Woo vs. Harmon - Witness Greg Dunn

David C. Farmer, Successor-Trustee vs. Harmon

(Formerly Woo vs. Harmon & Nicholson vs. Harmon)

CV05-00030 DAE KSC

U.S. District Court For the District of Hawaii

Judges: David A. Ezra; Kevin S. Chang

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DEFENDANT’S WITNESS

GREG DUNN

841 Bishop Street
Suite 2221
Honolulu, HI 96813

gregdunn1@verizon.net

Website: www.gregdunnhi.com/

Greg Dunn and Bradley Tamm were Defendant’s former bankruptcy attorneys.

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NEW DISCOVERY (05-07-09): Undisclosed conflicts of interests between David Farmer, Marc C. Tilker, Linda Lingle, Robert Katz, Greg Dunn, Timothy Johns, etc.

http://www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Tilker-Marc.htm

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NEW DISCOVERY (11-24-08): New Exhibit: “EQ 2048 - Deposition of Lokelani Lindsey taken on November 4 & 9, 1999". This document provides clear evidence that J. Douglas Ing had multiple conflicts-of-interest in this case and, since he was not a named Defendant in my RICO lawsuit against the former Trustees, he was not a legitimate signatory to the Settlement Agreement: Furthermore, since the Settlement Agreement was NOT SIGNED by any of the five Trustees actually named as Defendants, the Settlement Agreement was not legal or valid. (See Exhibit A)

http://www.kycbs.net/Lindsey-docs-Vol-1-p1-4.pdf

http://www.kycbs.net/Lindsey-docs-Vol-1.pdf

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NEW DISCOVERIES (11-13-08): More factual undisclosed conflicts of interest between Greg Dunn, Hawaii Nature Center, Aloha United Way, Bishop Museum, Kamehameha Schools, Oswald Stender, OHA, Hawaii Nature Conservancy, Faye Kurren, Judge Barry Kurren, Pacific Primate Conservancy, Judith Neustadter, Dan Case, Henry Paulson, Haunani Apoliona, Brian Schatz, The Hawaii Superferry, Steve Case, Admiral Thomas Fargo, David Cole, David Banmiller, David C. Farmer, etc.:

SOURCE: Web search for “greg dunn, hawaii nature center,” on www.google.com :

1. Gregory Dunn: ZoomInfo Business People Information

Admin Gregory D. Dunn was appointed executive director of the Hawaii Nature Center March 1, 2002.Dunn joins the Hawaii Nature Center after more than three ...
www.zoominfo.com/people/Dunn_Gregory_338643974.aspx - 27k - Cached - Similar pages

2. TheGardenIsland.com > Archives > News > Kauai News > Wailua ...

Oct 27, 2008 ... Gregory Dunn, right, of the Hawaii Nature Center, presents information on a proposed environmental education and recreation center at the ...
www.kauaiworld.com/articles/2008/10/27/news/kauai_news/doc49056b5870b0c809996262.txt - Similar pages

3. KHNL NBC 8 Honolulu Hawaii |Aveda Fashion Show Benefits ...

The Hawaii Nature Center can provide you with a donation receipt for tax purposes, ... said Gregory D. Dunn, Hawaii Nature Center Executive Director. ...
www.khnl.com/Global/story.asp?S=6339716 - 66k - Cached - Similar pages

4. KHNL NBC 8 Honolulu Hawaii |Superferry partners with Nature Center ...

Hawaii Nature Center Executive Director Gregory Dunn says the Superferry has saved the day. "We have received generous funding from our supporters to ...
www.khnl.com/global/story.asp?s=9184359 - 74k - Cached - Similar pages

5. [PDF]

Night With Nature 2005

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Contact: Gregg Dunn. Phone: 808.955.0100 ext.29. Fax: 808.955.0116. Picase consider donating 2 Items or gift certificates for. the Hawaii Nature Center's ...
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at the Planet

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Clint is on the board of directors for the Hawaii. Nature Center. With them were Kathryn Currier, developmental director for the center;. and Gregg Dunn ...
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7. EE Grants Awarded in Hawaii - Details | Environmental Education ...

Hawaii Nature Center, Inc. $20000 Gregory Dunn, 2131 Makiki Heights Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822 Hawaiian Watersheds from the Mountains to the Sea ...
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8. HawaiiNews.com: Nature Center gets watershed grant

Formerly Islenews.com/Ka `Upena Kukui - Since 1994 - Hawaii's First Online ... contact Greg Dunn of the Hawai`i Nature Center at 955-0100 or Karen Ah Mai of ...
www.hawaiinews.com/archives/environment/000170.shtml - 10k - Cached - Similar pages

9. Gregory Dunn - $13450 in Political Contributions for 2006

HONOLULU, HI 96813, Hawaii Nature Center/Executive dire, $250, 04/24/2006, P, BRIAN SCHATZ FOR CONGRESS - Democrat · Dunn, Gregory M Mr. BATTLE CREEK, MI ...
www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/gregory-dunn.asp?cycle=06 - 52k - Cached - Similar pages

10. StarBulletin.com | Business | /2006/02/08/

"We are very excited to be one of the beneficiaries of the inaugural endeavor of the Aloha Street Nature Project," said Greg Dunn, Hawaii Nature Center's ...
archives.starbulletin.com/2006/02/08/business/ - 32k - Cached - Similar pages

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NEW DISCOVERY (08-07-08): Undisclosed financial, professional and personal relationships between Greg Dunn, Linda Lingle, Dee Jay Mailer, Faye Kurren, Hawaii Dental Services, Hawaii Nature Center, Bishop Museum, Timothy Johns, Judge Robert Faris, others:

From the Hawaii Nature Center website:

Gregory D. Dunn was appointed executive director of the Hawaii Nature Center March 1, 2002. Dunn joins the Hawaii Nature Center after more than three years as executive director of the Atherton Branch of the YMCA of Honolulu. He brings to the Nature Center a strong track record in facility management, fund development, recruitment and project management. Previously he was operations manager for two new retail projects in Hawaii, the Barnes and Noble Superstores of Honolulu and NikeTown Honolulu. He is a member of the boards of Hawaii Dental Service, Inc., the Waikiki Community Center and Youth for Environmental Service. He is a trustee and chairman of the HDS Foundation. "Dunn's experience in the local community and his activities on behalf of youth in a non-profit arena made him a logical choice to lead the Hawaii Nature Center as it embarks on a plan to expand service," said Nature Center Board President, Don Carroll, also chairman of the board of Time-Warner Cable of Hawaii.

www.kycbs.net/Hawaii-Nature-Center.htm

www.kycbs.net/Google-Nature-Center.htm

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NEW DISCOVERY (04-04-08):

WILLIAM J. CLINTON FOUNDATION

Speech: William J. Clinton’s remarks at the Goldman Sachs & Company 2004 Global Conference

December 3, 2004

New York, NY

Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, Hank, for that wonderful introduction. I probably should quit while I’m ahead. [LAUGHTER] And thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for the warm welcome.

I admire Hank Paulson very much for many things. His interest in Asia and our long-term relationship with the Asian Pacific community and particularly his leadership of the Nature Conservancy, some of you may not be familiar with it, but it is the principal private organization facilitating the preservation of precious natural land in the United States, and increasingly, in other places on the globe. I don’t think I ever told Hank this. But when I was the Governor of Arkansas, we used the Nature Conservancy more than any other State in the country.

I also want thank the people at Goldman Sachs, many of whom have contributed to the work of my Foundation, and the work we do around the world to try to fight AIDS and extend economic opportunity, to promote education and citizen service and to try to bridge the racial and religious divides that still bedevil the world. And I want thank Goldman Sachs for hiring at least a dozen people, who worked in the White House and other places in the administration. I was worried about what all those young people were going to do when we left office. [LAUGHS] So I am deeply in your debt....

www.kycbs.net/Clinton-Speech-2004-Global-Conference.htm

See also:

www.kycbs.net/Confessions.htm

www.kycbs.net/GoldmanSachs.htm

www.kycbs.net/Google-Nature-Center.htm

www.kycbs.net/MaunawiliValley.htm

www.kycbs.net/NatureConservancy.htm

www.kycbs.net/Nature-Conservancy-Hawaii.htm

www.kycbs.net/Global-Fund.htm

www.kycbs.net/Hawaii-Nature-Center.htm

www.kycbs.net/Peregrine-Fund.htm

www.kycbs.net/Peregrine-Gallery.htm

www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Paulson-Henry.htm

www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Rubin-Robert.htm

www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Peters-Henry.htm

www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Waihee-John.htm

www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Mailer-Dee-Jay.htm

www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Kurren-Faye.htm

www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Alston-Paul.htm

www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Fuqua-Judith.htm

www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Apoliona-Haunani.htm

www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Clinton-Bill.htm

www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Clinton-Hillary.htm

www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Arrigo-Sue.htm

www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Lingle-Linda.htm

www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Crowe-William.htm

www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Kissinger-Henry.htm

www.kycbs.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Farmer-David.htm

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NEW DISCOVERY (02-09-08): Kamehameha Schools made a “confidential” settlement agreement with the plaintiff in the John Doe vs. Kamehameha Schools case, which my former attorney, John Goemans, Esq., says, according to what he has learned from the IRS, violates the rules for a non-profit charitable trust:

February 9, 2008

$7M

An attorney involved in a challenge to Kamehameha Schools' Hawaiians-only policy reveals the amount of a settlement

By Ken Kobayashi, Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Kamehameha Schools made the first move to settle a legal challenge to their admissions policy giving preference to native Hawaiians and later agreed to pay $7 million, a lawyer involved in the case said yesterday.

John Goemans, an attorney for an unnamed non-native Hawaiian student who filed a lawsuit contesting the policy, said the charitable trust offered for the first time to talk about an out-of-court settlement last May, just days before the U.S. Supreme Court was to decide whether to hear the case.

Goemans, a former Big Island attorney recuperating in Florida from heart surgery, and Sacramento, Calif., lawyer Eric Grant, the lead attorney, represented the unnamed student and his mother.

"They (the schools) approached Eric and said we wanted to settle and we have to settle by Friday morning," when it was believed the high court was to make a decision about accepting the case, Goemans said.

He said it appeared the high court would accept their appeal of an 8-7 decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld the policy.

"They (the schools) were worried about losing in the Supreme Court," Goemans said.

Goemans said he did not know how Grant and the Kamehameha Schools arrived at the $7 million figure.

The hotly disputed federal civil rights lawsuit caused a firestorm of controversy among Kamehameha Schools supporters who believed the challenge struck at the more than century-old admissions policy and the heart of the charitable trust's mission to educate children of Hawaiian ancestry.

The confidential settlement was announced on May 14. Those connected with the case repeatedly refused to disclose the terms.

Goemans said he was disclosing the amount because he said he recently learned from Internal Revenue Service officials that Kamehameha Schools, a tax-exempt charitable trust, cannot keep the figure confidential.

"Because exempt organizations operate in the public good, you got to report all your expenses with particularity, and you cannot keep information relative to those expenses confidential," he said. "It's in the public interest to have full disclosure."

Ann Botticelli, Kamehameha Schools spokeswoman, said yesterday the settlement contained a confidentiality clause.

"We intend to honor the terms, and we will not be discussing the settlement or John Goemans' assertions," she said.

Grant said yesterday he had no comment.

Kamehameha Schools, a multibillion-dollar charitable trust and the state's largest private landowner, was established under the 1883 will of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop. It educates more than 6,700 students at its flagship campus at Kapalama Heights, two other campuses on Maui and the Big Island, and 31 preschools throughout the state.

Senior U.S. District Judge Alan Kay upheld the school's Hawaiians-first policy, but a panel of the appeals court in San Francisco ruled 2-1 that the practice violated federal civil rights laws. That decision triggered statewide protests and marches by school supporters.

Later, a larger appeals court panel voted 8-7 to uphold the policy.

It was an appeal by Grant of that 8-7 ruling that was on the doorsteps of the U.S. Supreme Court when the settlement was announced.

At the time, school officials indicated that the settlement calling for the dismissal of the lawsuit leaves intact the appeals court's 8-7 decision upholding the admissions policy.

But the dismissal does not guarantee that another lawsuit might surface and make its way to the high court, although it would first have to go through the federal trial and appeals courts, where the 8-7 ruling would be considered to be binding on the issue. But even if those who file the new lawsuit lose on those two levels, they could still ask the high court to review the case.

Honolulu attorney David Rosen said he has plaintiffs for a lawsuit to challenge the admissions policy. He said the settlement does not affect his case. Rosen said he expects the suit will be filed this year.

Goemans said Grant received 40 percent, or $2.8 million of the $7 million. Goemans said he is preparing to file his own lawsuit seeking to recover a "reasonable percentage" of the $7 million for his work in the case.

Goemans said he found the unnamed student and arranged for Grant to be the attorney for the student and his mother.

"I put the whole thing together," Goemans said. "But for me there would not have been a $7 million payment."

The student never was admitted to Kamehameha Schools because his case was pending. He has since graduated from high school and had been attending college, Grant said last year.

http://starbulletin.com/2008/02/09/news/story02.html

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February 9, 2008

Amount of settlement
raises critical concern

By Robert Shikina, rshikina@starbulletin.com

Supporters and critics expressed surprise yesterday at the $7 million Kamehameha Schools paid a student to settle a lawsuit disputing its Hawaiians-first admission policy.

One Kamehameha Schools alumnus says disclosure of the settlement with the anonymous, non-Hawaiian student will prompt questions among Hawaiians.

"I'm not happy with $7 million," said Kamehameha Schools alumnus Jan E. Hanohano Dill. "Unfortunately, that's a lot of money, and it's going to create a lot of questions in the Hawaiian community whether it was right or wrong and to continue."

Dill, also a board member of Na Pua a Ke Ali'i Pauahi, a nonprofit group whose members include students, parents, and alumni of Kamehameha Schools, said he continues to support the school's decision.

"I don't know the details, and I think that's something that has to be cleared," he said. "You settle because you want to avoid costs that would be incurred as you go forward."

He added, "I have to believe that they understood that this was something good for the Hawaiian people. ... It will be clear as things unfold whether that was true."

Dill, who is also president of the nonprofit Partners in Development Foundation, said the admissions policy must eventually be addressed and that the settlement avoids this case but does not stop other cases.

Marion Joy, former vice president of Na Pua, called the settlement a "misuse of trust funds."

"The trust is continually going to be challenged," she said. "This is not going to be the last. ... As far as settling for the particular lawsuit, it's not in the best interests of the beneficiaries (of the 1883 will of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop)."

Kamehameha Schools declined comment.

Honolulu attorney David Rosen, who has sought potential clients to sue Kamehameha over its admissions policy after the settlement, sent out a statement yesterday that said the $7 million settlement was used to "buy off this case."

He added that the trustees should open a campus on the Leeward Coast of Oahu and possibly Molokai where increased educational opportunities are needed.

H. William Burgess, a retired attorney and founder of Aloha for All, a group opposed to Hawaiian sovereignty, said the settlement raises questions about the proper use of the trust funds.

"Normally, trustees, if they're doubtful about doing something, they ask the court to give them instructions," he said. "Yet in this case, the biggest charitable trust, probably in the nation, instead of welcoming the opportunity to get the highest court in the land to settle it, they pay $7 million to leave it open. And it is very much open."

http://starbulletin.com/2008/02/09/news/story03.html

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U.S. Department of Justice

Executive Office for United States Trustees

Washington, D.C.
Office of Research and Planning

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release
October 30, 2001

U.S. TRUSTEE PROGRAM LAUNCHES
BANKRUPTCY CIVIL ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVE

WASHINGTON, D.C.--The United States Trustee Program has launched an initiative to more aggressively use existing civil enforcement methods to curb abuse of the bankruptcy system, Martha Davis, Acting Director of the Executive Office for United States Trustees, announced today.

"Effective case administration is vital to ensure the American public that the bankruptcy system provides relief for honest but unfortunate debtors overcome by serious financial difficulties," Davis stated. "The Civil Enforcement Initiative emanates from the U.S. Trustee Program's long-standing commitment to enforce the Nation's bankruptcy laws and explore other meaningful strategies to bolster public confidence in the integrity and effectiveness of the bankruptcy system."

"The priorities of the initiative will require a concerted effort nationwide to use existing tools in a way that best accomplishes tangible results and improvements for case administration," Davis continued. "Many of our offices use such strategies today and we hope to build upon their experience. By focusing our resources on these priorities, we also seek to address some of the concerns that have been at the forefront of debate in recent years both before Congress and in other public venues. In the end, this is very much a community effort that will require communication and cooperation with private bankruptcy trustees and with the bankruptcy bench and bar."

These are the priorities of the Civil Enforcement Initiative:

Ensuring that Chapter 7 is not abused and that Chapter 7 debtors are held accountable.

Chapter 7 debtors who do not comply with the law will have their cases converted or dismissed, or their bankruptcy discharges denied or revoked. Enforcement measures include motions to dismiss Chapter 7 cases under 11 U.S.C. §§ 707(a) and 707(b), and complaints to bar or defer discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 727.

Protecting consumer debtors, creditors, and others who are victimized by those who mislead or misinform debtors, make false representations in connection with a bankruptcy case, or otherwise abuse the bankruptcy process.

Attorneys and bankruptcy petition preparers (non-attorneys who prepare bankruptcy documents for a fee) must engage in full disclosure, be free of conflicts of interest, and engage in ethical practices. Enforcement measures include motions for sanctions, contempt of court, and disgorgement under 11 U.S.C. § 329 for misconduct by attorneys, and complaints and motions under 11 U.S.C. § 110 for misconduct by bankruptcy petition preparers....

Fighting fraud and abuse by making criminal referrals and assisting United States Attorneys in criminal prosecutions.

The U.S. Trustee Program is a component of the Justice Department that oversees the administration of bankruptcy cases and intervenes in court to enforce the bankruptcy laws. There are 21 regions in the Program, each headed by a U.S. Trustee appointed by the Attorney General.

The Civil Enforcement Initiative took effect Oct. 1, 2001, with the start of the federal government's 2002 fiscal year. Previous U.S. Trustee Program initiatives have focused on issues such as enhancing the supervision of private trustees who administer Chapter 7 bankruptcy cases, increasing the efficiency and speed of Chapter 7 case administration....

Contact:

Jane Limprecht, Public Information Officer

Executive Office for U.S. Trustees

(202) 305-7411

www.usdoj.gov/ust/eo/public_affairs/press/docs/pr20011030.htm

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Greg Dunn is the former attorney for Harmon in the underlying Bankruptcy case. Mr. Dunn dropped the case when I began questioning him about suspected fraud in the settlement negotiations. Greg Dunn is the Executive Director of The Hawaii Nature Center; board member of Hawaii Dental Services, and former Chairman of the Board, and current Vice-Chairman/Asst. Sec. of the HDS Foundation.

From the evidence I have discovered since those bankruptcy proceedings seven years ago, I am convinced that if Greg Dunn and Bradley Tamm had changed my Chapter 7 filing to a Chapter 13, as I had requested, I would not have lost my home!

I am further convinced - beyond any doubt - that Greg Dunn and Bradley Tamm are a part of that criminal racketeering enterprise that includes Nathan Aipa, Colleen Wong, Louanne Kam, Constance Lau, Robert Kihune, Gilbert Tam, Jeff Stone, Richard Wong, Henry Peters, Henry Paulson, Peter Savio, Colbert Matsumoto, Michael Tanoue, Roy Hughes, Jeffrey Sia, Steve Case, Steven Guttman, James Duca, Robert Kessner, Judith Neustadter Fuqua, Julie Schermerhorn, Faye Kurren, Edwina Clarke, Judge Barry Kurren, Judge David Ezra, Judge Kevin Chang, Judge Elizabeth Eden Hifo (fka Bambi Weil), Judge Lloyd King, Judge Robert Faris, Mary Lou Woo, Curtis Ching, Gayle Lau, James B. Nicholson, Gale Norton, Robert Katz, Matt Tsukazaki, Kenneth Hipp, Carol Muranaka, Melinda Ching, and many others.

Due to my personal experiences as described herein, I also believe that Greg Dunn is guilty of FALSE ADVERTISING, as illustrated by this from his website:

Save Your Home From Foreclosure

When you are back on your mortgage payments, maintenance fees or association dues on your home and facing foreclosure, a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy in most cases may be your best option for saving your home.

A Chapter 13 Bankruptcy will do the following:

1. Immediately stop foreclosure upon the filing of your Chapter 13.

2. Stop lawsuits and garnishments.

3. Allow you time (three to five years) to organize a plan to catch-up on your back mortgage payments, maintenance fees or associations fees.

4. Allow you also to organize and consolidate all your other debts such as taxes, credit cards, unsecured loans, certain secured loans, and medical bills.

Example: Your regular monthly mortgage payments are $2000.00 per month. You are $18,000.00 in back mortgage payments and you want to save your home from foreclosure. A Chapter 13 Bankruptcy would consolidate your $18,000.00 in back mortgage payments so that you make one payment per month to the Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Trustee to bring all back mortgage payments current within three to five years. For a three-year plan, you would pay $500.00 per month to the Chapter 13 Trustee and resume your regular monthly mortgage payment of $2,000.00. For a five-year plan, you would pay $300.00 per month to the Chapter 13 Trustee and resume your regular monthly mortgage payment of $2,000.00. At the completion of your Chapter 13 plan, all your back mortgage payments would be brought current and your home would be saved from foreclosure.

Fees: In most cases, the fee for a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy to save your home from foreclosure is $2,394.00 which includes the $194.00 court filing fee. This can be paid in one installment of $1,500.00 and the balance to be paid through your Chapter 13 Plan.

Preparation: We will prepare your bankruptcy petition and Chapter 13 Plan to save your home. We will also prepare and be with you at your hearing.

If you are in jeopardy of losing your home and want to save it, don't wait! It only makes your situation worse. You must act now! So Call Greg Dunn now at (808) 524-4529 for your free consultation.

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I have also discovered that Greg Dunn had undisclosed professional, financial and personal relationships with a number of entities related to this case - including Judge Barry Kurren and Faye Kurren - through his connection with The Hawaii Nature Center. As stated in their website:

www.hawaiinaturecenter.org/about/greg.html

Greg Dunn is expected to testify as to the circumstances regarding the Settlement, Release and Indemnification Agreement which was approved by the Bankruptcy Court on March 24, 2000; possible fraud in the Settlement negotiations; tax-related issues; Harmon’s “letter-writing campaign”, etc.

Greg Dunn is also expected to testify regarding why he did not comply with Harmon’s wishes and request to convert his Chapter 7 filing to a Chapter 13, thus saving his home.

Greg Dunn is also expected to testify as to the reasons why he failed to verify that Robert Katz and Matt Tsukazaki of Torkildson Katz Fonseca Jaffe & Moore, and Kenneth Hipp of Marr Hipp Jones & Pepper were NOT authorized attorneys, as they claimed, for Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, its Trustees and its employees who were named in Harmon’s RICO Lawsuit, when official Court Records listing the Parties, and the Attorneys, indicate that these named parties were NOT REPRESENTED by any attorneys in this case.