Lawyer steals little boy's dog. How can a grown man be such a CREEP?

[redqueen]

This atty (James Foley) found a kid's dog and took it home, and now he refuses to give it back. And from comments he made to the author of this article, it's apparent that he's only doing it to spite the kid's father.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-0502090277feb09,1,5569326.column?coll=chi-news-hed">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-0502090277feb09,1,5569326.column?coll=chi-news-hed

I found the law firm's e-mail and phone number posted on another site, but I'm not going that far here.

However, all the information about the firm this jerkface works at is publicly available, should you be so inclined as to ask about why they're defending such a cruel, heartless person.

[Kikosexy2]

1. Get...

that Bitch!!

[redqueen]

2. Aww crap

I better change that. :eyes:

On edit... I'm taking out 'dickhead', too... just in case!

[SW FL Dem]

61. UPDATE

The lead story on the local news was the return of the dog to his owners. The owners were interviewed, the lawyer returned to Chicago.

[Bunny]

3. Another bonehead.

edit: Here's the web page of that prestigious law firm. Can you pick the guy out?

http://www.felahfd.com/

[loudestchick]

8. upper right corner?

[redqueen]

13. You can find a profile of Mr. I Steal Kids' Dogs here

http://www.felahfd.com/HFD2/profiles.htm

...about halfway down the page...

[smirkymonkey]

60. And his e-mail address in case you want to drop him a line!

Typical bottomfeeder.

[Kali]

4. What an asshole.

That's all that I can think. Jerk.

[lpbk2713]

5. Ninety-nine percent of all lawyers

give the other one percent a bad name.

He probably thought the dog could help him chase ambulances.

[egoprofit]

6. why would he do that? oh yeah he's a lawyer...

just like how lawyers defends murderes and etc.. (oj simpson)...

[solinvictus]

7. Ummmm...

in the words of Dr. Gonzo, even a fucking werewolf is entitled to legal counsel.

[blueknight]

12. he never had

but needs his ass whipped

[egoprofit]

21. some lawyers will defend even if they know a client is guilty..

that's really what i'm talking about...

[miss_kitty]

30. "some lawyers will defend even if they know a client is guilty.."

IT'S THEIR FUCKING JOB...and a right guaranteed ALL OF US (though not so much lately) by the Constitution.

[miss_kitty]

11. "oh yeah he's a lawyer...just like how lawyers defends murderes and etc.."

so you are saying that lawyers are wrong to offer defence to the accused? to the convicted deserving appeals?
Christ, I had it all wrong about that Constitution and Bill of Rights thingy all along :shrug: I always thought that people in this country had a right to defence, representation in court, due process and etc...

[egoprofit]

17. apparently people have the right to be a smart ass too...

[miss_kitty]

28. I don't recall saying the right to be a smart ass had been rescinded

I saw your statement as a slam on attys who have to do a job, sometimes whether they like to or not, and it is a typical statement of those from the dark side who think the only thing in the Bill of Rights is the 2nd Amendment, pal.

If that was a joke from the smart assed side of you, then my apologies for seeming not amused. If it came from the dumb assed side of you, then wise up

:hi:

[egoprofit]

32. the bottom line is...

i appreciate your input and respect your opinion.

[StopTheMorans]

18. wow, great logic. you're so right, the world would be a better place

without lawyers :eyes:

[GCP]

9. Google the firm - Hoey and Farina

Here's my e-mail:

I certainly hope that by the time this has been printed in the Chicago Tribune and all over the internet, you might have found the time to advise Mr. Foley that the attending publicity is absolutely horrendous for your firm.

Possession may be 9/10 of the law, but the scumbag currently employed by you obviously has never had a child who has lost a beloved pet.

Your best bet as an organization is to fly the dog back at your (or Foley's) expense and publish a huge mea culpa in the Trib.

The internet is watching.

xxx xxxxxxxxx

[Worst Username Ever]

29. Well written, thanks n/t

[LoZoccolo]

10. I'm actually on the lawyer's side now.

That's fucked up, writing a letter to someone's employer and fucking with their job and calling the police just because they didn't get a call back (which he eventually did and still got threatened with the police). They should change their tack and write an apology to the law firm for writing a defamatory letter, or else the lawyer should sue the guy who wrote it for defamation.

Too bad the kid has to suffer cuz his dad is acting like a hard-ass. The dad probably was trying to put up this big front and overreacted with this police thing, and now the kid suffers for it (as kids often do for their parents' actions). I just hope the kid finally gets to know who's fault it really is.

[GCP]

14. Jeez - you piss me off with all the Oasis crap and now this?

Pulleeze, the lawyer is a scumbag asshole of the first order. If his firm have any sense, they'll get the dog back to the kid as fast as they can.

[redqueen]

15. Torturing a kid for spite is wrong.

I don't care how many excuses you come up with.

[LoZoccolo]

19. I agree.

The dad doesn't seem to see this, though.

[redqueen]

22. .

:eyes:

[LoZoccolo]

16. Also...

...I hope they sue the journalist and all the people who are writing letters to the law firm for harassment.

[GCP]

20. Aww - now you've gone and done it!

:P

[LoZoccolo]

23. Messing with someone's employment is totally not cool with me.

Think of all the people who've lost their jobs due to something totally irrelevant to their employment, like their politics or sexuality or something. Totally. not. cool.

[redqueen]

25. Do you HONESTLY think he's going to get fired?

[LoZoccolo]

26. I don't know.

But then if it seemed like it wouldn't affect him, people wouldn't be writing letters.

[redqueen]

27. Are you being intentionally OBTUSE, then?

The calls and letters are to get the boy's dog returned, not get the asshole canned.

DUH!

[LoZoccolo]

33. Let's not fight.

I'm just saying, I think there's a story that's not being told here, that of the dad blowing a gasket and threatening someone's livelihood probably before he had refused to give the dog back, and after he went through more lengths than a lot of people would to return it. The lawyer might get in professional trouble for having a police record or something, and I don't think that was necessary, especially since the lawyer called him back.

But yes, someone's livelihood is more important than a kid getting his dog back. I will say that straight-out. It was the dad that upped the stakes to that level.

[redqueen]

34. I'm not fighting, I'm having trouble believing what I'm reading

You seem to be of the opinion that the lawyer is justified in refusing to return the kid's dog because he's mad that the dad overreacted.

Do I have that right?

[LoZoccolo]

35. I'm not sure.

I'd have to find out if he's legally justified in doing so.

But if he is, and I were him, I wouldn't put any special effort forth trying to please someone who threatened my livelihood until they reversed the effects of their actions. Has the dad apologized for doing that? Has he offered to undo that? He might be past the point of no return now that he's trying to get a mob of people to harass the law firm. How could he undo that now?

[redqueen]

36. You think being pissed of at someone

is grounds to withhold their property from them?

Yeah... Ummmm... OK.

Whatever.


And p.s. HE's not trying to get a mob of people to *GET THE GUY TO RETURN THE KID'S DOG*, this journalist is.

[LoZoccolo]

38. Like I said, I'm not sure if it's legal to do that.

Tampering with his employment was serious, though. Now that that's done, how would the lawyer get that fixed? He's got two options:

1. Keep the dog until the dad fixes what he broke.
2. Sue the dad for defamation or harassment.

For the kid, the first option is actually the best, even though he might not know it. He might end up in poverty if the lawyer used #2. The lawyer's being more lenient than he could be.

[redqueen]

39. That you even wonder baffles me.

And the BEST option is for the asshole of a lawyer to give the kid his dog back.

I don't know how you missed that obvious choice.

p.s. What exactly did the dad break?

... tampering with employment... for Christ's sake...

[LoZoccolo]

41. At this point, maybe, but it may be a part of option #2.

The dad may have just chosen option #2 for himself (and the kid too, sadly).

[redqueen]

42. I cannot understand

why you insist on confusing the actions of the father with the actions of this journalist and the thousands of angry Americans who are insisting the guy return the dog.

And again... What exactly did the dad 'break'?

[LoZoccolo]

43. Because the dad obviously went to the journalist.

And the dad did the same thing that the journalist wants all these other people to do in trying to get the guy in trouble with his employer over something that was between the two of them. Haven't you ever had someone threaten to affect other relationships of yours because of a conflict you had with them? Did you think that was fair? Now imagine it's your job.

The dad was trying to defame the lawyer, that's what he broke. He would not have written the letter if that were not the case.

[redqueen]

44. Of *course* he went to the journalist...

what else would he do? He probably doesn't have the money to fight a damn lawyer in court... the bastard would keep the suit going for years...

The dad did what he thought he had to in order to force this scumsucking evil creep to do the right thing and return the kid's dog. I don't think he did anything wrong.

And yeah I've had people threaten that stuff with me, and I don't care... fair is for games, not life. You wrong someone, they may try to get back at you. Is that really shocking? Is it 'defamation' if it's true? NO!

You want to talk fair, why didn't the guy just RETURN the kid's pet?! Why do you instead insist on overlooking THAT offense in order to defend this lawyer's theft?

And I get it now, the dad didn't break anything. Nice try.

[LoZoccolo]

47. The lawyer didn't wrong the dad, though.

He was about to give the dog back and the dad threatened to call the cops. Why don't you see that as at least unusual or unnecessary?

You wrong someone, they may try to get back at you.

Exactly. Trying to get them to fix what they broke is even less of a surprising move.

Is it 'defamation' if it's true? NO!

Of course not. But the letter said that the guy seems to like to play with the kid's emotions or whatever. I'd probably try to sue the guy's ass off, but Mr. Foley has been more forgiving up to this point.

[redqueen]

48. Where did you get that he was

'about to give the dog back'?

he may have claimed that, but then he didn't return the dad's calls for weeks...

[LoZoccolo]

49. "A" week. One week.

But yeah he said that. Why would he admit that the reason he's not giving it back is that the guy is a "pain in the ass" to him, and then lie about why he's not giving the dog back?

I just think there's a story that's not being told here. This idea that the guy likes to hurt the kid or whatever doesn't jibe with the rest of the details of the story, and the dad's tactics make me think there's quite a bit not being said about him.

[Madrone]

53. for accuracy's sake: "didn't return the dad's calls for weeks..."

Actually, it said "for about a week" --



-----> Within a day or two, Foley got a call from Miles' father, Michael Korzeniewski. He had recently moved his family to Florida from Wasilla, Alaska, which explained the Alaskan dog tags.

But Foley didn't return his calls for about a week. Finally, they spoke.

[blondeatlast]

54. Not a parent, are you?

I'd be enormously surprised if you are.

Shock me.

[LoZoccolo]

55. No, but I had a dad...

...who would fly off the handle about things. Maybe I'm projecting that onto this other guy.

It still makes no sense that he'd threaten to call the cops even though the guy did all this stuff for the dog to make sure it hadn't been gassed at the humane society now, and offered to bring the dog back.

[blondeatlast]

56. Trust me, if it were your own kid, you'd have a much different

perspective.

Dad's no gem, but this guy is pond scum.

[redqueen]

24. They won't

Go ahead and call them and ask.

[liberalhistorian]

62. Well, maybe if the lawyer hadn't been

such an asshole and used the animal for his own spiteful purposes, people wouldn't have had to write such letters. As a paralegal, I don't want to work for such a lawyer, and I don't want to work for a firm that would have such an attorney in their employ.

The father didn't choose to keep the dog when he shouldn't have, the LAWYER did! Now, lawyer bashing usually pisses me off because most lawyers do NOT deserve it at all and lawyers get an unjustified bad rap, but in this case it's more than deserved. If I wrote a letter and were sued by him, I'd turn around and sue the fucker right back.

[shawcomm]

31. I think your title answered the question.

The guy's a lawyer... :P

[ET Awful]

37. I'm gonna go out on a limb and make a wild ass guess that Mr. Foley is

a Republican. . . . I just get an odd feeling about him.

[redqueen]

40. His dad was a lifelong union member, according to his profile.

But if this sadistic fucker is a repuke it wouldn't really suprise me.

[Blue_Tires]

45. does this really surprise anyone??

[redqueen]

46. Yeah, kinda.

I can see him stealing the dog just to keep it because he's a straight up thieving asswipe... but refusing to return it just because he's pissed at the dad? That's just mean for meanness' sake.

[blondeatlast]

50. MY KID IS SEVEN. May this Foley lowlife NEVER encounter me.

Consider that my BLESSING to him.

I read this at work and have been waiting almost 2 hours to respond.
What a sick, lowlife, hideous excuse for DNA ths man is.

I hope the dog chews his Maglis and his Ralph Lauren suits.

Sick, lowlife, scumsucking bastard.

[livinginphotographs]

51. Shit, I'll post it.

http://www.felahfd.com/hfd5/ST149_newsletter.htm

http://www.felahfd.com/HFD2/profiles.htm#8


Enjoy.

[Beaverhausen]

52. Wow. Aren't they the white men only law firm?

figures.

[Dervill Crow]

63. Am I missing something?

He really doesn't sound like that bad of a guy from his profile.

Before I got so old and wise there were a couple or maybe three occasions when one or the other of my kids was being taken advantage of or hurt in some way and I barged in doing a mama bar protecting her cub routine and made things much worse. That is what probably happened in this case and the dad exacerbated a misunderstanding and EVERYONE ended up pissed off.

Hope we soon hear that the boy and his dog are reunited and everyone is happy. We need more happy endings!

[snooper2]

57. I just called and talked to the receptionist!

I told her to leave a message for James Foley to give the little boy his dog back..

She said he's not in the office right now, he went to Florida to give the dog back!

:)

toll free - 1-888-425-1212

[blondeatlast]

58. We'll know soon enough.

I hope the kid kicks him in the shins.

[GRLMGC]

59. That's cruel nt