A Cabinet full of the complaints against
ALJ Dan R. Hyatt
at the Oregon State Bar

• Feb 23, 2004  Our review of all the information submitted indicates there is credible evidence to support Ms. Pitman's allegations of (Dan R. Hyatt 's) misconduct.
   

• June 30, 2004 Dear Dan R. Hyatt .  Enclosed is correspondence from Sherri Warren regarding your conduct.  Pursuant to BR 2.5(a)(2) we are referring this matter to Disciplinary Counsel's Office for further consideration.
   

• July 14, 2004 Dear Dan R. Hyatt   Sherrie Warren has expressed concern about your conduct.  Ms. Warren and her mother raise ethical issues that you, as the Administrative Law Judge on Ms. Warren's social security case, scheduled a hearing not in the legitimate furtherance of the case, but rather in an effort to intimidate and threatened Ms. Warren, her mother, and her lawyer.
   

• August 17, 2004  Dan R. Hyatt , enclosed is correspondence from Tim Wilborn, Esq. regarding your conduct.
   

• October 8, 2002, affidavit of Alan Stuart Graf.  " told me that in close cases he ruled for claimant's whose attorneys he liked in contrast to ruling against claimants who were represented by attorneys whom ALJ Dan R. Hyatt did not like."
   

• February 23, 2004.  Dan R. Hyatt , enclosed is correspondence from Lynne Pittman regarding you conduct.  Our review of the information submitted indicates there is creditable evidence to support Ms. Pitman's allegations of (Dan R. Hyatt 's) misconduct.  Pursuant to BR 2.5(a)(2), we are referring this matter to the Disciplinary Counsel's Office for further consideration.

Daniel A. Bernath
Attorney at Law
Member United States Supreme Court Bar. Member California Bar
13500 SW Pacific PMB #202
Tigard, Oregon 97223
(503) 639 6666 ussyorktown@comcast.net

Regional Chief Judge of Social Security
Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Suite 2900
701 Fifth Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98104-7075

Dear Chief Judge:

I have obtained further records from the Oregon State Bar regarding the many complaints of the helpless, disabled Oregon and Washington State citizens that must encounter the anger, rage, bigotry, extra-judicial bias and unethical conduct of Dan R. Hyatt.

I have now obtained an October 8, 2002, affidavit of Alan Stuart Graf revealing Dan R. Hyatt admitting that he betrays his oath as administrative law judge by deciding cases because he likes or dislikes an attorney rather than because of the facts of the case.

As Dan R. Hyatt is cruel to all attorneys and claimants, it is impossible to know if an attorney is on his S list. Perhaps the only thing the Social Security Agency can do to protect these helpless claimants in Washington State and Oregon would be to publish a list of attorneys whom Dan R. Hyatt“liked” and “did not like” as a public service so claimants can consult the list when hiring a Social Security representative. From my observation, Dan R. Hyatt doesn’t like anyone, however.

I have previously provided you with a statement whereby Dan R. Hyatt calls a white woman married to a black man for twenty years, “WHITE TRASH” and says that he will rule against these disabled people because he has a problem with interracial couples and white people not married to other white people (and thus he is not ruling on the facts but on his own racial bigotry.)

I now supply you with many statements more plus a letter from the Oregon State Bar stating that their complaint file against your Dan R. Hyatt now totals NINE HUNDRED PAGES for what is perceived to be unethical conduct by Dan R. Hyatt. I suggest you get these 900 pages to properly evaluate Dan R. Hyatt’s unfitness to serve in such an important job affecting so many helpless people.

As per law and regulation, please refer these matters to the proper authorities for Dan R. Hyatt’s employment termination so that Dan R. Hyatt’s bigotry and extra-judicial bias will no longer be visited upon the vulnerable disabled people of Oregon and Washington State.

Respectfully,

Daniel A. Bernath Attorney at Law