SCUMBAG
This is an excellent article, everyone should read it. The facts show how an attorney can manipulate the legal system. How an unethical attorney can bend the rules and even present false evidence. It also presents a picture about judicial appointments and then professes that no conflict of interest exists while our common sense suspects potential favoritism among Judges and attorneys. It shows greed and a disdain for a true sense of justice. More than anything else it puts a spotlight on an attorney that would seek to take an innocent 98 year old woman’s house while she is battling dementia.
Baldwin County attorney James Pittman is infamous for using “creative” avenues in arguing cases but this case shows just how low he will go. Pittman is well known for ignoring emails and phone calls from tenants and clients.
He, Pittman, ran for and was elected the representative of the Baldwin County Bar Association to the Baldwin Judicial Commission, the five-member panel that selects nominees for appointment to vacant judicial positions. This makes him the only practicing attorney on the commission, which is headed by Baldwin County Presiding Circuit Court Judge Clark Stankoski. Pittman is also assigned to Stankoski’s courtroom as an indigent defense attorney and frequently practices before him in civil litigation as well.
Pittman submitted the appointment for Judge Brackin and within 6 months the case against Paul Shalhoub was assigned to Judge Brackin.
Pittman is trying to take an old lady’s house because he says she is a partner in Pirate Paul’s, which he has never been. However Pittman has not paid SERVPRO but tried to pass the bill on to Mediacom. Lagniappe caught him on that. I hope the judge also addresses this in court.
The motion goes on to state: “Put simply, Pittman stated that he believed SERVPRO’s bill was inflated, but he knowingly used it along with his own expert’s admittedly inflated bill to coerce payment from Mediacom under the pretense of paying SERVPRO while never actually paying SERVPRO a cent for its two-and-a-half weeks of work that clearly improved and benefited the Southland Properties and helped the businesses occupying those units. Servepro is asking not only for a new trial, but for the $35,106.38 the company claims it is owed, more than $2,600 in interest and nearly $29,000 in attorneys fees — almost $67,000.
Now Pittman would call this fraud if it were you or I !
Whenever an LLC application is done online, the system accepts whatever is typed in the title box. Additionally, there is not a particular requirement that we have concerning titles for LLCs, only that one is included,” Andrea Williams, assistant director, Secretary of State Business Services Division told Lagniappe. “With that being said, we are not legal professionals and cannot give legal advice, so I cannot speak to the legality of having ‘Big Cheese’ as a title on an LLC formation. Although, the individual filing the paperwork is generally considered the organizer.
I called the Sec, of State and inquired about the use of Big Cheese and was told it was perfectly acceptable. If the title was not acceptable then the applicant would be notified. If the title was acceptable and the fee was paid then there was no problem. Pittman knows this and the Judge sure as hell could check it out with one phone call.
Pittman protects his interests using LLC’s at the same time he attempts to discredit someone else use of an llc.
Attorney James Pittman should not be confused with his brother Tripp Pittman who was the trustee of BP funds that he ended up self dealing to himself to a tune of approximately 750 thousand dollars. Some may say the apple doesn’t fall from the tree.
CONSUMERS BEWARE OF ATTORNEY James Pittman and Southland properties llc.