Dear Officials,
I draw your attention to the statement in the link below, which claims that Justice Broderick is a “neutral” party.
Justice Broderick is the “Incorporator” of YouthWell Inc., New Hampshire, which lists as a partner resource, the DHHS – the very agency that is the respondent/defendant for each claim against the State. Other partner resources for his non-profit are organizations also tied to the DHHS and DCYF.
How is it possible that Justice Broderick did not declare this conflict of interest before he was appointed as the adjudicator for the claims?
It is not as though Justice Broderick has a flawless past either. I believe he was forced to resign from the Supreme Court over ethics issues before.
From all appearances it seems that there is a lot of self-dealing going on for the clique of lawyers, non-profits and judges while victims of YDC abuse have drawn the short straw.
There would be no YDC victims’ fund if not for David Meehan coming forward in 2017. The AGs office dismissed his claim for “Victim Negligence”. Then the AG’s ex partner from Nixon Peabody (David Vicinanzo) entered the picture and went with the Chair of the Judicial Selection Committee (Chuck Douglas) to lobby for the fund. The fund was approved and these attorneys and Shaheen & Gordon went on a shopping trip to lure in clients. But there was no interest in any kind of timely trials for alleged perpetrators of the abuse suffered by the children at YDC.
Judge Andrew Schulman also appears to be compromised from his statements following David Meehan’s trial. Instead of admonishing the lawyers for accepting communications from the jurors (forbidden per jury instructions), he wrote an opinion commending the integrity of the attorneys.
One year later, Meehan hasn’t received any payment despite an award of $38 million while his attorneys and others have profiteered off his story to collect clients for fast settlements from which they get paid quickly.
I understand that VOCA and VAWA funds go to attorneys to represent claimants of YDC abuse. If this is the case, why are attorneys also receiving a percentage of the settlement agreements? That would be double dipping.
Why is it acceptable for Joelle Wiggin to go straight from the AGs office and office of Victims’ Advocate to work for David Vicinanzo/Nixon Peabody against the State? Why are ABA Switching Side laws not applicable?
The bottom line is that there has been no oversight of how the funds have been spent because there was no vetting for conflicts of interest for the lawyers, non-profits, and judges involved.
It is shocking to see the carelessness with which our tax dollars are spent.
Email to the NH DOJ, Gov. Ayotte, Senator Carson, and a list of interested parties in the legislature and local media.
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