindful of the Rule’s breadth and aware that disciplinary proceedings under this Rule
could lead to mischief and worse. Generally speaking, we do not believe that lawyers should
face discipline under this Rule for public or private dishonesty or misrepresentations unless the
1
Ms. Conway, née Fitzpatrick, was admitted to the DC bar on January 19, 1995 and is currently
suspended for nonpayment of dues. Presumably, if she resumes payment she would be
readmitted.
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lawyer’s conduct calls into serious question his or her “fitness for the practice of law,” DC Rule
8.4, Comment 1, or indicates that the lawyer “lacks the character required for bar membership.”
DC Bar, Ethics Opinion 323, Misrepresentation by an Attorney Employed by a Government
Agency as Part of Official Duties, at https://www.dcbar.org/bar-resources/legal-
ethics/opinions/opinion323.cfm.
However, we believe that lawyers in public office—Ms. Conway is Counselor to the President—
have a higher obligation to avoid conduct involving dishonest, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation
than other lawyers. Although the DC Rules contain no Comment specifically relating to 8.4(c),
the American Bar Association’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct (MR) make this point.
MR 8.4(c), Comment 7 states that “Lawyers holding public office assume legal responsibilities
going beyond those of other citizens. A lawyer’s abuse of public office can suggest an inability
to fulfill the professional role of lawyers.” Cf. DC Rule 1.11 (on the special conflict of interest
rules for lawyers who have served in government).
It is not surprising that the Model Rules distinguish lawyers in public office from other lawyers.
The ABA knows well the history of professional responsibility as an academic requirement in
American law schools: following the Watergate scandal, which involved questionable conduct
by a number of high-ranking lawyers in the Nixon administration, the ABA mandated that law
students take such a course in order to graduate.
Some of the signers of this complaint practice in the District of Columbia and/or are members of
the DC Bar. We feel compelled to file such a complaint under DC Rule 8.3(a), which states that
“A lawyer who knows that another lawyer has committed a violation of the Rules of Professional
Conduct that raises a substantial question as to that lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness or fitness
as a lawyer in other respects, shall inform the appropriate professional authority.”
Those of us who do not practice in DC are members of other state and federal bars. We all
believe it is critically important that lawyers in public office—especially those who act as
spokespersons for the highest levels of government—be truthful.
The DC Bar has issued an Ethics Opinion on lawyers working in government in a non-
representational capacity that supports this complaint. See generally Ethics Opinion 323,
Misrepresentation by an Attorney Employed by a Government Agency as Part of Official Duties,
https://www.dcbar.org/bar-resources/legal-ethics/opinions/opinion323.cfm. In addressing an
inquiry about attorneys employed by an intelligence or national security agency who engage in
clandestine activities, the Opinion distinguishes those government officials whose official duties
require them to “act deceitfully” from other lawyers in government. Though the Opinion finds
lawyers “whose duties require the making of misrepresentations as authorized by law as part of
their official duties” do not violate Rule 8.4(c), the drafters emphasize the Opinion’s narrow
scope: it applies “only to misrepresentations made in the course of official conduct when the
employee…reasonably believes that applicable law authorizes the misrepresentations.”
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Significantly, for purposes of this complaint, Ethics Opinion 323 makes plain that its conclusion
in the above narrow context does not provide “blanket permission for an attorney employed by
government agencies to misrepresent themselves.” [Emphasis added] The drafters further
explain:
Nor does [the Opinion] authorize misrepresentation when a countervailing legal duty to
give truthful answers applies…. And, of course, this opinion does not authorize deceit
for non-official reasons, or where an attorney could not, objectively have a reasonable
belief that applicable law authorizes the actions in question.
Ms. Conway’s misconduct under DC Rule 8.4(c) is as follows:
On several occasions, including in an interview on MSNBC in early February, 2017, Ms.

Conway referred to the “Bowling Green Massacre” to justify President Donald Trump’s
executive order banning immigrants from seven overwhelmingly Muslim countries. Not
only was there no “massacre” in Bowling Green, Kentucky (or Bowling Green, New
York, for that matter), but Ms. Conway knew there was no massacre. Although Ms.
Conway claimed it was a slip of the tongue and apologized, her actual words belie her
having misspoken: “I bet it’s brand-new information to people that President Obama had
a six-month ban on the Iraqi refugee program after two Iraqis came here to this country,
were radicalized, and were the masterminds behind the Bowling Green Massacre. Most
people don’t know that because it didn’t get covered.” See generally Clare Foran, The
Bowling Green Massacre that Wasn’t, THE ATLANTIC, February 3, 2017, at
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/kellyanne-conway-bowling-green-
massacre-alternative-facts/515619/. Moreover, she cited the nonexistent massacre to
media outlets on at least two other occasions. See Aaron Blake, The Fix: Kellyanne
Conway’s ‘Bowling Green Massacre’ wasn’t a slip of the tongue. She has said it before.
WASH. POST, February 6, 2017, at https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-
fix/wp/2017/02/06/kellyanne-conways-bowling-green-massacre-wasnt-a-slip-of-the-
tongue-shes-said-it-before/?utm_term=.b2de9c3f0582.
Compounding this false statement, in that same MSNBC interview Ms. Conway also
made a false statement that President Barack Obama had “banned” Iraqi refugees from
coming into the United States for six months following the “Bowling Green Massacre.”
Id. However, President Obama did not impose a formal six-month ban on Iraqi refugees.
He ordered enhanced screening procedures following what actually happened in Bowling
Green—the arrest and prosecution of two Iraqis for attempting to send weapons and
money to al-Qaeda in Iraq. The two men subsequently pled guilty to federal terrorism
charges and were sentenced to substantial prison terms. See Glenn Kessler, Fact
Checker: Trump’s facile claim that his refugee policy is similar to Obama’s in 2011,
WASH. POST, January 29, 2017, at https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-
checker/wp/2017/01/29/trumps-facile-claim-that-his-refugee-policy-is-similar-to-obama-
in-2011/?utm_term=.87f35b046de2.
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This was not the first time Ms. Conway had engaged in conduct involving “dishonesty,
fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.” On January 22, 2017, on the NBC television show
Meet the Press, Ms. Conway said that the White House had put forth “alternative facts”
to what the news media reported about the size of Mr. Trump’s inauguration crowd. She
made this assertion the day after Mr. Trump and White House press secretary Sean Spicer
accused the news media of reporting falsehoods about the inauguration and Mr. Trump’s
relationship with intelligence agencies. See Nicholas Fandos, White House Pushes
‘Alternative Facts.’ Here are the Real Ones. N.Y. TIMES, January 22, 2017, at
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/22/us/politics/president-trump-inauguration-crowd-
white-house.html. As many prominent commentators have pointed out, the phrase
“alternative facts” is especially dangerous when offered by the President’s counselor.
Moreover, “alternative facts’ are not facts at all; they are lies. Charles M. Blow, A Lie by
Any Other Name, N.Y. TIMES, January 26, 2017, at
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/opinion/a-lie-by-any-other-name.html.
Ms. Conway has also misused her position to endorse Ivanka Trump products on
February 9, 2017 in an interview on Fox News from the White House briefing room with
the White House insignia visible behind her. While this conduct does not fall within DC
Rule 8.4, it is a clear violation of government ethics rules, about which a lawyer and
member of the Bar should surely know. Federal rules on conflicts of interest specifically
prohibit using public office “for the endorsement of any product, service or enterprise, or
for the private gain of friends, relatives or persons with whom the employee is affiliated
in a nongovernmental capacity.” The government’s chief ethics watchdog denounced
Conway’s conduct in a letter to the White House. Richard Perez Pena, Ethics Watchdog
Denounces Conway’s Endorsement of Ivanka Trump Products, N.Y. TIMES, February 14,
2017, at https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/us/politics/Kellyanne-Conway-ivanka-
trump-ethics.html. See also DC Rule 1.11, Comment 2 (noting that, in addition to ethical
rules, lawyers are subject to statutes and regulations concerning conflict of interest and
suggesting that, given the many lawyers who work in the federal or local government in
the District of Columbia, “particular heed must be paid to the federal conflict-of interest
statutes.”)
We do not file this complaint lightly. In addition to being a member of the DC Bar, Ms. Conway
is a graduate of the George Washington University Law School, one of the District’s premier law
schools. We believe that, at one time, Ms. Conway, understood her ethical responsibilities as a
lawyer and abided by them. But she is currently acting in a way that brings shame upon the legal
profession. As the Preamble to the Model Rules states, a lawyer plays an important role as a
“public citizen” in addition to our other roles.
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If Ms. Conway were not a lawyer and was “only” engaging in politics, there would be few limits
on her conduct outside of the political process itself. She could say and do what she wished and
still call herself a politician. But she is a lawyer. And her conduct, clearly intentionally violative
of the rules that regulate her professional status, cries out for sanctioning by the DC Bar.
Respectfully submitted,
John Bickers Susan Brooks Lawrence Fox

Professor of Law Professor of Law Visiting Lecturer in Law
Northern Kentucky University Drexel University Yale Law School
Bennett Gershman Justin Hansford Vida Johnson

Professor of Law Associate Professor of Law Visiting Professor of Law
Pace University Saint Louis University Georgetown University
Jennifer Kinsley Catherine Klein William Montross

Associate Professor of Law Professor of Law Visiting Professor of Law
Northern Kentucky University Catholic University University of the District of
Columbia
Russell Pearce Ilene Seidman David Singleton

Professor of Law Professor of Law Associate Professor of Law
Fordham University Suffolk University Northern Kentucky
University
Abbe Smith Michael Tigar Ellen Yaroshefsky

Professor of Law Professor of Law Emeritus Professor of Law
Georgetown University American University Hofstra University
Duke University
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Case 1:18-cv-01579 Document 1 Filed 07/03/18 Page 1 of 98

IN THE UNITED STATS DISTRICT COURT

LARRY KLAYMAN, an individual

loyalties, and allegiances.

II. JURISDICTION AND VENUE

1331 (Federal Question Jurisdiction).

out of Defendants’ unconstitutional and illegal conduct as ODC attorneys.

relevant times a citizen and resident of the state of Florida.

relevant times a citizen and resident of the District of Columbia.

8.! Defendant Elizabeth Herman is an individual, a natural person. Defendant

at all relevant times a citizen and resident of the District of Columbia.

relevant times a citizen and resident of the District of Columbia.

Bar from unfounded complaints.”

unauthorized practice of law then and at all material times thereafter.

cousin, who uses many aliases and is a convicted felon.

Lawsuit”) in case styled Sataki v. Broadcasting Board of Governors, et al, 1:10-cv-00534

an administrative EEO/VOA Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) complaint, lobbying congressmen

by the District Court, without even providing an evidentiary hearing.

20.! Furthermore, the EEO/OCR administrative complaint was ultimately not

responsibility and ethics.

found new counsel to represent her in her claims against VOA.

relationship with a contingent fee agreement.

no longer representing Ms. Sataki.

protected and not lost.

worked extremely diligently on her behalf, even on a pro bono basis.

Facts Pertaining to Ms. Sataki’s Complaint Against Mr. Klayman

pro bono representation.

these types of claims.

witnesses moved, and memories faded.

previous seven years of unconscionable and highly prejudicial delay.

of accepts norms concerning statutes of limitations, laches, and other laws.

Facts Pertaining to ODC Misconduct

gender, as set forth in more detail below.

activism, free speech, and gender.

legal advocate for women’s rights.

provably false allegations.

follow suit and work in concert with them.

that the original complainant, Ms. Sataki, had abandoned it.

timely dismissing identical complaints – Pennsylvania and Florida — hinges on a hearing

the fitness to practice law.

monies he cannot afford, have also been levied by Defendants

activism, free speech, and gender

you practice law.”

55.! It is indisputable that Defendant Herman’s personal feelings should have no

speech, and gender.

on behalf of Defendants stated that “we could care less.”

September 29, 2017.

agree to resign from the bar, which is in effect, disbarment.

months’ suspension with a requirement of petitioning for reinstatement based on a showing of

less humiliating road for Mr. Klayman to agree to.

clearly demonstrated in the Individual Defendants’ actions, acting in concert.

the Board in the Sataki matter.

before the Board.

beliefs, activism, speech, and gender.

present in the meeting, which had not been disclosed previously.

is over” and that Mr. Klayman “should leave [his] office.”

based on politics, activism, free speech, and gender.

78.! As another example, ODC quickly, improperly, and unethically disposed of a

a misappropriation of 1.4 million dollars of donor money.

prosecution, bias, and personal animus that must be remedied.

82.! As a result of Defendants’ prosecutorial misconduct, Mr. Klayman has been

damage has already occurred and is continuing.

84.! Indeed, it is no coincidence that an attorney of Judicial Watch, James Peterson,

file this instant Complaint, as he has no legal or other remedies remaining.

Defendants are entertaining, if not soliciting, completely meritless complaints against

conservative activists and figures.

89.! Attached hereto as Exhibit 3, is a Complaint filed by a group of law professors

figures and activists like Mr. Klayman and Ms. Conway.

other Democrats, and other related parties, persons, and entities.

FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION

97.! Defendants conduct is a deliberate misuse of the Board of Professional

W H E R E F O R E , Plaintiff Klayman prays for relief and judgment against Defendants as

DATED: July 3, 2018 Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Larry Klayman

c/o 7050 W. Palmetto Park Road

I HEREBY FILE THIS ETHICS COMPLAINT against Disciplinary Bar Counsel