Good question.Lorax wrote:Speaking of the professionals that post on this forum, have any of you checked out the handful of attorneys that Hendrickson claims have supported his views on his website?
The page http://www.losthorizons.com/Cracking_the_Code.htm contains endorsements or favorable reviews with the following names: Mark C. Phillips, JD; Jerry Arnowitz, JD; Michael Carver, JD; John O'Neil Green, JD; Eric Smithers, JD; Nancy "Ana" Garner, JD.
Let's take them one by one:
Mark C. Phillips: Posts on the LH forum as MCP2012. Claims to have a degree from a law school, but admits that he never passed the bar and has never practiced law, so to call him a "lawyer" is misleading. He's also a "truther." For more, see this thread.
Jerry Arnowitz: An email list of prospective defense witnesses listed him as being from Massachusetts, and there is a Jerrold N. Arnowitz in Hopedale, MA. His practice is described as "Commercial Collections; Bankruptcy; Business Law; Corporate Law." He was admitted to the MA bar in 1972, and he has an LL.B. (not a J.D.) from Suffolk University. He was a named plaintiff in one of Bob Schulz's legal actions, and also seems to have a peculiar history of animal abuse. He posted a number of messages to the "legality-of-income-tax" Yahoo group in December 2001 attempting to understand the 861 argument, but it doesn't look like he got sucked in. No Tax Court filings, but his names comes up in one Tax Court memorandum opinion in a tax protester case in 2004, in which he tried to enter an appearance before being admitted to the bar of the court, and then got fired before trial. (See Lyndon D. Sinele v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2004-137, No. 7801-02.) I'm having trouble with a PACER search, so will come back to him later.
Michael Carver: Supposed to be in New York according to the witness list. According to the NY court system, there is a Michael E. Carver who was admitted in 1984, but was suspended from the practice of law and currently lives in Miami, Florida. No information on the reason for the suspension. He's a graduate of the Cardozo School of Law (which I think is a good school).
John O'Neil Green: This name looks familiar, but I haven't yet placed it. The witness list puts him in Idaho, but there's no lawyer in Idaho by that name according to the Idaho State Bar (which is a government agency and not a bar association).
Eric Smithers: Also supposed to be in New York. NY court system lists Eric Robert Smithers, graduate of Syracuse University, admitted in 1998, and currently registered. Address given is for "Global Property [sic] Advisors" in Syracuse, NY. His name seems to be associated with real estate ventures in the Syracuse area, and my guess is that he's not really practicing law.
Nancy "Ana" Garner: A common name, and no geographical information. There's a lawyer by that name in New Mexico, but it's a common name and Hendrickson doesn't give any geographical clues, so who knows?