| School attorney Daniel Shinoff seems to take pleasure in the humiliation of both parents and school employees. Shinoff has frequently used (and abused) the criminal justice system as a means of discouraging parents from complaining about schools. Examples are the David Alberts case, the Lindsey Stewart case, and the MiraCosta College case (below). Claudia Houston is one of many parents who did not appreciate being called by the school district to a school meeting, only to have police called to arrest them for causing a "disturbance." Houston lost her home due to the bogus arrest and payment of attorney's fees to a lawyer who sabotaged her case and went to work for Daniel Shinoff. Houston was never charged with any crime. |
| To make sure that Ms. Houston would be unable to obtain justice, Shinoff offered work to Houston's lawyer, Mr. Thomas Gill, resulting in Mr. Gill's dropping Houston as a client. The bigger problem is that Mr. Gill seems to have started co-operating with Shinoff to the detriment of his client long before he told Houston about the conflict of interest. (Why is someone who calls his business the "Employment Rights Center" working with Daniel Shinoff?) Houston sued Daniel Shinoff for tortious interference. But Shinoff's partner Ray Artiano, in his November 2007 deposition, stated under oath that no one but Maura Larkins had ever complained about Shinoff's ethics. Had you forgotten about Claudia Houston, Mr. Artiano, less than three months after you received the pleading below? |
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| Cases Involving Daniel Shinoff |
| Related Case MiraCosta College Mr. Shinoff's treatment of top administrator Julie Hatoff at MiraCosta College is a perfect example of Shinoff's apparent pleasure in humiliating others. Mr. Shinoff's partner in abuse of power was Victoria Richart, the President of the college who was asked to leave after spending $1.5 million on an investigation led by Shinoff into the loss of $305 worth of palm trees. Richart and Shinoff stuck their fists deep into taxpayer pockets in an effort to increase Richart's power. Shinoff negotiated a separation agreement that transferred another $1.5 million taxpayer dollars to Richart. |
| Diane Crosier, Executive Director of SDCOE-JPA |
| Question: Why has Daniel Shinoff been the favored lawyer of San Diego County Office of Education-Joint Powers Authority for over 20 years? |
| Answer: Diane Crosier, Executive Director of SDCOE-JPA, has supported Shinoff unwaveringly, refusing to investigate complaints of obstruction of justice. |
| Claudia Houston wins against Daniel Shinoff in the Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeal |
| On January 29, 2008 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal for the United States said that Claudia Houston should have been allowed to prove that she had exhausted administrative remedies. She had provided the proof to her lawyer, Thomas Gill, but he had not filed it with the court. The court did not rule on whether Encinitas Union School District was wrong to throw Claudia Houston in jail for a week because she "disturbed" the school. They didn't rule on how having a parent arrested harms children. (This is exactly what Daniel Shinoff frequently instructs schools to do--see column at left). To make matters worse, Claudia Houston was the sole surviving parent of two youngsters. But when Dan Shinoff wants parents to stop making demands, throwing them in jail usually works. It wasn't enough to stop Ms. Houston. To undermine Ms. Houston further, Dan Shinoff hired Ms. Houston's lawyer, who then dropped Houston as a client. I'm sure that Shinoff thought he'd heard the last of her, but she seems to have done very well representing herself. Click HERE to read the opinion in case number D.C. No. CV-00-02475-WQH. |
| School attorneys abused Claudia Houston and other parents and employees |
| Claudia Houston v. Daniel Shinoff, Thomas Gill, et al |
| When schools want to humiliate parents or employees, they call Daniel Shinoff |
| Documents in Claudia Houston case: |
| Parent Demonstration was held at the belated training of OAH judges on MARCH 10, 2008 at the University of San Diego (USD). The Office of Administrative Hearing Judges attended training courses at University of San Diego campus for the entire week of March 10th though March 14, 2008. Parents of Children With Disabilities Demonstrated Against the California Department of Education Contract With The Office of Administrative Hearing Judges “OAH”. Lack of oversight and fairness, decisions are biased and disproportionably skewed in favor of the school districts. School districts with their high paid attorneys win over 90% of the administrative hearing cases with the new OAH”s officers against parents with student with disabilities. With the former California Department of Education contract with the Special Education hearing officers “SEHO” at Mc George School of Law, parents won 50% percent of the time. Lack of legislative oversight and transparency has been lacking with gaps in OAH’s reports regarding their activities. Lacks of training as required by federal law, OAH judges do not have any formal training in special education law and handle mostly other unrelated cases. OAH switched to a more expensive mediation system whereby mediators are regular or pro term judges. Under the new contract parents must be attorneys or hire attorneys. |
| Who chose Daniel Shinoff to be the dominant education attorney in San Diego County? |
| The Claudia Houston case (Atty. Dan Shinoff) |
| Lindsey Stewart case (Atty. Dan Shinoff) |
| David Alberts v. Atty. Dan Shinoff--Defamation case involving atty. Deborah K. Garvin. (Garvin perjury.) |
| School lawyers v. parents and students |
| Fred Kamper case (Atty. Dan Shinoff) |
| June 2007 Supreme Court Decision against CTA regarding child sexual abuse |
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| Vista USD/Guajome Park sues student for exposing teachers who changed grades |
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| mauralarkins.com |
| Previously, under SEHO administrators were trained professionals, in many cases educators who were committed to the special education mediation process. Parents are requesting legislative intervention and an audit by The California State Senate. Without the Senate intervention thousand of special education students will be displaced and their parents will continue to incur astronomical costs with very little chance of success. |
| NCCSE Director Joe Schwartzberg paragraph 6 (below) paragraph 18, line 27 and contd. on next page "Mr. Shinoff's client, NCCSE Director Schwartzberg, was well aware of the fraud. He had funded the lawyers who appeared in the due process hearings that Mr. Shinoff denied ever occurred. And he monitored our litigation against EUSD. "Thus, Mr. Gill and Mr. Shinoff and NCCSE knowingly withheld documents from the court in USDC 00/CV/2475 IEG that would have resolved the exhaustion issue 5 years ago." paragraph 20 24 31 |
| NCCSE Director Joe Schwartzberg paragraph 6 (below) paragraph 18, line 27 and contd. on next page "Mr. Shinoff's client, NCCSE Director Schwartzberg, was well aware of the fraud. He had funded the lawyers who appeared in the due process hearings that Mr. Shinoff denied ever occurred. And he monitored our litigation against EUSD. "Thus, Mr. Gill and Mr. Shinoff and NCCSE knowingly withheld documents from the court in USDC 00/CV/2475 IEG that would have resolved the exhaustion issue 5 years ago." paragraph 20 24 31 |