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Our Mission
There is a void in the market place for legal services. For the lawyers and law firms there is the prodigious and overwhelming presentation of advertisements. Curated, polished, often fallacious accolades of competency, capacity and the most outrageous claims, that of "compassionate" representation when in fact, the client, consumer is a product, a file number. You will never be presented with this side of the narrative as you search for legal representation in your most vulnerable time of need and your vulnerability and unsophistication with regard to jurisprudence is often exploited for the enrichment of the attorney, lawyer - law firm.
The voice of one crying in the wilderness
We've all had the experience. We retain an attorney, legal counsel at quite an expense whose ethics and credentials seemed exemplary and we deposited our trust into their hands.
However, at some time during the course of representation or thereafter the mask of the Greek Sophist begins to crack and we begin to see with clarity what it was in fact that we did retain. Often too late. Often to our own peril. Often without recourse or redress.
The relationship is not symbiotic, equitable fees for competent representation but rather, it is parasitic and once the host (that's us) has been exhausted we are discarded and the juris-exploiter moves on to their next victim. The primary tenet of their ontology is self enrichment at our expense. - It happens all too often. I know, I was a victim and it happened to me. Perhaps it happened to you.
Even now, in real time, I see it happening to others yet I am enjoined not to intervene nor interfere. It is like I, as a pedestrian standing at an intersection, watching an automobile collision about to happen and all I can do is gasp in despair of what is about to happen. (The particular attorney, client relationship I have in mind at this moment is a civil suit and because of the incompetence of two former defense attorneys that have withdraw representation, they left the client with a temporary restraining order, a contempt of court motion and a plausible threat of jail time. All of which could have been avoided.
And "the fixer", the attorney the defendant hired to clean up the mess, even that attorney filed a thirty three page (billable hours) motion that does not even address the most imminent threat of contempt of court..! She may not realize what they have done, the non-feasance and mis-feasance until it's too later.
Ironically, all three of these attorneys have exemplary credentials if you look only upon their social media presentation. - I have seen what goes on behind the curtain.
A call to action and a voice for the Juris Marginalized
In conclusion: The intent of this website, though it is now in the embryonic stage being but a few days published. is to give anyone and everyone who has been injured by the professional misconduct or legal malpractice of an attorney, lawyer or law firm a forum for their grievance. A forum where their mistreatment or maltreatment may be archived for perpetuity and will act as the counter-narrative to the multi-million dollar per year public relations machine. The intent is when a consumer doing due diligence in selecting legal representation for their cause and complain may have the full story, a comprehensive presentation of an attorney, lawyer or law firm that will enable them to be informed prior to the selection and retention of counsel.
Soon to come will be a form that an aggrieved party can complete naming the attorney, law firm, narrative of their complaint and supporting evidence. The idea is that when a consumer does a key word search for counsel that search engine results will present the counter-narrative in real time along with and for consideration to the curated advertisements that from my personal experience and investigation increasingly lack credibility. It is the information that many of us would have been well advantaged by if it had been available to us. Furthermore, the process of a formal and actionable bar complaint by a client can in itself be grievous and as a consequence many bar complaints are never submitted and a preponderance that are submitted are dismissed for various reasons leaving the attorney without consequences for their misconduct. This project intends to remedy that problem.
Bookmark this page and prepare upon the opportunity when presented to tell us your story. Tell other consumers your story.
Sincerely,
Albert B. Pepper - litigant pro se
Consumer Advocate - Citizen Journalist
It's an illusion
Attorneys, lawyers and law firms are like the iconic suburban household viewed from the street. Perhaps in West St. Louis County. Perhaps in the dynamically developing St. Charles County.
We see the home, the manicured lawn. The flower beds and a seasonal wreath or holidays greeting upon the door. We see the Volvo station wagon or the Mercedes G Wagon parked in the driveway and the well dressed children playing in the yard with their token Golden Retriever. Nothing could be more pristine and privileged.
Let's take a look inside - A case study.
After Anthony R. Friedman Missouri Bar # 65531 left the Simon Law Firm PC for "performance issues" as per the testimony of Timothy "Tim " Cronin, Mo. Bar # 63283 and fellow colleague Elizabeth S. Lenivy, Mo. Bar # 67885 it appears there were other behind the scenes discordant activities at the Simon Law Firm.
After the departure of Anthony R. Friedman two of his "colleagues" said directly to me with regard to Friedman while I was yet a plaintiff client of the Simon Law Firm P.C. -
Tim Cronin - "He lost seven out of eight cases he took to trial." This was captured in a telephone audio recording while I was in a conversation with Tim Cronin and Elizabeth C. McNulty discussing the status of the Case Pepper v. Gelfand. Case Number #19SL-CC04680
Elizabeth S. Lenivy - "He lost seven out of eight cases he took to trial and that is why he is no longer with the firm." This is a word verbatim quote of what Lenivy said directly to me during a trial prep. meeting.
Further insight into The Simon Law Firm P.C. -
Recently Simon Law Firm PC obtained a nuclear jury verdict in a medical malpractice, birth injury case for 48.1 million dollars: Anyan v Mercy Hospital . Case Number:
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Approximately 8 months before the case went to trial a corporation was formed on 8/13/2024 named K.K. Changes LLC - Charter # LC014569724, Registered agent: Scott. D. Levine.
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Approximately six weeks before the Anyan v Mercy case went to trial on 2/25/2025 the articles of incorporation for K.K. Changes LLC were amended naming Erica B. Slater, Mo. Bar # 63716 and Amy C. Gunn Mo. Bar # 45719 as registered agents.
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On the same date of 2/1/2025 a fictious name was registered: Gunn Slater. Owner(s) K.K. Changes LLC. Charter Number # X001828861
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You may infer what happened.
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Amy Gunn and Erica Slater who were lead counsel in the Anyan v Mercy Hospital complainnt and Gunn Slater walked out the door of the Simon Law Firm PC with the case file under their arm.
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A 48.1 million dollar case that Simon Law Firm PC financed the litigation thereof walked out the door of the Simon Law Firm PC and there was nothing absolutely nothing, that John G. Simon could do about it.
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It was the heist of the century.
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Congratulations John G. Simon "Super Lawyer", Tier 1 law firm, you let 48.1. million dollars and two of your best litigators walked out the door. Of course Simon did have in reserve his curated, public facing co-counsel Elizabeth S. Lenivy Mo. Bar # 67885 who he has been grooming to put a smile on it.(Wait until I give you my expose on her background. It's quite controversial.)
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It's called Karma and all John G. Simon could do was have his internal p.r. department write a few damage control press releases and put a smiley face on it. The reality is, is that the legal community is talking about it and the take away is.....
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They treated John G. Simon like a chump. The "Heels in the Court Room" crew walked out the door. They went Bye Bye on John G. Simons dime..!
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I've just pulled back the curtain and it is quite amusing.
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"I am the Franken-Client - Client Zero, the one that your law professor warned you about and I document everything." ~ Albert B. Pepper Jr.
Behold, the Malfeasors
Anthony R. Friedman Proto-Malfeasor
We want to hear your story tell us of your anguish
Elizabeth C. McNulty Successor-Malfeasor
Anthony R. Friedman personal injury attorney Mo Bar # 65531 formerly with Simon Law Firm P.C. St. Louis (Saint Louis) now d.b.a. Friedman Law LLC
Elizabeth C. McNulty Successor-Malfeasor
We want to hear your story tell us of your anguish
Elizabeth C. McNulty Successor-Malfeasor
Elizabeth C. McNulty personal injury attorney Mo Bar # 71957 currently with Simon Law Firm P.C. St. Louis (Saint Louis)
Yet to be Named Associate-Malfeasors
We want to hear your story tell us of your anguish
We want to hear your story tell us of your anguish
Associate counsel who aided and abetted the misconduct of Elizabeth C. McNulty is being withheld at this time, aggregating the evidence.
We want to hear your story tell us of your anguish
We want to hear your story tell us of your anguish
We want to hear your story tell us of your anguish
We have all had the experience, being the victims of an imbalance of attorney / client power dynamics and exploited.