No Purpose But To Harass

A one-year suspension has been imposed by the Wisconsin Supreme Court for an attorney’s involvement in a pattern of bad faith litigation, dishonesty and failure to cooperate in the bar proceedings.

The attorney previously was suspended as a result of the non-cooperation.

The facts were unusual and complex

we note that Attorney Isaacson is not alleged to have acted as an attorney in this disciplinary proceeding.  Rather, she is a licensed Wisconsin attorney who engaged in misconduct while serving in the capacity as an officer or managing member of a corporate entity and its subsidiaries.  Specifically, Attorney Isaacson was the Chief Executive Officer of Dr. R. C. Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology, Inc., known as “SIST,” together with its wholly owned subsidiaries and limited liability companies. The complaint identifies several somewhat interrelated litigation proceedings in which Attorney Isaacson participated.  She prepared and signed affidavits, declarations, or responses in these matters which were filed on her behalf.  The core of the complaint is that Attorney Isaacson’s statements in these documents had no apparent purpose other than to harass judicial officers, public officials, opposing counsel, and others based on race, creed, and religion. 

As the referee observed, it is difficult to summarize the verbose and grandiose allegations leveled by Attorney Isaacson against the courts generally, specific judges, other counsel, appointed officers, and third parties.  The OLR’s complaint contains over 70 paragraphs providing detailed context for and quoting from specific sworn and verified statements she made in court filings.  A few examples must suffice to convey the nature of Attorney Isaacson’s statements…

E.g.

“Shawano is Neo-Nazi territory where it is believed people of other races and religions have no right to life,” and referred to the “underlying White Supremacist feelings and beliefs and Jim Crow mentality held by many persons in Shawano.”  She declared that the “[d]efendant’s experience of ‘justice’ in Shawano is comparable to the ‘justice’ Jews experienced under Hitler’s regime.”

“[t]rying a matter in Minnesota is like sending the Jews back to Germany during the Holocaust.”

Attorney Isaacson made reference to trustees, variously, as a “dirty Catholic inquisitor,” a “Jesuitess,” and a “priest’s boy,” and referred to various judges as a “black-robed bigot,” a “Jesuit judge,” and a “Catholic Knight Witch Hunter.”  She stated that court systems, “particularly the Bankruptcy Court in Minnesota, are composed of a bunch of ignoramus, bigoted Catholic beasts that carry the sword of the church.”

The court

We agree that Attorney Isaacson’s misconduct warrants a one-year suspension of her license to practice law in Wisconsin.  She repeatedly made frivolous and harassing personal attacks and discriminatory statements in numerous documents filed in various matters.  She continued to make false statements about members of the judiciary and others after being formally sanctioned for her conduct.  Based on the record presented, we are satisfied that a one-year suspension is sufficient in view of the seriousness of her professional misconduct and will serve to deter similar behavior and protect the public from similar misconduct in the future.

TwinCities.com had this coverage of the litigation. (Mike Frisch)