March 14, 2008
Re: Hattie Neal and Mary Neal v. The (Johnny) Cochran Firm
United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Div; Civil Action No. 1:07-cv-1935-TCB;
United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Div; Civil Action No. 1:07-cv-1935-TCB;
Legal Malpractice, Fraud, Contract Fraud, Breach of Fiduciary Duty;
Jury Trial Demanded – $30 million demand – 1/3 per defendant below;
Filed: 8/15/07 (pro se — to protect the 4-year statute on contract fraud);
Hattie Neal and Mary Neal – 20-year residents of Atlanta, GA metro area;
Defendants Served: Cochran Cherry Givens & Smith home office- Dothan AL; Cochran Firm Memphis Office (contract was signed); David McLaughlin, Esq. (Neal’s atty., as an individual); Diversity Action – different state residence among defendants and plaintiffs
Also, just type “Cochran Firm Fraud” in your web browser, and just type “wrongful death of larry neal” in your web browser without adding the prefix “http://” and do not put the “.com.”
Re: Secret Incarceration and Wrongful Death of Mentally Ill Heart Patient in Shelby Co., TN Jail and Cover-up by The Cochran Firm While Under Contract to Represent the Deceased’s Elderly, Grieving Mother
Hello, Ms. Brown:
Thanks to The Cochran Firm, another family has suffered the wrongful death of a loved one while the culprits go free. But this time, The Cochran Firm won’t get away with it. People have said to me that we should have known better than to contract with The Cochran Firm after their representation in the Simpson trial. All I can say to you, Ms. Brown, is that I beleived the glove evidence, and I regret the decision to contract with The Cochran Firm with all my heart. I want you to know how The Cochran Firm uses the wealth and power it gained by defending O. J. Simpson to defraud my family and to silence the media regarding its criminal and unethical wrongs.
My brother, Larry Neal, was a mentally ill heart patient who was secretly arrested in Memphis, TN in mid-July 2003. While my family and his social worker searched for him everywhere, he was under secret arrest in a jail where he had landed many times in the past due to his unstable mental condition. Shelby County Jail repeatedly and falsely denied having Larry under arrest during the entire 18 days he was “missing” until he died of a heart attack, apparently caused by lack of his heart drugs. Immediately afterwards, Larry’s mother contracted with The (Johnny) Cochran Firm to bring a wrongful death suit against the jail. We were never told that the managing partner of The Cochran Firm’s Memphis office was himself a 20+year member of the Shelby County Commission, the entity that owned and operated the jail where Larry suffered and died. The Cochran Firm proceeded to bury our lawsuit on its shelves, holding it inactive for 10.5 months while the TN statute of limitations ran (only 12 months statute in Tennessee). They committed fraud against us to protect the jail partly because the facility was already under federal overview for violations of the civil rights of detainees, especially handicapped persons. My website explains all at http://wrongfuldeathoflarryneal.com. Documentary evidence is on the website under the Documents tab.
When we sued The Cochran Firm for its fraud in Georgia Superior Court, we served suit to the law office we initially contacted about my brother’s euthanasia by the jail — the Atlanta office of the law firm. This so-called Atlanta office of The Cochran Firm went to court and denied it was any such thing — it denied that identity in court despite prolific advertising of the Atlanta office of The Cochran Firm on television, public transportation, legal search engines on the Internet, and The Cochran Firm’s website. The law office at 127 Peachtree Street disclaimed any affiliation with The Cochran Firm, and Judge Wendy Shoob dismissed our suit on that basis! Surprisingly, the firm was allowed to go right ahead advertising the Atlanta office of The Cochran Firm until I threatened to sue the network television stations for carrying those ads. Now, there are no Cochran Firm commercials in Georgia, as far as I know. That was Step 1. Step 2 — we proceeded to sue them in United States District Court (see the case style above).
The media will not report this story, Ms. Brown, because the media makes so much $$ running The Cochran Firm’s ads for 20 its offices across the nation. This is why you never heard of the lawsuit that The Cochran Firm would rather deny its existence in a major city than to face. I hope you will take the time to visit our website, http://wrongfuldeathoflarryneal.com.
We have established a foundation, Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill (”AIMI”) to help other handicapped people like Larry, who spent 20 years in a mental institution until he was turned out in the 1970’s, with no conception of how to behave according to the laws of our land. Like many mentally ill people, Larry committed many misdemeanors (talking loud, panhandling, etc.), and was arrested frequently until police apparently became weary of their roles as psychiatric caretakers to this sick man, my brother. I learned from you and others like you, Ms. Brown, to turn my pain into an avenue of assistance to other victims like Larry. I now advocate for the mentally ill prisoners in America, who comprise approximately 30% of all incarcerees.
Please write to me and give me any advice you may have — I need your encouragement. If you write to me and I do not respond within 24 hours, please assume I did not get your e-mail. My electronic mail has experienced numerous problems since I sued The Cochran Firm. My phone number is xxxxxx, cell no. 770-896-2722.
Blessings,
See http://wrongfuldeathoflarryneal.comMary Neal
Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill
P.O. Box 7222
Atlanta, GA 30357
mln@wrongfuldeathoflarryneal.com
mneal000@yahoo.com
Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill
P.O. Box 7222
Atlanta, GA 30357
mln@wrongfuldeathoflarryneal.com
mneal000@yahoo.com
Tags: David McLaughlin, Decriminalize Mental Illness, Denise Brown, Dog Justice, Georgia Bar, Georgia Superior Court, Incarcerated Mentally Ill, Jail, Johnny Cochran, Judge Wendy Shoob, Memphis, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Mentally Ill, Mentally Ill Vets, Michael Vick, Nicole Brown, O.J. Simpson, Shelby County Jail, Tennessee, Tennessee Bar, The Cochran Firm, United States Justice Department, USDOJ
