At last, to my friends on FidoNet, I am breakinmg my over two year silence 
regarding the vile judiciary mistreatment which has led to the destruction of 
my law practice. A few misinformed persons have periodically ranted on 
various FidoNet echos, gloating about, and mischaracterizing what has been 
done through judicial misconduct, to deprive my many valued clients of my 
services.  The following is a news release dated 10/18/95, following my 
receipt of the 10/17/95 appellate decision, 1 CA-CV 93-0547, Arizona Court of 
Appeals, Division One, which was initiated in September 1993, was fully 
briefed as of May 1994 after my unlawful incarceration, and which languished 
for eighteen months before being placed before the panel.
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NEWS RELEASE - PHOENIX AZ  - OCTOBER 18, 1996
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ATTORNEY HIRSCHFELD VINDICATED ON APPEAL;
ALL OF JUDGE ALFRED ROGERS' ACTIONS OVERTURNED
 
In an eight page unanimous decisioon, a three-judge appellate panel has found 
that Judge Alfred Rogers had no jurisdiction for any of the decisions and 
orders in 1993 and 1994 against Attorney Robert A. Hirschfeld and his client, 
Clint Taliaferro.
 
Hirschfeld, the Appellate Court ruled, had properly disqualified Rogers at 
the very beginning of Rogers' handling of the case. Rogers, the record shows, 
refused to honor the disqualification. Subsequently, Rogers fined Hirschfeld 
$20,000 for keeping confidential that Taliaferro had "taken an overdose of 
prescription medication". After the appeal was filed, Rogers put out a 
warrant for Hirschfeld's arrest, causing the lawyer to be incarcerated for 
thirty hours in a "debtor's prison" effort to collect the $20,000 money 
judgment, and triggering the collapse of Hirschfeld's law practice. 
Imprisonment for debt is prohibited by the Arizona Constitution.
 
Hirschfeld has filed a Four Million Dollar Civil Rights lawsduit personally 
against Rogers in the United States District Court in Phoenix. According to 
Federal Ninth Circuit case law, "A judge who acts without jurisdiction loses 
all claim to immunity." The state appellate victory therefore deprives Rogers 
of what was expected to be his main defense in the Federal lawsuit.
 
Hirschfeld's aggressive tactics on behalf of fathers have also led to his 
being charged with, and convicted of, allegedly "harassing a woman in the 
courthouse," upon which he was suspended from practice. The conviction was 
affirmed, but is the subject of a new Petition for Review before the Arizona 
Supreme Court. Hirschfeld denies harassment. According to Hirschfeld, the 
woman's own testimony showed that his only words to her in the courthouse 
incident were, consistent with his duty to his client, to twice ask her, 
"Where are you hiding my client's child?"
 
Judge Norman Hall, whose court chambers are next door to those of Alfred 
Rogers, took over many of Rogers' cases. Hall charged Hirschfeld in March 
1995 with criminal contempt for "offending the dignity of the court." 
Hirschfeld questions whether a court which habitually exhibits bias against 
fathers is "dignified," and believes lawyers have a duty to challenge 
judicial genderism.
 
The State Bar of Arizona has taken the position that some of Hirschfeld's 
former clients, who dismissed him as a result of publicity or 
non-availability arising from Judge Rogers' actions, should receive refunds 
despite each having entered into a non-refundable attorney agreement. 
Hirschfeld alleges that the real source for depriving his clients of their 
lawyer was the judicial misconduct of Alfred Rogers, and the wrongful stance 
of the State Bar. Hirschfeld urges that Rogers personally, or the State Bar, 
be ordered to compensate each of the deprived clients.
 
Hirschfeld is now working, during his suspension, with a new organizatyion, 
"HOW2", to teach litigants how to represent themselves in court without a 
loawyer. HOW2 prepares litigation documents having the aggr4essive flavor for 
which Hirschfeld became known
 
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