| The California Office of Administrative Hearings 2349 Gateway Oaks Drive, Suite 200 Sacramento, CA 95833-4231 (916) 263-0550 Fax (916) 263-0554 Ronald L. Diedrich Director and Chief Administrative Law Judge Linda Cabatic, Deputy Director Jan Soto, Chief of Administration Noah Valadez, Staff Services Manager II Kay Stubbings, Executive Assistant --------------------------------- General Jurisdiction Divisions Sacramento 2349 Gateway Oaks Drive, Suite 200 Sacramento, CA 95833-4231 (916) 263-0550 Fax (916) 263-0554 Calendar Fax (916) 376-6349 Jonathan Lew, Presiding Administrative Law Judge Los Angeles 320 West Fourth Street, Suite 630 Los Angeles, CA 90013 (213) 576-7200 Fax (213) 576-7244 Located in: The Serra Building Janis Rovner, Presiding Administrative Law Judge Michael Scarlett, Presiding Administrative Law Judge Oakland 1515 Clay Street, Suite 206 Oakland, CA 94612 Main: (510) 622-2722 Calendar Clerk: (510) 622-1042 Fax (510) 622-2743 Michael Cohn, Presiding Administrative Law Judge San Diego 1350 Front Street, Suite 6022 San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 525-4475 Fax (619) 525-4419 Located in: The San Diego State Building Alan R. Alvord, Presiding Administrative Law Judge Administrative Law Judges Sacramento Presiding Judge Jonathan Lew Karen Brandt Catherine B. Frink Gary A. Geren Judith Kopec Ann E. Sarli Stephen J. Smith Dian Vorters Robert Walker Rebecca Westmore Marilyn Woollard Los Angeles Presiding Judges Janice Rovner Michael Scarlett Nancy Beezy Julie Cabos-Owen Ralph B. Dash Humberto Flores Susan Formaker Mark Harman Daniel Juarez Amy Lahr Joseph Montoya Deborah Myers Vincent H. Nafarrete Samuel D. Reyes David B. Rosenman Christopher Ruiz Eric Sawyer Erlinda Shrenger H. Stuart Waxman Oakland Presiding Judge Michael Cohn Mary-Margaret Anderson Ruth S. Astle M. Amanda Behe David L. Benjamin Melissa Crowell Perry O. Johnson Steven Owyang Nancy Rasmussen Cheryl Tompkin San Diego Presiding Judge Alan R. Alvord H. James Ahler Donald P. Cole Roy W. Hewitt Stephen E. Hjelt Vallera Johnson Greer D. Knopf Mary Agnes Matyszewski ----------------------------------------------- Special Education Divisions Sacramento 2349 Gateway Oaks Drive, Suite 200 Sacramento, CA 95833-4231 Laguna Hills (formerly Irvine) 23046 Avenida De La Carlota, Suite 750 Laguna Hills, CA 92653 Van Nuys 15350 Sherman Way, Suite 300 Van Nuys, CA 91406 [Presiding Judge Sacramento Sherianne Laba Laguna Hills Timothy Newlove Van Nuys Ann F. MacMurray] Administrative Law Judges Sacramento Suzanne B. Brown Peter P. Castillo Richard M. Clark Gregory P. Cleveland Suzanne Dugan Rebecca Freie Debra Huston Deidre L. Johnson Charles Marson C. Trevor Skarda Ralph J. Venturino Laguna Hills Presiding Judge Timothy Newlove Robert Helfand Robert Iafe Darrell Lepkowsky Judith Pasewark Susan Ruff Van Nuys Presiding Judge Ann F. MacMurray Richard T. Breen Eileen M. Cohn Glynda B. Gomez Christine L. Harwell Elsa H. Jones Stella L. Owens-Murrell Clara L. Slifkin Downloaded November 11, 2008 ALJ biographical info |
| By trying harder to protect administrator Rick Werlin than to protect her own client! She refused her client's pleas to reveal Werlin's many violations of law, which included misdemeanors. Schulman didn't help anyone. Not only was Schulman's client dismissed from employment, but Rick Werlin also lost his job. |
| 3 Atty. Mark Bresee of Parham & Rajcic (now working at Orange County Office of Education), submitted a phony document, prepared by Rick Werlin, to OAH. |
| San Diego is not the only place where government shows contempt for the law: Click "Links" on site map for story about how governments in Washington State love Judge Ottinger, but a state Commission on Judicial Conduct found improper conduct. |
| The judge at the Office of Administrative Hearings received a TWO-WEEK SUSPENSION for his antics in the Maura Larkins case. Why wasn't the illegal decision thrown out? Because that would bring into question ALL THE DECISIONS MADE BY THAT JUDGE. Better to keep illegal decisions than to rock the boat is the philosophy of the OAH under both Republican and Democratic administrations. |
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| Months earlier, the true document had been submitted to PERB. |
| The unlawful February 2003 decision of ALJ James Ahler, Terry Olson, and Barbara Abeyta regarding Maura Larkins (and exhibits) are public records. They may be viewed by the public by making a request to the Office of Administrative Hearings, Room 6022, 1350 Front Street, San Diego, 92101 (619) 525-4475 |
| Do Americans have a right to petition for redress of grievances? Not according to Commission members Judge James Ahler, Terry Olson, and Barbara Abeyta, who dismissed Maura Larkins specifically for filing grievances and a lawsuit! |
| 1 In the Larkins' case, Judge Ahler claimed that documents accepted into evidence and recorded in his own handwriting did not exist. |
| 2 In the Janice Howes case, Judge Knopf claimed that documents that were never produced as evidence in the hearing, and which Judge Knopf and OAH attorney Margaret Farrow refused to produce in response to a subpoena, did exist. If so, why not produce them? |
| It seems clear that OAH judges engaged in outright misrepresentation to give dishonest and abusive administrators such as Rick Werlin whatever they want. It appears that OAH administrative judges are far less honest and respectful of the law than superior court judges. Where exactly do they find these OAH judges? |
| Attorney Elizabeth Schulman clearly agreed with them. |
| Where do all the documents go at OAH? |
| What is going on at the California Office of Administrative Hearings? |
| How did Attorney Elizabeth Schulman manage to lose the Maura Larkins case at OAH (Jan. 2003)? |
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| Attorney Mark Bresee Bresee CVESD hearing Bresee's Phony Documents Bresee and OAH Bresee and school attorneys Bresee and Schulman |
| An unfortunate aberration or typical procedure? It's hard to know. |
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