MY EXPERIENCE WITH WILLIAM SORRELL
BY LAWRENCE C. AGEE, MD
I have information that directly ties William Sorrell and a state Supreme Court judge to a malicious money laundering scheme using the Vermont "Family Court." I also have evidence that Sorrell used his office to cover up and conceal this criminal enterprise by prosecuting anyone who spoke out. The retaliation involved a sham proceeding against my medical license to render me unemployed and a public smear campaign orchestrated by Joseph Winn, one of Sorrell's "deputies."
This begins in May 1997, after a 7 month "marriage," my "ex wife" robbed my home while I was at work. $20,000 of property was stolen. Simultaneously, three illegal wire transfers of money were made from my bank accounts. Each wire transfer was done without my knowledge and consent, but with the help of a lawyer, John Durrance. The wire transfers were for sums of $7200, $7633 and $8300. All of this money and property was protected by a prenuptial agreement as my "separate property."
In March 1998, I went to family court hoping to recover what was stolen from me. The presiding judge was James Morse, a state Supreme Court judge. What was he doing in divorce court? Morse conducted the "trial" in such a way that I was not able to present my evidence. I was repeatedly and rudely cut off. The opposing lawyer was allowed to speak at will, and present phony evidence, which was readily accepted as valid. I was not allowed to object. One item of fake evidence was a sham appraisal of my home which created $50,000 of value out of thin air. Using legal tricks and phony accounting, I was not only cheated out of the money above ($43,000), I also had a "lien" placed on my home for over $27,000. This lien was not only procured via fraud, it was impossible to pay, as my money had been stolen. A rate of interest of 12% has more than doubled this lien, which is now about $70,000. They put a similar lien on my rental property, also listed as my separate property. If I sell my home, the money is automatically seized. I refuse to pay this "lien." I refuse to pay con artists.
When all the money is added up, I was cheated out of in excess of $110,000, just from the divorce action. This "debt" continues to accumulate, and will drive me to bankruptcy. Apparently, this is how this criminal enterprise operates. This was for the privilege of being married for 7 months. The sham marriage was used to obtain jurisdiction over my property. This "judgment" was in direct conflict with my prenuptial agreement. It took one hour to cheat me out of my life savings. I was given 2 ½ minutes to defend myself.
I then discovered that the opposing lawyer, John Durrance, was married to Amy Davenport, who was the presiding judge in the Chittenden Family Court. Davenport will steer her husband's cases to judges who would give him favorable rulings. There is little question that Morse allows Durrance to draft his own judgments. He just signs them. Durrance can thus take whatever he wishes, and can draft himself "attorney fees" even when the prenuptial agreement prevents this. He even drafted himself a provision for "all future attorney fees" to prevent any sort of appeal. Durrance can operate this enterprise by knowing he has the support of Morse, Sorrell and Davenport. He knows he will not be punished or investigated. I can verify they all refused to do an investigation.
I complained to the office of the Attorney General. Nothing was done. I complained to the legislature. Nothing was done. I went to the police. Nothing was done. I went to the judicial conduct board. Nothing was done. I went to the board of Realtors. Nothing was done. There was no investigation. Each agency ignored my complaints.
After using the traditional means of registering a complaint, I sued this judge for defrauding me. The judge never denied he rigged my case. He simply said he was immune. Sorrell provided cover for the judge, as did the firm of Welsh, Graham and Mamby. As an aside, Peter Welsh is running for Congress. When my case went before the US Supreme Court, it was August 1999. That same month, I was blacklisted in the National Practitioners Data Bank by Fletcher Allen Hospital with a bogus "adverse action report." I later discovered that in August 1999, Morse's wife was on the board of directors of FAHC. The entry in the NPDB was false. I can prove this. I was set up.
In November 1999, someone by the name of Ed Olsen placed a phone call to the California Medical Board. The objective of the phone call was to induce the California Medical Board to prosecute me based upon the bogus "report" from FAHC. Olsen also made other derogatory comments about me that were kept secret. I never met Ed Olsen. Olsen worked at 109 State Street. He was directly tied to Joseph Winn, the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and Winn works directly under William Sorrel.
By December 1999, I found myself "under investigation" by two licensing agencies in Vermont and California. All that California had to go on was the sham FAHC "report" and Ed Olsen's phone call. When I was put on trial in California, the only "witness" was the guy who took the call. He had no personal knowledge of me. I was thus prosecuted based only upon hearsay originating from the office of William Sorrell at a time when I had a suit pending against one of Sorrell's buddies, James Morse. I can clearly tie Morse to Joseph Winn. I can prove that they spoke shortly before my prosecution began in November 1999. Winn, who is Sorrell's Assistant, orchestrated my prosecution to deprive me of my medical license. One of his tactics was to use the media to smear me while I was not even living in the state. I was smeared on TV and in the newspaper with false information and misrepresentations. I found this tactic extremely malicious. I was tried in the media. I was defenseless. The newspaper refused to do a retraction. My libel suit against them was dismissed without a trial.
After my license was suspended in California, based upon Ed Olsen's phone call, Vermont suspended my license "based upon reciprocity." In other words, Vermont hearsay was used against me in California, which was then used against me in Vermont. Later, Joseph Winn conducted a trial against me when I was not even present. I had no lawyer. One of the witnesses called was the divorce lawyer, Durrance, who was the husband of judge Davenport. Durrance and Davenport were two of the direct beneficiaries of the illegal seizure of my money in the divorce action. Another "witness" was a cop who worked under Sorrell who knows nothing about me. Once again, I was set up.
Another extremely malicious method of harassment used by Sorrell and his deputies to discredit me was the use of false allegations that I was "mentally ill." This scheme was used to try and coerce me into "seeing" a psychiatrist who worked for the state of Vermont. Had I been stupid enough to comply with this scheme, I would have been labeled with a "disorder," publicly smeared, and then deprived of my rights. They used this tactic to hold my medical license hostage: comply or else. Any intelligent person can see this as a very malicious form of entrapment orchestrated by Sorrell and his "deputies." If Sorrell can use this option for prosecuting doctors, then he could use this method to prosecute virtually anyone who holds any sort of license. There is no possible defense to this. We are all at risk of being cheated out of our property and livelihoods under William Sorrell.
I have now been unemployed for 5 ½ years. I have never had a fair trial. My money was seized, my livelihood was taken from me, and now, they will foreclose on my home because of the fraudulent judgment lien. This scam was all done under the nose of William Sorrel, who used the resources of his office to facilitate this crime.
I have a website that gives more details of this: www.lcagee.com
I swear that all statements made above are true and accurate and will testify to this under oath.
Lawrence C. Agee, MD
PS. The fact that I am a doctor made me an easy target. I was presumed to have gobs of money (I don't), and assumed I could obtain money from the tree in my back yard to satisfy everyone's desires. The fact that I was unrepresented in divorce court made me an easier target. The fact that I had a professional license made me an even easier target, because virtually any false allegation can be used to justify a prosecution against a doctor. A pristine record is irrelevant.
The primary role of the office of the Attorney General is to establish justice, not to protect their buddies who want to commit crimes. When I contacted the office of William Sorrell to report a crime, nothing was done. What does this say about Sorrell? Then I was retaliated against after the same criminals communicated with Mr. Sorrell. When I told Mr. Carver about my situation, he spent hours listening to me and reviewing my evidence. He did not ignore me, as Sorrell did. Mr. Sorrell has forgotten what his role is; to protect innocent people from crimes, not to protect his buddies. His role is to establish justice. Mr. Carver is aware of this role. Sorrell is not.
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