4. With still a looming contempt of court charges
for over 200 alleged violations of a L.A. Superior
Court Judge Order in connection with “misleading
and deceptive advertising,” Atty James Beirne
appears to have committed perjury in declarations he
signed and submitted to the court on January 23,
2012.
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5. Attorney Joel Bander said that “the documentary
evidence shows that Beirne is lying under oath about the
contempt charges, and directly to the court that is
considering his contempt charges.” Beirne is still
potentially facing hundreds of thousands of dollars in
fines and a possible 3-year jail time if convicted of the
contempt of court charges, separate and apart from any
perjury conviction that could arise.
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6. Attorney Beirne’s massive legal troubles stem from his
advertising campaign, titled “Setting the Records Straight”
which began coming out in the Balita Media Midweek and
Weekend editions since December 2011 and ostensibly
authored by the beleaguered attorney. That advertising
campaign was started by the Balita-Beirne Group to distract
the Filipino community from
a widely read PinoyWatchDog.com expose’ that specifically
documented the revelations of two former clients of Atty
Beirne whose cases were grossly mismanaged. One case
was in immigration, the other bankruptcy.
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8. In a taped interview with
PinoyWatchDog.com, Reynaldo Villarica, recounted in
November 2011, that Beirne’s law office had filed
three different petitions in his behalf using
three different companies, always being referred to
the employer by Balita/Beirne operatives. The PWD
Investigative Team learned that the first, employer was
non-existent, including the fabricated address and
phone numbers.
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9. Since that article in November Balita/Beirne has never
even denied that the employer fabrication was a ‘scam’.
“After those petitions were denied they hid
everything from me,” Villarica said. Villarica had paid the
law office of Atty James Beirne a sum of about
$7000, never got any immigrant visa or refund.
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10. In that same article Gertrudes and Rick Pecaoco of
Burbank, said, “The help and assistance that we perused
in Beirne’s advertisements (published in Balita) were not
met,” the couple told
PinoyWatchDog.com. Gertrudes said: “Parang, he was just
there to file it. But he didn’t care to be concerned of ano ba
talaga ang gusto mo? How can I be there to help you? What
do you want
to do? He was not helpful. He was not concerned.”
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11. PinoyWatchDog.com has now learned that the
federal bankruptcy judge and the assigned trustee
called Attorney Beirne’s preparation of
the Pecaocofile “a mess”, and the attorney sent by
the Beirne office even agreed. The federal judge
dismissed Beirne’s ill-prepared bankruptcy petition
on the spot,” Gertrudes said. “Dismissed ang kaso
ko. Bali wala.” As for the refund? The couple only got
refunded for the lien stripping, which was only one-
third the estimated $10,000 they paid to Beirne.
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12. Setting the Record Straight Advertisement
On December 17, 2011, Beirne started running the
“Setting the Records Straight” advertisements claiming
that Villarica and Pecaoco were “turned down by us 10
years ago because they were not qualified for the relief
they sought.” Beirne has continued to make that claim
for at least three months in the widely published open
letters.
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13. In the allegedly perjury-prone declaration of January
23, 2012, Beirne declared that “In early 2001 Reynaldo
Villarica was turned down when he requested that I
help Mr. Villarica find a new employer to ‘port’ Mr.
Villarica’s immigration petition to.” Villarica said “I
was never turned down, they are the ones keeping my
case alive to justify the fees.”
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16. Allen, who has never publicly denied actually owning
the Beirne law office, signed a February 6, 2003, letter
stating in part, “We are currently processing a new
petition on [Villarica’s] behalf. This can only be done
with a new employer. “The letter indicates Beirne’s
office is taking
care of everything,” Attorney Bander said. “No turn
down. That’s a lie. All the porting talk and activity
came from Beirne’s office.”
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17. Another letter signed by Beirne to an Atty Setareh,
dated September 25, 2006, where Beirne admits
“We have worked for this client since March 2001,
having filed three labor certifications and one RIR on
behalf of three employers….” Bander said“March
2001 is pretty darn early
2001.
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18. Beirne’s own letters shows he was lying under oath
in January 2012.” Bander concluded, “I guess the
Balita/Beirne response will be to write about me,
and not tell Filipinos or the Superior Court the truth.”
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19. This newly surfacing documents support the
contentions of Villarica all along, and certainly seems
to be spelling serious legal troubles for Atty James
Bierne. Attorney Bander cautioned “perjury issues
would be referred to the District Attorney after the
contempt matter is concluded. It would not be any
time soon.”
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