Daniel A. Bernath
Attorney at Law

Member United States Supreme Court Bar. Member California Bar

13500 SW 99W #202
Tigard, Oregon 97223
(503) 639 6666
ussyorktown@comcast.net

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Oregon State Bar-Disciplinary

Dear Disciplinary Counsel:

This complaint is regarding Dan R. Hyatt , Oregon State Bar, Active member 782524. This complaint is written to you not in Dan R. Hyatt ’s role as an administrative law judge (hereinafter ALJ) but because of his “Active” membership in the Oregon Bar.

To maintain has employment as an ALJ he must be in good standing with one of the 50 states bar association. Therefore, Social Security views him as an attorney at law and he must maintain his law license with the Oregon State Bar by complying with its Rules of Professional Conduct. If Dan R. Hyatt is suspended or disbarred by the Oregon State Bar and is a member of no other bar, he would thus be disqualified to be an administrative law judge. Therefore, the Social Security Administration looks to the Oregon State Bar to enforce its rules against Oregon State Bar member Dan R. Hyatt .

In his job description an ALJ represents the rights of the claimant and of the United States. It is a hybrid job of disability determination and Oregon attorney at law. He is empowered to enter into negotiation with the attorney for claimant to resolve a claim and to protect the rights of claimant by preparing a complete record, etc.

Dan R. Hyatt regularly holds hearings in the federal building in Vancouver Washington. He uses the Courtroom used by the United States Federal Judges and Dan R. Hyatt sits under the Seal of the US District Court (similar to the seal in this picture) even though several bankruptcy trustee hearing rooms are available and open for his use but the ambiance is not as intimidating to claimants and might defeat his goal of misrepresentation.

 

No claimant that I am aware of has requested that a hearing be held in Vancouver Washington when the Portland Office of Disability Determination has so many amenities for claimants. The Portland ODAR is a mere 15 minute drive from where Dan R. Hyatt insists on holding many of his hearings, has no handicapped restrooms and no conference rooms for clients and attorneys to meet before the hearing. Dan R. Hyatt apparently uses this setting so that he may perpetuate this misrepresentation and for no other reason.

Dan R. Hyatt is an administrative law judge which gives him the position of merely a semi-independent, inferior hearing officer regarding only whether a claimant meets Social Security rules for disability. Dan R. Hyatt makes this fraud that he is in fact an US Constitution Article III judge to to discourage claimants from filing an appeal against him in the REAL US District Court because frightened claimants, after having been verbally abused by under the banner of the US District Court, thus believe that Dan R. Hyatt is a US District Judge and their case has already been decided by a US District Judge and it is futile to appeal his biased decisions. (The US Supreme Court has held that ALJs were intended to be merely a "special class of semi-independent subordinate hearing officers.,'" not on par with Article III federal judges. Ramspeck v. Fed Trial Examrs. Conf. 345 US 128, 132 (1953) (citing Legislative History of the Administrative Procedure Act).

Dan R. Hyatt wears a judicial robe, even though he is not authorized to wear this judicial garb and was not issued one by his employer the Social Security Administration and his duties are a continuation of the Disability Determination Services and those personnel do not wear judicial robes. A large number of administrative law judges also do not wear robes (which must be purchased by the ALJ‘s with his own money and is therefore a "rent a robe."

I have appeared at several hearings before Dan R. Hyatt and he never announces to anyone that he is NOT a United States District Court judge. My claimants are very intimidated by this fraud by your bar member Dan R. Hyatt . Dan R. Hyatt is perpetuating this misrepresentation/fraud upon the claimants in violation of Oregon State Bar rule 8.4

(a) (3) It is a professional misconduct for a lawyer to: (a) engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s fitness to practice law and (4) engage in conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice.

Respectfully,

Daniel A. Bernath

Daniel A. Bernath

Attorney at Law

 

 

# For a true Title II judge or judge of the State of California, membership in the State Bar is incompatible with the judicial duties and judges in California and Constitutionally created federal judges are NOT members of the local state bar associations. Unlike an ALJ, these judges do not have hybrid duties.

# Bankruptcy division.

# 15 minutes Total Estimated Distance: 9.4 miles. In contrast, claimant’s who live in Seaside Oregon must travel to Portland, some reporting that the trip takes several hours. Therefore, Dan R. Hyatt is holding hearings in Vancouver for his own personal reasons. The ODAR office has at least 3 conference rooms for attorneys and claimants to meet. At the Vancouver Federal Building there is none and claimants and their attorneys are reduced to traveling several blocks to use a public café in the Clark County courthouse. Furthermore, there are no handicapped restrooms at the Vancouver Federal Building but at the Portland ODAR there are at least two-something that is necessary for disabled Social Security claimants.

# This is contrasted with judges in the California Court system who are required by law to wear a judicial robe.

 

Dan R.Hyatt
is a member of the Oregon Bar. 
He must be a member of the bar to be eligible to be an administrative law judge. 
He currently is employed by the Social Security Administration as an administrative law judge out of the Portland Oregon ODAR.

Official Documents--Dan Hyatt takes "government property, has a problem with interracial couples", exposes secret social security numbers to strangers of claimants, calls an attorney "an asshole", calls another attorney "a moron", Dan Hyatt is a "bald faced liar", misrepresents that he is a US District Court judge, uses intimidation, anger and verbal abuse against helpless Social Security disabled claimants, threatens disabled US veteran with assault, say privileged documents.


The following are complaints to the Oregon State Bar
or other privileged documents: