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Jason Hanson Goes To Court Federal Court Judge Rules In Favor
Of Guardianship Abuse Victim
Overrules defendants 15 times, and remands case
back to state court for an expedited trial
"You could feel the oxygen leave the room the moment Hanson
rolled into court to take his place at the plaintiff's table."
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Inside Vegas by Steve Miller
AmericanMafia.com
September 18, 2017
LAS VEGAS - On Friday morning, September 15, 2017, Jason Hanson
made his
first court appearance in an emotion charged exploitation lawsuit
involving prominent Las Vegas attorneys, a disgraced private
guardian, a defrocked judge, and the Clark County Public Administrator, all of whom are
accused of conspiring to steal Hanson's inheritance and estate with the
full cooperation of several Family Court judges.
Because of the logistics involved in
transporting the 27 year old cerebral palsy victim to the Lloyd D.
George
Federal Courthouse in downtown Las Vegas, Hanson arrived at his hearing
fifteen minutes late. When Hanson arrived in court, you could
hear a pin drop while two court bailiffs helped him make his way to his
lawyer's side. When United States Federal Court Judge Jennifer A.
Dorsey resumed hearing the arguments of the five attorneys representing
defendants Francis Fine, Elyse Tyrell, Dara Goldsmith, Jared Shafer,
and John Cahill, all eyes were focused on Hanson instead of paying
attention to the jurist's pleas to keep the case in Federal Court, and
dismiss all claims against each of their clients.
Hanson arrived several minutes after his attorney Jacob Hafter had
finished his opening statement telling the court why he believed his
client would be better served in state court. Hafter explained
that he originally filed the case in the lower court because matters
move at a much faster pace there, and that juries need only to reach
a majority decision in state court rather than being required to reach
a unanimous verdict in the federal court system.
With his client now by his side, Hafter successfully argued that
one of the defendants, Clark County
Public Administrator John Cahill, purposefully filed a motion to move
the case from state to federal court jurisdiction for the sole purpose
of stalling the case to give advantages to the defense, and that his
client Hanson seeks swifter justice based on his physical condition.
Defendant's attorneys Robert Hernquist, Thomas Dillard, Jason Smith,
Terry Brian, and Steven Parsons each argued unsuccessfully to have the
case remain in federal court, and that Hanson's initial complaint filed
in July 2017 was time barred because he became of legal age in 2007,
and should have filed his lawsuit then.
Hafter told the court that in 2007, Hanson twice asked Family Court
Hearing
Master Jon Norheim to appoint him an attorney, and was refused.
Hafter explained that Norheim twice told Hanson to file his request for
an attorney in writing, but Hanson's physical limitations prohibited
him
from doing so. Hafter also told the court that Hanson was not aware his
inheritance was being stolen until 2016 when he confronted Elyse
Tyrell, one of his court appointed trustees, at a Nevada Supreme Court
Guardianship Commission hearing, only then learning she had been
holding a check for him for over nine years without his
knowledge. Attorney Hafter plead that the statute of limitations
began running in 2016 when Hanson first learned of the fraud, not 2007
when Hanson turned 18 and had no idea he was being robbed.
Several days after the 2016 Guardianship Commission hearing where
Hanson appeared on local TV news demanding to know what happened to his
inheritance, a mysterious check for $5,530.74 was delivered to
Hanson's group home. Tyrell told reporters that it represented
the entire remaining proceeds from the sale of Hanson's late father's
ADA equipped condominium in a Las Vegas gated community that Jared
Shafer sold for only $47,000. Tyrell tried to explain that over
$40,000 was used to pay "fees" generated by Shafer and his attorneys to
facilitate the condo's sale.
Prior to what was called a "fire sale," Clark County Public Administrator John Cahill appraised the 1,200 square foot unit
for $170,000 and charged his fee accordingly, then Cahill obediently
transferred the title to his colleague Jared Shafer who purportedly
sold the unit for much less, hence Cahill's inclusion in Hanson's
lawsuit. Prior to Cahill's election, Shafer held the same Public
Administrator position, and helped Cahill win election to succeed
him. Shafer owns Signs of Nevada, the outdoor advertising company
used by most Nevada politicians - including family court judges - and
is the man to see for inexpensive political signs around election
time.
Jared Shafer has been referred to as the "Mastermind" in other
guardianship fraud cases based on his ability to help certain
politicians and judges get elected and re-elected, the same judges who
have consistently appointed him legal guardian over wealthy wards of
the court.
In court, Jacob Hafter told the judge, "Since I became Mr. Hanson's
attorney, I get calls all the time from other guardianship victims
seeking my help. They say they were all abused or exploited by the same
group of players and judges," as he peered at the cadre of five discouraged looking
defense lawyers sitting to his left with two of their clients, Francis
Fine and Dara Goldsmith (Tyrell, Shafer, and Cahill were not
present). Hafter then said he will only represent Jason Hanson,
and his client could easily win a unanimous verdict today if he were
called as a witness and personally allowed to tell his story to any
jury.
Hearing all she needed to hear, Judge Dorsey ruled in favor of Hanson
thereby fulfilling his request to remand his case back to state court
and not honor the defendant's motions to dismiss their clients, or time
bar the case.
After the hearing, a court observer told Inside Vegas, "Mr. Hanson attending the hearing made all the difference in the world.You could feel the oxygen leave the room the moment Hanson rolled into court to take his place at the plaintiff's table."
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