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Prenda Law's Paul Hansmeier, infamous for constantly scheming about ways to use the judicial process to [shake down] people for money and pompously overstating his own position (e.g., "welcome to the big leagues") has now lost his license to practice law.[PDF] The order from the Minnesota Supreme Court rather matter-of-factly lays out the claims against Hansmeier (amazingly, he seems to get off lightly given how much other stuff he did):
Hansmeier committed misconduct in the first matter by bringing a lawsuit for the sole purpose of conducting discovery to find the identity of others against whom claims could be made, making misrepresentations to the tribunal, filing articles of termination for a corporation that contained false statements. failing to comply with discovery requests, failing to pay attorney fees assessed against him, and transferring funds out of his law firm in order to avoid paying sanctions. In a second matter, Hansmeier committed misconduct by participating in the initiation of a lawsuit without a basis in law and fact, making false and misleading statements to the court, failing to pay attorney fees assessed against him by the court, and submitting to the court a financial statement that was false, misleading, and deceptive. In a third matter, Hansmeier committed misconduct by bringing a frivolous action for an improper purpose. And in a fourth matter, Hansmeier committed misconduct by testifying falsely during a deposition, bringing a frivolous claim, and perpetrating a fraud upon the court.
[...] Respondent Paul Robert Hansmeier is indefinitely suspended from the practice of law, effective 14 days from the date of this order, with no right to petition for reinstatement for 4 years from the effective date of his suspension.
Of course, when we last checked in with Hansmeier he was aggressively filing questionable ADA lawsuits, basically shaking down small retail stores for any possible violation of the ADA he could find.
[...] Hansmeier has now had his assets liquidated in bankruptcy and his law license taken away. What's next? Well, last we'd heard, it sounded like criminal charges were getting closer, so perhaps he has that to look forward to as well.
Previous copyright trolling, etc. by Prenda.
(Score: 1) by AssCork on Friday September 16 2016, @02:17PM
When you see a group of kids picking up litter along the road, you think "wow, that's great".
Odd, when I see that, I think "Yep. Community Service for being little shits" as I chuck whatever refuse I have in the truck at them.
Just popped-out of a tight spot. Came out mostly clean, too.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 16 2016, @05:30PM
Yep, nothing like discouraging people from the Adopt-a-Highway program. It makes me jizz in my pants. All the black smoke coming out of my truck's stacks makes me jizz in my pants. The jacked up suspension and Confederate flag make me jizz in my pants. Being an asshole makes me jizz in my pants. Jizzing in my pants makes me jizz in my pants. Jizz in my pants jizz in my pants in my pants jizz in my pants.
(Score: 1) by Oakenshield on Friday September 16 2016, @06:23PM
Congratulations on winning the award for being the biggest asshole on the planet. It is well deserved.
For your information, the Boy Scouts (and Cub Scouts, including my own children) along with other youth groups pick up the trash from assholes like you as service projects for the community.