2. Legal + Justice System
Who interprets and enforces the rules?
Police (Municipal, State, Federal)
Lawyers (Defense, DA, Civil)
Judges & Magistrates
Probation Officers
Clerks + Court Admin
Oversight Boards (Bar, ACAP, Judicial Review)
Private Investigators
Internal Affairs
⚖️ SET 3: LEGAL + JUSTICE SYSTEM CONTACTS
Attorneys, Judges, Prosecutors, Clerks, Probation
⚖️ Name: Attorney Michael O'Doherty
Title: Defense Attorney
Affiliation: Massachusetts Bar (Private Practice)
Email: Not publicly listed – use Office of Bar Counsel for complaints
Contacted: 2023
Responded: ✅ (Text only)
Failure Summary: Attempted trial by surprise without proper preparation. Ignored client concerns. Failed to investigate evidence. Subject of bar complaint.
⚖️ Name: Attorney Alex Bergo
Title: Defense Attorney
Affiliation: Massachusetts Bar (Private Practice)
Email: Not publicly listed
Contacted: 2023–2024
Responded: ✅ (Email only)
Failure Summary: Mishandled competency evaluation, delayed representation, and contributed to procedural confusion. Subject of bar complaint.
⚖️ Name: Attorney Roger Banks
Title: Defense Attorney
Affiliation: Public Defender / Appointed Counsel
Email: Not publicly listed
Contacted: 2021
Responded: ✅
Failure Summary: Approved funding for investigator, never hired one. Failed to call witnesses. Abandoned case. Subject of bar complaint.
⚖️ Name: Attorney Elaine Pourinski
Title: Defense Attorney
Affiliation: Public Defender
Contacted: 2015–2016
Responded: ✅
Failure Summary: Knew about suicidal ideation, failed to request competency hearing. Pressured guilty plea. Claimed she feared for her own life. Direct contributor to long-term trauma.
⚖️ Name: Attorney McGinty
Title: Defense Attorney
Affiliation: Public Defender
Contacted: 2024
Responded: ✅
Failure Summary: Dismissive, refused assistance. Did not properly respond to client evidence or history.
⚖️ Name: Attorney Grady
Title: Defense Attorney
Affiliation: Public Defender
Contacted: 2024–2025
Responded: ✅ (Email)
Failure Summary: Appeared confused, lacked case clarity, and failed to follow up on critical communications.
⚖️ Name: ADA Katherine Johnston
Title: Assistant District Attorney
Affiliation: Hampden County DA’s Office
Email: Not publicly listed
Contacted: 2013–2014
Responded: ❌
Failure Summary: Found forged court document and failed to investigate who created it. Never pursued accountability.
⚖️ Name: ADA White
Title: Assistant District Attorney
Affiliation: Hampden County DA’s Office
Email: Not publicly listed
Contacted: 2024–2025
Responded: ✅ (Some email)
Failure Summary: Provided partial responses, withheld contact info, and failed to ensure trial transparency.
⚖️ Name: Judge Hadley
Title: Trial Court Judge
Affiliation: Massachusetts Trial Court
Contacted: 2013–2014 (via court transcripts)
Responded: ❌
Failure Summary: Dismissed jury “by mistake,” denied justice, and oversaw key decisions tied to missing insurance and altered transcripts. Court audio mysteriously missing.
🧾 Name: Clerk Office Staff (Springfield + Brookfield)
Title: Court Clerks and Admin
Affiliation: Springfield District Court, Brookfield Court
Contacted: 2013–2023
Responded: ✅ (Face-to-face), ❌ (Resolution)
Failure Summary: Audio files lost, evidence never followed up on, repeated inaction on formal court complaints.
📋 SET 3B: PROBATION + OVERSIGHT BODIES
(Bar Counsel, Judicial Oversight, Probation Officers)
📋 Name: Janet Ely
Title: Probation Officer
Affiliation: Springfield District Court
Contacted: 2013
Responded: ✅ (Face-to-face)
Failure Summary: Informed about denied medical care and police misconduct. No documented report filed. Failed to intervene or escalate despite direct contact and visible harm.
📋 Name: Jen O.
Title: Probation Officer
Affiliation: Springfield or Worcester region (Court not specified)
Contacted: 2016
Responded: ✅ (In person)
Failure Summary: Informed after guilty plea that mental health was deteriorating. Asked for help and was told “I don’t know who you can talk to.” Made no referrals. Left client in crisis.
📋 Name: Worcester Probation (Unidentified Male Officer)
Title: Probation Officer
Affiliation: Worcester Court System
Contacted: 2016
Responded: ✅ (In person)
Failure Summary: No record of support or follow-up. Treated disclosures passively. No escalation despite mental health disclosures and prior coerced plea.
⚖️ Name: Office of Bar Counsel – Board of Bar Overseers
Title: Attorney Oversight / Complaint Review
Agency: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Email: obc@massbbo.org
Address: 99 High Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02110
Contacted: 2025
Responded: ❌
Failure Summary: Formal complaints filed against attorneys O’Doherty, Bergo, and Banks. No visible response. No investigation reported. The office holds statutory power to discipline misconduct and failed to act.
⚖️ Name: ACAP (Attorney and Consumer Assistance Program)
Title: Initial Screening for Bar Complaints
Agency: Subdivision of MA Board of Bar Overseers
Email: acap@massbbo.org
Contacted: 2024
Responded: ❌
Failure Summary: Initial complaint submission handled with vague responses or none. Designed as a front-end intake system for attorney abuse but effectively functioned as a filter for denial.
🚨 SET 5: POLICE + INTERNAL AFFAIRS CONTACTS
(Local Police, State Police, Internal Oversight, Civilian-Led Reviews That Weren’t)
🚓 Name: Springfield Police Department
Title: Municipal Police
Affiliation: City of Springfield, MA
Email: spd@springfieldpolice.net (general inbox)
Address: 130 Pearl Street, Springfield, MA 01105
Contacted: 2013, 2014
Responded: ❌
Failure Summary: Denied medical care after incident. Failed to discipline officers. Omitted injuries from report. Repeated calls and in-person contact ignored. Later tied to missing insurance data and forged documentation.
🚓 Name: Captain William Fickett
Title: Command Officer
Affiliation: Springfield Police Department
Contacted: 2013
Responded: ✅ (Reported conversation)
Failure Summary: Spoken to directly by Ricky. No action followed. Position suggests clear authority to intervene. Allowed silence to persist.
🚓 Name: Maple Street Police/Internal Affairs
Title: Supposed Civilian Review (Run by Cops)
Affiliation: Springfield Police/Internal Oversight
Contacted: 2013 (in person)
Responded: ✅ (Face-to-face), ❌ (Action)
Failure Summary: Claimed to be civilian-run but operated by police. Purposely omitted injuries from report. Lied about process. Misrepresented authority and accountability.
🚓 Name: Warren Police Department
Title: Municipal Police
Affiliation: Town of Warren, MA
Email: police@warren-ma.gov
Address: 1 Joyce Street, Warren, MA 01083
Contacted: 2024 (in person + email)
Responded: ❌
Failure Summary: Ignored formal request for protection and follow-up after being threatened on Fox Road. Showed zero interest in threats of violence. No report filed. Failed duty of care.
🚓 Name: Massachusetts State Police
Title: State Law Enforcement
Affiliation: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Email: statetrooper@mass.gov (state portal address)
Contacted: 2023
Responded: ❌
Failure Summary: Contacted in connection with court misconduct and failure of local PDs. No investigation. No transparency. No follow-up.
🔍 Name: Internal Affairs – Springfield
Title: Police Oversight Unit
Affiliation: Springfield PD
Contacted: 2013–2014 (implied in complaints)
Responded: ❌
Failure Summary: Failed to investigate forged document, mishandled footage, or officer misconduct despite formal and informal notifications.
🔍 Name: Internal Affairs – Worcester
Title: Police Oversight Unit
Affiliation: Worcester PD
Contacted: 2016
Responded: ❌
Failure Summary: Alleged abuses and procedural failures not investigated. Reflects larger trend of IA departments protecting the institution, not the truth.
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