Jim Sharpe exposes disciplinary judge who disbarred Andrew Thomas

Dixon discovered that O’Neil arranged for a short sale of his mother-in-law’s home to his business partner. Meanwhile, his mother-in-law continued to live in the home and still does to this day.  O’Neil bought the home back and became 50% co-owner with his mother-in-law. At the same time, he took out a hefty loan from the credit union where Dixon’s ex-wife worked. All the liens on the home were forgiven. How many of us regular people get to save our homes like that? Complaints have been filed with the Arizona real estate commission and the FHSA, which has assigned it a case number.

Dixon used to take junk to a dump his mother-in-law had on the property. She charged members of the public money to dump garbage there. Turned out it was an illegally operated dump, and taxpayers ended up footing the bill to clean it up!

O’Neil has been presiding over disciplinary hearings of lawyers in Arizona. He sits on a panel composed of another attorney and a member of the public. But the rest of these panels are not independent and unbiased! Robert Gallo has sat on a hearing panel with O’Neil, and is listed as a public member from Maricopa County. But he is not from Maricopa County, he is O’Neil’s NEIGHBOR in Pinal County! He is a friend of O’Neil, not an unbiased member of the public. All of the attorneys who have been the victim of O’Neil’s power trips against attorneys should have retrials with a different judge and an unbiased panel.

When Dixon tried to seek recourse through the legal system, he was told privately by prominent attorneys that he would never get a fair trial in the courts as long as O’Neil was around. The only way he would ever get justice would be to publicly expose O’Neil. So far Dixon has not had much success. One of the local TV stations looked into his story, but backed off, obviously scared of taking on the powerful judiciary. The station told Jim Sharpe they were going to have to consult with their attorneys, and warned Sharpe that he better too!

Dixon contacted the organization Arizona Attorneys Against Corrupt Professional Regulation, and they told him this was typical corruption by the regulatory disciplinary agency in power.

At the end of the show, Dixon asks why Carmen Chenal’s license to practice law was reinstated, while virtually every other attorney who has been disciplined by O’Neil has not been able to get their license reinstated. After having her license to practice law suspended for multiple ethical violations in 2005, O’Neil reinstated her, and she was given a high-level position at the Attorney General’s Office by Tom Horne making $108,000. She is allegedly a mistress of Tom Horne. Tom Horne had a hit and run accident outside of her apartment. Was there a quid pro quo going on with Horne that we don’t know about?

American Post-Gazette wants to know: When is this corrupt judge going to be removed from office?

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