Misplaced Priorities

We know many law firms have a wide range of specialties and employ lawyers who are versed in the services for their target clientele. You don't want someone who does corporate stuff trying a personal injury case, or a personal injury attorney doing tax law.

So why is an FOP labor attorney doing auto liens?

• We have John buying his girlfriend [...] a $7,200 shitbox. Said shitbox winds up with a lien on the title, so off to court they go to get it removed. And who shows up to represent her?

  Our labor attorney.

  Carson Fallo—the same Carson Fallo who has appeared on behalf of Lodge 7 in federal court and filed papers for the Lodge before the U.S. Supreme Court—is the attorney representing John's girlfriend in her petition to remove the lien and obtain clean title.

  Meanwhile, there are dues-paying Lodge 7 members who have been denied legal defense or told they're on their own.The real insult isn't the $7,200 shitbox. It's that dues-paying members have been denied legal defense while the President's non-member girlfriend is represented by the same attorney retained to represent Lodge 7. Whose interests are our dues are actually paying to protect.

  Members who pay nearly $1,000 a year in dues have been denied representation for follow up interviews at IAD, while the President's girlfriend—who is a civilian—has unlimited access to our attorneys.

Maybe this guy did auto liens before he got assigned the FOP account with Baum Sigman Auerbach and Neuman? But we're imagining that the FOP pays far more that people contesting auto liens against the Secretary of State. Maybe a junior associate could have handled this, especially if there's a question about legal representation to FOP members.

The case is #2026CH06005 being heard in Room 2405 of the Daley Center.