I’m 100% Permanently and Totally Disabled with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as per the Federal Department of Veterans Affairs.  I am requesting the same Civil Rights Accommodations (Considerations) that are applied to Sexual Discrimination.   New Jersey Courts harassed me by not making reasonable modifications to policies, practices, and procedures and by not giving me Fair Trials in both the New Jersey Supreme Court and New Jersey Superior Court.   (As per the Federal Government, Sexual Harassment is a form of Discrimination.)     

COMPLAINT:     CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION  Constitutional Amend.  XIV

                                                                            “Equal Protection of the Laws”

                                DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION  TITLE  II

Grievants:   New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics                                      

                                          Director David E. Johnson

                                          Deputy Ethics Counsel John McGill, III

                                          District X Vice-Chairman Robert D. Correale

                                          District X Secretary Bonnie C. Frost

                                          District X Fee Arbitration

                                          District XI Secretary Robert L. Stober

                                     District XI Attorney Ethics Committee                                         

                     New Jersey Superior Court Appellant Division

                                          Superior Court Judge Ronald Graves

                                          Superior Court Judge Karen Russell

                                          Superior Court Sussex County Courtroom Reporter

                     Maynard & Truland, LLC.

                                           Robert D. Correale, Esq.

                                           James Maynard, Esq. 

                                           Joe B. Truland, Esq.

                                           Edward P. Busichio, Esq.

                                           Brian W. Banasiak, Esq.

What Started It All:    Gross Negligence in NJ SUPREME COURT - Office of Attorney Ethics Vice-Chairman Robert Correale’s own Law Firm  - MAYNARD & TRULAND, LLC.     

Attorney Ethics Vice-Chairman Robert Correale did not commit this initial gross negligence, however, for reasons only known to Correale and his supervising partners; he took over my Divorce Case right after the gross negligence took place.  The initial gross negligence was connected to the law firm’s Divorce Attorney Edward P. Busichio.   (Vice-Chairman Robert Correale is a general-practice attorney.)  The Law Firm’s ethics violations continued under Robert Correale, which besides other violations, included billing violations, communication violations and competence violations.   (Competence Violations:  I may have been one of Robert Correale’s first divorce cases.  During Divorce Arbitration, Correale arrived unprepared, and I had to represent myself against my former-wife’s attorney.  Correale sat silently next to me.) 

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Maynard & Truland, LLC carried tremendous local and state-wide influence due to New Jersey Supreme Court’s Vice Chairman Robert Correale.  Because of his state-wide-influence, my Civil Rights were violated by not receiving fair trials in both the New Jersey Supreme Court and New Jersey Superior Court.    “Equal Protection of the Laws.”

      Without a reasonable doubt, my evidence clearly proves that although I’m 100% Permanent and Totally Disabled due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), I was not given reasonable modifications to New Jersey Court Policies, Practices, and Procedures.  My evidence is extremely clear on how much impact this harassment had on my PTSD and my family.  In almost every letter to the Grievants, I detailed the amount of emotional and chronic pain that I was under. 

       The above listed grievants’ Ethics Violations, and/or unwillingness to abide by the TITLE II American Disability Act greatly harassed (exacerbated) my Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Disability (PTSD).  My Federal Government - Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Records are clear.   The chronic physical and emotional pain that I suffered is unmistakable.  

      Instead of me receiving the Reasonable Modifications; Vice-Chairman Robert Correale and his Law Firm received a blank check…  My evidence is clear that Robert Correale, Esq.  and his Law Firm received more than their share of Reasonable Modifications to New Jersey State Policies, Practices, and Procedures, yet no one in the Firm was disabled.      

      Starting in December 2000, my letters to Superior Court Judge Christine Miniman and the Supreme Court Office of Attorney Ethics detailed, with Veterans Affairs Evidence, my Emotional Disability.  My letters each asked the two New Jersey Court Systems for assistance in making Robert Correale, Esq.  (And his Law Firm) act professionally, especially with communications and negligence...

      I never received any correspondence from Superior Court Judge Miniman, however, she removed me from a Divorce Default that I had been in for four months due to the gross negligence of Maynard & Truland’s Divorce Attorney Edward Busichio and Correale was able to remove me from.

      When I received the Office of Attorney Ethics return letter, I was dumbfounded and my disability was exacerbated.  These New Jersey State Officials refused to step in due to a simple policy of theirs.  In their return letter, Attorney Ethics did not admit to the fact of a Conflict of Interest, yet it was sent from the same Attorney Ethics Committee that Robert Correale was Vice-Chairman (DISTRICT X). 

      It took the N.J. State Office from December 2000 to April 2003 to finally admit to a Contract of Interest about Correale and his law firm.  Prior to April 2003, the Office of Attorney Ethics insisted that Correale’s own Attorney Ethics Committee handle my complaints against him and his Firm.

       Why did it take from December 2000 to April 2003, before the New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics admitted to a Conflict of Interest in their District X Committee?   If a Conflict of Interest exists, what are the normal procedures?   In spite of my numerous letters to the Supreme Court of New Jersey, I never received the details of Robert Correale’s involvement with them.

      Once a half-baked Supreme Court Attorney Ethics investigation was started in another District (XI), Vice-Chairman Correale, his Law Firm’s Partner James Maynard and Divorce Attorney Edward Busichio were not required to supply any evidence to back up their perjurous, misleading, contradicting and vague CERTIFICATIONS.   (Example:  See the Billing and Retainer Statements for Robert Correale, Senior Partner James Maynard and their own Law Firm’s Contract.  All three are different, yet Correale’s and his supervising partner certifications were accepted without question.)

      The New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics accepted the perjurous, misleading, contradicting and vague CERTIFICATIONS  (Without supporting evidence) over their own Law Firm’s Contract and Invoices, Court Filed Letters, Court Filed Statements, Court Generated Documents, Federal Government Medical Records, etc.   This was the same evidence that Superior Court Judge Honorable Ronald Graves reviewed and determined that my Legal Malpractice Claim warranted the Superior Court Law Division for damages.  

      In March 2003 in Civil Court, after review of my extensive evidence, Superior Court Judge Honorable Ronald Graves stated that my Legal Malpractice Claim against Robert Correale and his Law Firm warranted the New Jersey Superior Court Law Division for damages.   Strangely, New Jersey’s Superior Court, Honorable Judge Graves’ Court Transcript went missing before being released; and my Civil Case was thrown out in the Law Division for a lack of an Affidavit of Merit.  The Affidavit of Merit was solely set up by the New Jersey State Legislature in order to stop frivolous malpractice lawsuits early in the New Jersey Superior Court System.   

      Although, I asked Superior Court Law Division Judge Karen Russell for considerations due to the fact that I was PRO SE with an emotional disability, I was informed that there were no considerations due to health problems.  I then tried to explain Superior Court Judge Honorable Judge Graves’ decision that my legal malpractice claims warranted the Law Division for damages, but I was cut off by Maynard & Truland’s Attorney Brian W. Banasiak.  He brushed off Judge Graves decision, by telling Judge Russell that the Court Case was a simple billing civil case.   The case was so unimportant; he didn’t have the real details of the case. 

       At this point, with my PTSD Disability completely exacerbated, I was unable to continue.   However, it didn’t matter; Judge Karen Russell closed the case for a lack of Affidavit of Merit.

      Based on the facts that I was PRO SE with an Emotional Disability, my clear evidence and Judge Ronald Graves’ decision, I felt that I’d have a better chance in the Trenton, NJ Superior Court Appellant Division.  However, in spite of Support Letters from PTSD Disability Professionals, my Civil Case was thrown out of Appellant Court for the lack of Affidavit of Merit, and some type of gag order was placed on me.

      I am requesting the same Civil Rights Accommodations (Considerations) that are applied to Sexual Discrimination.   New Jersey Courts harassed me by not making reasonable modifications to policies, practices, and procedures and by not giving me Fair Trials.   (As per the Federal Government, Sexual Harassment is a form of Discrimination.)     

Please note, if a State Official (grievant) was required to make reasonable modifications to Policies, Practices and Procedures, but instead he or she choose to commit an Ethics Violation, the grievant is still NOT making needed-reasonable modifications to Policies, Practices and Procedures.   Discrimination is still taking place.  However, the Ethics Violation should be considered a crime; a blatant and contemptuous act of discrimination, especially, if it was known in advance that this Ethics Violation may cause Physical and/or Emotional Suffering to the Disabled Person...   Contempt: disdain; lack of respect; willful disrespect (of the Disability)

It should be a Federal Crime, if State Ethics Officials choose to commit ethics violations with the full knowledge that they are doing them against an emotionally disabled person, and that it may cause pain and suffering for this disabled man or woman.

CIVIL RIGHTS - Constitutional Amendment XIV:  Section 1:

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

ADA - Title II  requires that State and local governments give people with disabilities an equal opportunity to benefit from all of their programs, services, and activities (e.g. public education, employment, transportation, recreation, health care, social services, courts, voting, and town meetings).

They (The States) are required to make reasonable modifications to policies, practices, and procedures where necessary to avoid discrimination, unless they can demonstrate that doing so would fundamentally alter the nature of the service, program, or activity being provided.