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- Stephen “Bowtie” Stubbs just got benchslapped by a federal judge in Arizona. In the August 25, 2014, order issued by Judge Paul B. Rosenblatt in case No. CV-13-08192-PCT-PGR, the senior status judge deftly denied Stubb’s Motion for Rule 60(b) relief on behalf of Plaintiff Sons of Hell Motorcycle Club. He wrote:
Not only is Mr. Stubbs’ failure to understand and abide by applicable procedural rules
“one of the least compelling excuses that can be offered” to support a Rule 60(b)
motion, Pincay, 389 F.3d at 859; see also, Dela Rosa v. Scottsdale Memorial Health
Systems, Inc., 136 F.3d 1241, 1244 (9th Cir.1998) (“The fact that an attorney’s
federal practice is rare or infrequent, however, is no excuse for ignoring the rules of
[the] court.”), the plaintiffs’ underlying contention that Mr. Stubbs “is new to Federal
procedures and duties of civil procedure when a motion is filed by another party” is
at the very least a prevarication that represents an unacceptable lack of candor.
- Judicial candidate Jacob Hafter is keeping himself in the news by asking federal prosecutors in Nevada to take over an investigation into the shooting of a man by BLM officials at Red Rock earlier this year. [Las Vegas Sun]
- The ACLU of Nevada wants the Attorney General to issue an opinion on the Clark County DA’s practice of paying rent for witnesses. [RJ]
- It looks like the strongest contenders to be Las Vegas’ first major league team will be either from the NHL or MLS. Yesterday, it was announced that the City has reached a deal with a private partnership to build a downtown soccer stadium provided that the MLS award a team to Las Vegas. Meanwhile, Sports Illustrated is reporting that NHL expansion to Las Vegas is a ‘done deal.’
Stubbs is going down fast! Being called a "liar" by a Federal Judge is not a great boost for your career, nor is appealing a guilty conviction for battery in Boulder City, trying to negotiate an agreement on an obstruction charge in Clark County, trying to defend a malpractice claim for millions (after this ruling no defense is possible) and was recently sued by attorney Mark Coburn for assaulting one of his staff and breach of contract. Karma "Bow-Tie" Karma LMAO
Stubbs should be awarded the legal version of the Darwin Award. He is nothing more than a publicity whore who prances around in his bow tie trolling for tickets he can fix. His attempt at a comedy career is the only thing funny about his act.
I caught Stubbs act on YouTube and I guarantee you Stubbs had no idea when he was bending over taking it from behind from someone he refers to as "Jesus" that a Federal Judge would be sticking it to him too!
Wow! Hafter AND Stubbs in the news on the same day! The circus must be in town, because two of its clowns have escaped …
What he said.
As far as the professional sports franchises coming to LV, I'll believe it when I get stuck in the traffic it will create. LV is always a bridesmaid, never a bride when it comes to this stuff. Hope I'm wrong.
I'm not sure an NHL team would fly here. Also not sure how MLS will do in an outdoor stadium in August. NFL or NBA would be completely different story.
Agree with 10:01. The NBA is the best fit for Vegas, really. The hold up previously has been David Stern's unyielding hatred/aversion for all things Vegas, which apparently was solidified by some problems with the 2006 All-Star game, held here. Maybe Adam Silver has different feelings about the city. That said, Seattle gets an NBA team before any other city, including Vegas. I don't know enough about MLS to comment on whether it would be a good fit here. Maybe? Who knows. And don't NFL teams generally need a slightly larger market? Isn't Vegas something like the 33rd biggest media market in the country right now? If I remember correctly, it's about the same size as the Salt Lake market, which really isn't very big.
Was going to say I'll believe it when I am sitting in one of the seats, but Anonymous at 9:44 AM put it much better than I was going to.
Unless something has changed in the last 10 years or so, a study released in about 2000 showed that no municipality that put money into a stadium for a sports franchise has ever made money off of it and many lost their figurative shirt on the deal. I read somewhere this soccer stadium would be funded 75% by the city. Hope the study was wrong or the city is in for some rough financial times. Assuming the city is actually putting that kind of money into the venture I guess they (the politicians voting for this) learned nothing from the failed financial investments in hotels back in the late 80's early 90's.
Stubbs is a buddy of mine. He is a good father, community member, and yes, attorney. It makes me sad to see him get beat up like this.
Your buddy beats himself up, sorry.
This is not about whether he is a good father or community member. I have no doubt he is. He seems like a nice enough guy. The problem is with regard to whether he is a good attorney. He is consistently and purposely getting media attention related to his practice, along with which comes additional scrutiny. Having a judge accuse an attorney of a lack of candor is noteworthy and something people should be aware of. Perhaps you think he is a good lawyer and you want to use his services, Other potential clients may not know him as well as you and may want to think twice because of stuff like this.
Yeah. In this context, I think it is literally referred to as the clown "punching the clown."
There ain't no such thing as bad publicity.
Really……a buddy? You must not have been one of the victims of Stubbs attacks. He targeted several people in Boulder City for nothing more than to promote his own agenda. Do you feel sorry for the BC resident he sucker punched and suffered a broken eye socket? How about the estate that trusted him to advise them on legal issues that are now suffering millions in financial damage because of his bad advice? Are you feeling sorry for attorney Coburn's employee Stubbs allegedly assaulted? I'm sure you must have some compassion for the members of the Sons of Hell? After all Stubbs claims that these members of the OMG's are all good family men. These so called "good family men" just got screwed over by him. Stubbs deserves everything he is getting because he brought it all on himself. He can't blame anyone (although he tries) on what is happening to him. By the way what community is Stubbs a good member of? In 2009 he and his wife filed for Bankruptcy and stiffed creditors for hundreds of thousands of their debt and then started his law practice a few weeks later. Nothing about any of this is good. I personally hope a bar complaint is filed by the Sons of Hell or the attorneys defending his BS case in Arizona and he gets disbarred. I hope all the people suing him get justice. If I were you I'd look for a new "buddy."
I would like to thank the judge, jury and almighty God for posting this.
Man you have some anger issues. The guy represents a biker gang – who cares. I have always heard he was an excellent tax attorney. If he is not good, then who is? Just because he got sued for malpractice does not make it true, does it? Moreover, every attorney in town has committed malpractice at some time or another, but we have all been lucky enough to be able to fix it or not get sued. It is called "practicing" law for a reason. Out of curiosity, how did he commit malpractice?
Ignoring a motion to dismiss that gets your client's potentially meritorious claim dismissed? Kind of the definition of malpractice.
Take a look at the quotes from the AZ case below. It is clear that Stubbs was not qualified to take on the case and/or was not familiar enough with the law and rules of procedure to competently represent his client.
He committed malpractice because of his failure to provide legal services that meet the required standard of care, skill, and diligence he owed to his client, which resulted in damages (i.e. dismissal of a potentially valid claim) to his client. Plus, it doesn't help that a federal judge flat out called him a liar.
BTW, I am not 10:56, but I feel his pain. At some point, these types of lawyers like Stubbs, Hafter, Goldberg, Levinson, etc. become such an embarrassment to themselves and the legal profession that it is difficult to accept.
Obviously he wasn't such a good tax attorney because he neglected to advise his clients correctly on a ten million dollar estate and now they are getting nailed for millions in taxes. As far as all attorneys committing malpractice speak for yourself. I'm not familiar with anyone I know being called a liar by a Federal Judge (not saying there isn't any). Stubbs has an insatiable need for attention and has had no problem going after respectable professionals to seek attention. I for one am happy to see this guy get nailed.
Malpractice case: Mother and Son went to Stubbs regarding estate planning and taxes after Father died. Mother subsequently died as well. No return was filed for the father, Stubbs' advised client that no estate return should be filed on the dad. Stubbs' ignored the laws regarding portability, causing 3-4 mill in taxes. He allegedly told the client's wife he was unaware of the "new" law that had been in effect for awhile and was extended at the end of 2012. He or the accountant didn't file the return in time and the client lost the ability to use that benefit.
STEPHEN STUBBS SONS OF HELL AZ JUDGE RULING
If you want to read the entire ruling go to Boulder City Political Forum
Post: 23538 Aug.26, 2014
Stubbs responds by accusing the poster of being law enforcement stating:
"I think we have a smoking gun of the fact that Tracey Spencer is affiliated with law enforcement. Might give a you a glimpse into Tracey Spencer's intentions here."
I was laughing so hard when I read this…………..he actually thinks he is so important that law enforcement has nothing better to do than post a court ruling on a board. The only smoking gun in this whole fiasco for Stubbs may be from the Sons of Hell. HAHAHAHAHA
OMG!! I couldn't care less about the Stubbs v. Spencer lady fight, but the opinion from the AZ court will likely cost Stubbs' malpractice carrier some serious cash.
First, Motion to Dismiss filed on 1/2/14. Stubbs and his co-counsel never respond. The court notes, "Since the defendants’ motion to dismiss was premised in part on a standing-related lack of subject matter jurisdiction argument, the plaintiffs had thirty days after service to respond to the motion. LRCiv 12.1(b). The Court waited four months after the plaintiffs’ response was due before granting the motion to dismiss, during which time the plaintiffs did nothing of record."
Second, Plaintiffs use the old, "their failure to respond to the motion to dismiss was caused by Stephen Stubbs’ 'inexperience in Arizona and Federal judicial procedures'" argument, which the Court didn't buy.
Third, "they state that no response was filed to the defendants’ motion to dismiss
because Mr. Stubbs’ law practice started as a tax law-only practice and he is “now
starting to work on personal injury and civil rights matters,” he “is new to Federal
procedures and duties of civil procedure when a motion is filed by another party,” he
“was not aware of all the technicalities of responding to a formal Motion to Dismiss,”
and he “is not specifically aware of Arizona and Federal rules of procedure.” How could he admit that – he just gave them their malpractice suit.
"It is clear, as the defendants correctly detail, that Mr. Stubbs well knew during the
relevant time period that a motion to dismiss required a written response and that the
failure to respond could result in the summary granting of the motion."
"in the Southern Nevada Confederation of Clubs case entered an
order on June 26, 2013 that granted the defendants’ motion to strike the plaintiffs’
second amended complaint due to Mr. Stubbs’ failure to file an opposition to the
motion."
"While [Stubbs'] decision to forgo a written response to the motion to dismiss in favor of presenting the plaintiffs’ opposition through oral argument at a non-scheduled hearing certainly amounts to an unaccountable lapse in basic legal knowledge …"
TRAIN WRECK!!!!!
Why not do what every other attorney in town does and blame it on a "calendaring" error? Or "my secretary misplaced the documents"?
STUBBS RESPONSE ON THE BC POLITICAL FORM………SCARY!
23555Re: [bouldercitypoliticalforum] STEPHEN STUBBS SONS OF HELL AZ JUDGE RULING
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TaxlawyerstubbsToday at 6:25 AM
Tracey,
A few questions for you:
In the Arizona case, who was primary counsel?
Who filed the complaint?
In the Arizona case, who entered in as counsel from out of state to help out?
Didn't the Arizona Judge address Mr Seplow?
When primary counsel is supposed to do something and doesn't, and won't communicate with anyone about it, what should secondary counsel do? (Maybe file a motion and try to fix it).
In my emails, did I accuse you of "being law enforcement" or being "affiliated with law enforcement"?
Aren't those 2 different things?
Aren't you affiliated with law enforcement and/or communication with them?
Isn't that completely relevant to a situation where someone (you) takes every opportunity to creepily stalk all if my actions (every court filing, every Facebook action, monitoring all public records for any chance to say something negative) and try to find fault in everything I do?
If you really wanted to research the Mark Coburn issue, you should probably research his history. Have you?
There are many case filing regarding Mark Coburn and Scott Holper.
Have you looked into that? Or is it not necessary because that would make bad-mouthing me more difficult?
Scott Holper alleges that Mark Coburn and his staff (the same accusers in my case) staged and manufactured a fake crime (death threats) because of a legal dispute. There are eerily similar facts to my case. Did you know about this?
You would also find the Mark Coburn was caught vandalizing Scott Holper's billboards during the legal fight. That is the character of the person making those crazy accusations against me. Mark Coburn is currently facing Gross Misdemeanor charges for this. Have you looked into this?
Tracey- Now let's see if you actually answer the questions and respond honestly, or if you will continue to ignore reasonable discussion and simply continue your mission to bad-mouth me at all costs (damn the truth).
Stephen Stubbs
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…………..that's all folks!
That is scary. As I was thinking about this issue last night (yes, my life is really boring), I thought that with all of the talk of malpractice, we kinda missed the fact that Stubbs screwed up a case for a bunch of bikers called the Sons of Hell.
He will be lucky if all they do is sue him for malpractice. But, I have a feeling these guys are not so nice (again, they are the Sons of Hell), and they might actually, physically harm Stubbs. Maybe I have seen too many reality shows about biker gangs, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Sons of Hell take matters into their own hands.
Now, I know Stubbs personally, and even though I think he is a complete tool, I do not wish him physical harm, but I am nervous that the Sons of Hell might say damn the law let's take care of this ourselves. Just a thought.
I will keep my opinions on Stubbs character to myself. He has on the past sued someone who posted something negative about him on the boulder city political forum. He is great at defaming people but cannot take criticism. He is strong arming Tracey Spencer so he (or she) will stop posting. That is the way he does things. As one previous blogger said, he is a. "Tool".
But the issue of what happened in the federal case is a much more important matter than whether Stubbs is a jerk personally. Our profession is based on truth and honesty; candor to the court. We are supposed to tell the truth and if we do ( the facts are not on our side ) so be it. But we are not supposed to fabricate. I read one post that made it sound as if all of us have committed malpractice, and I take offense to that. If we are going to say that mediocre practice of law is acceptable then we must accept that we have a substandard bar. My husband and I have been practicing law for a combined 65 years and have never committed malpractice and we have never seen a judge Slapp someone like this. But then again I have never read a brief where a lawyer admits to not knowing the law or the procedure involved only to have evidence presented that he did the same law and procedure in the past. Bug that is Stubbs for you !
In my opinion Stubbs has no character. Our profession is based on truth and honesty; candor to the court. I predict this is the beginning of the end for his legal career. As the previous poster said Stubbs clients the Sons of Hell "aren't so nice."
If retard Stubbs sues me, I'll beat his ass.
this is a area that should be discussed on this blog everybody should start exposing those attorneys that forget what candor to the court is about, lack of candor to the court degrades our proffession.
In my opinion, I can think of some in Clark County all graduates of the Cooley Law School and one is running for a family court judge seat. Two in my opinion that lack candor to the court are Jason Stoffel and Wendy Kazel
$20 says 7:35 AM and 7:38 AM is the same person and is not an attorney. I'm strangely fascinated by his/her dual personality disorder and its obsession with Stoffel/Kazel
Wendy Get a life and read this will you:
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if you ruin somesones life through perjury and they went to spend the rest of their life to ruin you with the truth is that not called justice. thats what law is about simply put justice. As long as it is carried out legally, let the punishment fit the crime.
…and, of course, the NHL denies the whole thing. You can set your watch by this stuff. Regular as clockwork.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/aug/27/nhl-expansion-rumors-las-vegas-there/