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Thursday, January 10, 2008

The Boy Who Cried Wolf


I figured something like this would eventually happen. Too bad they can't go after his cronies as well. I don't think he realizes it's his name on the line. Things like this don't help his professional standing. Officer Erik Sammis has filed an ethics complaint with the "Tennessee Professional Board of Responsibility" against Javier Bailey. Where disciplinary action has been taken against him on previous occasions. If you ask me, I think it's long overdue. I appreciate someone standing up for the underdog who might not otherwise get justice. But there's a thin line between assistance and exploitation. I think Mr. Bailey has crossed that line. What his actions have amounted to is a lunatic with a law licence. He had been fired until the judge ruled the lawsuit had to be refiled.


I remember Mr. Bailey once saying he wanted to focus on environmental law. I had no problem with that per say, though I wondered why the sudden change. I don't think most of the people that were listening at that time, understood what he was saying. He wanted to take up other peoples causes on their behalf. In other words "find something bothering you and file lawsuit for you." In class action lawsuits it's the lawyer that gets the biggest check. He must have gotten sidetracked along the way or nothing has come up. Lately his focus seems to be wrongful death suits. "Trying to stick it to the man." Javier Bailey is fishing with more than one pole. The more lines you have in the water. You're bound to catch something. He has represented every seedy defendent in the news. The problem is they want to fish in the name of the black community. As a black in this community, I don't want Javier Bailey fishing for me. He's like the boy who cried wolf. When he actually had a reason to be calling, nobody would listen.

5 comments:

  1. I've decided to just keep a rundown of all Javier Bailey's cases in the same post. I think just the mention of his name, automatically puts his clients in a disfavorable position. He seems to take cases nobody else would touch. So to some people he might be a match made in heaven. Nobody will touch them, and nobody will touch him.

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  2. Anonymous12:35 AM

    JAV BAILEY IS GOING TO LOSE HIS LICENSE FOR THIS OFFENSE ALONE.

    Somebody SAID THAT HE IS LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW IN ARKANSAS AND WENT EVEN FURTHER AND BRAGGED THAT JAV PRACTICES IN WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS ON A WEEKLY BASIS.

    I AM SURE OLD JAV AND THE TENNESSEE BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY APPRECIATES IT!


    Bailey: I got permission from a Judge to work with the Farrow family in Arkansas.

    FACT: He was the attorney for Myron Bass, Aramis Parker, and Michael Jiles and entered motions either in West Memphis District or Crittenden County Circuit Courts for these individuals without being licensed to practice in Arkansas. There is no motion to appear Pro Hac Vice for these individuals.

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  3. Posted by April Thompson
    Gateway Fight Heads to Federal Court

    Memphis - Latricia Wilson failed her Gateway test, but the Memphis City Schools graduate knows plenty about pulling together forces to fight for her cause.

    She has a state lawmaker and a high profile attorney on her side challenging Tennessee's Gateway Tests for students.

    "I feel like the system has failed me and other students as well and also eliminated me and other thousands other students from being able to achieve their goals." says Wilson

    Latricia failed the math part of the Gateway and graduated with a specialized diploma, but she couldn't get into college or trade school with the special diploma.

    Now she has teamed up with Attorney Javier Bailey, who will file a federal lawsuit Monday to dismantle Gateway.

    "They get special diplomas and their diplomas are misleading. It's not a diploma at all. What it is a certificate to push you on out of the system." says Bailey."

    On the state level, Representative G.A. Hardaway and others are pushing a bill to give students a chance to take the test again and get regular diplomas.

    "We got to make it possible for students to pursue higher education by making sure we prepare them and that we have documentation that doesn't interfere with the ability to move on." says Hardaway.

    Evelyn Horne agrees. Her 20 year old grandson has run into similar problems with his special diploma.

    "I believe a child who has gone through twelve years of school, has passed all of the courses and has been given a special diploma because he didn't pass a Gateway, something that I as a degreed nurse cannot pass, I think it's very unfair." says Horne.

    It's unfairness they hope can be turned around in a court of law.

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