Look at his record, who is going to take any notice of such claims?
He takes a school to court because his son does not make the team. You would have to have serious doubts about a person who would do that.
Restraining orders have been taken out against him in the past for his misbehaviour.
Why should anyone believe him now.
It seems he makes money from these type of class actions.
Man gets two years in prison for harassing phone calls
[font=helvetica, arial][size=-2]By ERIC HARTLEY and ELIZABETH LEIS Staff Writers[/size][/font]
William M. Lovern has aggravated a lot of people over the years, but yesterday he finally ran into someone who could do something about it. A county judge sentenced the 52-year-old Arnold man to two years in prison for making dozens of harassing telephone calls to finance companies.
Mr. Lovern, who runs a firm called Trial Management Associates that he says litigates "extreme class action" and investigates fraud, has been a thorn in the side of many public officials and businesses for years.
In 1998, when he was living in Richmond, Va., he sued the school system because his son didn't make a high school basketball team and Mr. Lovern was banned from school grounds for pestering the coach and principal.
A federal judge tossed out his lawsuit, saying Mr. Lovern was trying to "intimidate everybody to force them to do his bidding."
In 2002, a prosecutor said, he was convicted in federal court in Virginia of harassing an IRS agent. Also that year, an Anne Arundel County judge issued a restraining order barring him from calling an Illinois company that said he had falsely accused it of insurance fraud.
Late last year, he started calling Western Union's parent company, complaining that he'd been required to give his Social Security number when picking up money from a wire transfer, which he said was a violation of federal law.
He made dozens of calls and wrote letters, telling the company he was going to sue if it didn't stop collecting Social Security numbers. Finally a company official filed criminal telephone harassment charges.
But in court yesterday, even as he was facing prison time, Mr. Lovern insisted he's done nothing wrong and is rightfully investigating fraud cases as an attorney.
"I am working with the FBI on this case," Mr. Lovern said.
"I am the established attorney general in 50 states and D.C.," he added, explaining that a private citizen has the same rights as the attorney general to sue in fraud cases.
In fact, a state bar official said this morning, Mr. Lovern is not a licensed attorney in Maryland.
Circuit Court Judge Pamela L. North told Mr. Lovern she believed he has a mental disorder. She ordered him to get treatment and sentenced him to the maximum three years in prison, suspending a year of the term.
"Either you're an incredible liar or you really believe what you're saying," the judge said, adding that it seemed Mr. Lovern has a "superhero" complex.
Assistant State's Attorney Stacey B. Green called Mr. Lovern a "bully," saying he has continued to make harassing telephone calls since a jury convicted him June 16.
Mr. Lovern has called 20 people at a Rockville firm since the end of June and accused them of "Medicaid fraud," Ms. Green said. She said she's gotten 15 phone calls from other victims since Mr. Lovern's conviction.
Having a judge arrested
Ms. Green said Mr. Lovern has a pattern: He calls, says he has a complaint about a legal issue, then becomes belligerent and threatening when people don't give in to his demands immediately.
In 2003, he threatened to sue an Australian bank for $15 billion for supposedly illegal practices, according to charging documents.
Judge North said Mr. Lovern is "clearly a dangerous person" since the people he harassed believed he was going to go after them physically.
While his criminal case was pending, he called Circuit Court Administrative Judge Joseph P. Manck, telling his law clerk, "I just wanted to talk to him before I call the U.S. Marshals Office and have him arrested," Ms. Green said.
He also promised in court yesterday to file a disciplinary complaint against Ms. Green, who he accused of improperly prosecuting him.
Mr. Lovern said the telephone calls were made in the course of his business investigating fraud under the Federal False Claims Act. He said he's a private lawyer who runs two law firms and has been investigating Medicaid, Medicare and child support fraud for two years.
"I want to put on the record that 90 percent of what (Ms. Green) said is not just disingenuous, it's a flat-out lie," he said in his slight Southern twang.
'I'm already packed'
In 2002, according to a lawsuit against him, Mr. Lovern accused a finance company of misconduct and warned a vice president, "Get a good attorney."
That's advice Mr. Lovern didn't take himself. He represented himself at his trial and sentencing - something Judge North called a mistake.
"All of this stuff that you're doing is against the law and you have to come to grips with that," she told him. "I'm really sorry you didn't get a lawyer. I sort of begged you to get a lawyer."
Mr. Lovern told Judge North putting him prison would be a "back-door" attempt to silence him and would violate the Constitution. He said he's being targeted for exposing misconduct.
"There is not one person who has complained who is not in trouble," he said. "The conviction was for annoying someone on the phone. To incarcerate someone for that would be outrageous."
Mr. Lovern begged the judge to let him go home, saying he was ready to move on again - he's lived in Texas, Virginia and Maryland.
"I can go to another state. I'm already packed," he said.
That argument didn't sway Judge North, who told him, "You'd probably go to South Dakota or something and do the same thing."
