THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

OFFICE OF THE U.S. TRUSTEE

David C. Farmer, Successor Trustee
vs.
Bobby N. Harmon

(Formerly Mary Lou Woo vs. Harmon and James Nicholson vs. Harmon)

CV05-00030 DAE/KSC

United States District Court, District of Hawaii

Judges: David A. Ezra; Kevin S. Chang

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DEFENDANT’S WITNESS

 

ROBERT KESSNER, Esq.

Kessner, Duca, Umebayashi, Bain & Matsunaga
220 South King Street, 19th Floor
Honolulu, HI 96813

Fax: (808) 529-7177

Robert Kessner is a partner in the law firm of Kessner Duca Umebayashi Bain & Matsunaga; associate of Steven Guttman; hired by Maui County Council for insurance claims. Clients of this law firm include: Hawaiian Airlines; American International Underwriters (a member of the American International Group); First Insurance Company of Hawaii; Hartford Insurance Company; Hawaiian Insurance Companies; John Mullen & Co.; Pacific Insurance Co.; Royal Insurance Companies; Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co.; Kemper Insurance Group; Lexington Insurance Co. (American International Group); Transamerica Insurance Co.; Zurich Insurance Co.; Central Pacific Bank; City Bank; Matson Terminals, Inc. (A&B); Territorial Savings & Loan; Tyco International; United States Department of Energy, among others.

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NEW DISCOVERY (06-24-08): Re: Undisclosed relationships between Maui County, Sandwich Isles Communications, Robert Kihune, Paul Allaire, Lucent Technologies, Judith Neustadter Fuqua, James Duca, Robert Kessner, Summit Communications, Steven Guttman, etc.

www.kycbs.net/SandwichIsles.htm

www.kycbs.net/Summit-Communications.htm

www.kycbs.net/Lucent.htm

www.kycbs.net/Sandwich-Isles-Lucent-Maui-Co.pdf

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NEW DISCOVERY (04-22-08): David Farmer’s undisclosed connections with AIPAC and Attorney Robert Kessner:

From Exhibit: “CONNECTING THE DIRTY DOTS TO AIPAC”:

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

DEFENDANT’S EXHIBIT

A few words of explanation:

In his "MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION TO DEBTOR'S MOTION FOR ORDER TO DISAPPROVE APPOINTMENT OF DAVID C. FARMER AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE", filed with the Court on August 24, 2007, the Trustee's attorney, Steven Guttman, Esq., of the law firm, Kessner Umebayashi Bain & Matsunaga, stated to the Court:

"... Harmon is once again attempting to create issues of conflict where none exist by attempting to draw connections between phantom dots."...

Mr. Guttman does not elaborate beyond this simple statement of HIS PERSONAL OPINION, as to WHICH of the thousands of connections I have cited that he wishes the Court to accept, without question, as being merely "phantom dots". In other court filings, Mr. Guttman has characterized my Motions as consisting of "conspiracy theories" -- again with no specific references.

Despite these unnamed "phantom dots" and "conspiracy theories", the Court has blithely and unquestionably gone along with Mr. Guttman's opinions and has repeatedly denied ALL Motions that I have made. In fact, both Courts involved have ruled that the Court Clerk shall not accept any future filings from me without the Courts' prior approval - which it has repeatedly declined to give.

Therefore, due to the fact that I continue to discover new, material FACTS almost daily, I am preparing a set of NEW EXHIBITS in which I intend to document the financial, professional, personal, and political connections between the many various entities involved in this case.

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The following is a listing of named witnesses in this case who have factual connections with the subject entity. Each underlined name has been linked to a detailed description of that witness to enable the reader to more easily CONNECT THE DOTS TO...

AIPAC

Linda Lingle

Mark Bennett

Judge David Ezra

Robert Katz

Matt Tsukazaki

George W. Bush

Dick Cheney

Henry Paulson

Robert Rubin

Henry Kissinger

Bill Clinton

Hillary Clinton

Barack Obama

John McCain

David Farmer

Steven Guttman

Judith Neustadter Fuqua

Brian Schatz

Norm Brownstein

Jack Abramoff

Hank Greenberg

Jeffrey Greenberg

James B. Nicholson

James B. “Jim” Nicholson

Dan Inouye

LEARN MORE ABOUT AIPAC:

http://www.stopaipac.org/

http://www.stopaipac.org/spystory.htm

www.hadassah.org/education/content/influentials_israel.asp

http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/021108/hawaii.shtml

http://www.tbrnews.org/Archives/a1721.htm

http://www.antiwar.com/cole/?articleid=3467

http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2007/06/lfow.html

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=AIPAC

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/03/6138/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zidtiC-UPNU

http://www.franklingate.com/aipac-cheney.htm

http://www.kycbs.net/AIPAC-Obama.mht

http://www.kycbs.net/AIPAC-Bush-Abramoff-Greenberg.mht

http://www.kycbs.net/AIPAC-Mische-7-11-7.mht

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vwV6O5AGKyw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8gHmJUa720

http://ifamericaknew.com/us_ints/mc-aipac.html

http://www.antiwar.com/glantz/?articleid=9697

www.literarylotus.com/2007/12/wimr-brian-schatz.html

http://www.kycbs.net/AIPAC-Lingle-Abramoff-Brownstein.mht

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Notice of Trustee’s Final Report and Application for Compensation, showing Trustee’s Attorney Fees of $65.909.48 and Expenses of $1,807.34 payable to Kessner Duca Umebayashi Bain & Matsunaga; and payable to the Law Office of Steven Guttman, $27,713.20 in Fees and $550.18 in Expenses:

www.kycbs.net/BK-Final-Report-2-8-8.pdf

Debtor’s Supplemental Objection to Trustee’s Final Application for Compensation and Trustee’s Final Report:

www.kycbs.net/BK-Objection-3-17-8.htm

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Robert Kessner is expected to testify regarding his law firm’s undisclosed conflict of interest in this lawsuit, as Mr. Kessner was an attorney for Maui County at the time of Judith Neustadter Fuqua’s services as the Arbitrator in this case. Also, at least four of this firm’s clients have direct, conflicting relationships with parties in interest in this case: John Mullen & Co., (which was a Defendant in Harmon’s RICO lawsuit); Hartford Insurance Company (the company which provided Trustee Bonds to the Bishop Estate trustees); Royal Insurance Companies (affiliated with Royal & SunAlliance, the company which insured Maui County and Judith Neustadter Fuqua in the Hale `O Kaula lawsuit); and Zurich Insurance Company (a company in which both Kamehameha Schools and Marsh & McLennan had financial interests).

Robert Kessner is also expected to testify as to his business, professional, personal and social relationships with James “Kimo” Akana; Alan Arakawa; John Min; Hawaii Land Use Commission; Maui Planning Commission; Linda Lingle; Bob Awana; Gary Rodrigues; United Public Workers (UPW); Hawaii Government Employees Association (HGEA); Nathan Aipa; Colleen Wong; Louanne Kam; Earl Anzai; Lyn Anzai; John Garibaldi; Hawaiian Airlines; Joshua Gotbaum; Mark McConaghy; PricewaterhouseCoopers; Kemper Insurance; Colbert Matsumoto; Lionel Tokioka; National Mortgage & Finance; Island Insurance Company; Territorial Savings & Loan; City Bank; Sukamto Sia; Central Pacific Bank; First Insurance Company; Tokio Marine & Fire; Dee Jay Mailer; Hawaii Permanente Medical Group; Robert Kihune; Gilbert Tam; Sandwich Isles Communications; Harold Johnston; Summit Communications; Robert N. Herkes; Rockne Freitas; Micah Kane; Francis Keala; Grant Johnston; Chad Johnston; Clayton Hee; Al Hee; Bank of Hawaii; Judith Neustadter Fuqua; Madelyn D’Enbeau; Boyd Mossman; Charles Sweeney; Jon Miho; Trinity Investment Trust; VMS Realty; Leon Black; Apollo Advisors; Azabu Building; Mitsui Trust & Banking Co.; John Mullen Co., James B. Nicholson, David Farmer, Karen Davidson, and others to be named upon formal discovery.

Internet References:

Chronologies

www.ksbe.net/BH-CHRON-88-96.htm

www.ksbe.net/BH-CHRON-97-99.htm

www.ksbe.net/BH-Settlement-Chronology.htm

Pension-Related Links

www.ksbe.net/KSBE-Pension.htm

www.ksbe.net/Bankruptcy-Buzzards.htm

Documents, News Articles and Related Links

www.ksbe.net/Kessner-Duca-Profile.pdf

www.state.hi.us/jud/24352sdo.htm

http://www.karendavidson.net/biography.shtml

http://www.karendavidson.net/exhibition.shtml

www.ksbe.net/CV05-00030-Guttman-8-19-5.htm

www.ksbe.net/Claim-Guttman-8-4-4.htm

www.starbulletin.com/1999/05/28/news/story1.html

www.starbulletin.com/2002/09/10/business/story4.html

www.mauinews.com/print_version.aspx?id=7117

www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/1997/08/11/story7.html

www.trinityinvestments.com/management.html

www.co.maui.hi.us/files/Clerk/Agenda/000822.pdf

www.co.maui.hi.us/files/Clerk/Agenda/030708.pdf

www.ksbe.net/Maui-Co-John-Mullen-8-1-3.pdf

www.ksbe.net/Woo-1-31-3.htm

www.ksbe.net/DOJ-8-9-3.htm

www.ksbe.net/AAA-9-19-3.htm

www.ksbe.net/AAA-12-15-3.htm

www.ksbe.net/AAA-6-21-4.htm

www.ksbe.net/Claim-Guttman-8-4-4.htm

www.ksbe.net/Claim-PC-8-6-4.htm

www.ksbe.net/Claim-MarrHipp-8-9-4.htm

www.ksbe.net/Claim-Guttman-8-10-4.htm

www.ksbe.net/Claim-Guttman-8-13-4.htm

www.ksbe.net/Claim-Guttman-8-21-4.htm

www.ksbe.net/Claim-PC-9-1-4.htm

www.ksbe.net/BrokenTrust.htm

www.ksbe.net/Developers.htm

www.ksbe.net/Alexander-Baldwin.htm

www.ksbe.net/Hawaiian-Air.htm

www.ksbe.net/SandwichIsles.htm

www.ksbe.net/MarshBirds.htm

www.ksbe.net/Royal-SunAlliance.htm

www.ksbe.net/YAKUZA.htm

www.ksbe.net/Zurich.htm

www.ksbe.net/Kemper.htm

www.ksbe.net/AIG.htm

www.ksbe.net/Tyco.htm

www.ksbe.net/Apollo.htm

www.ksbe.net/TheMeadows.htm

www.ksbe.net/ChubbGroup.htm

www.ksbe.net/KSBE-INTERROGATORIES.htm

www.ksbe.net/RICO-BH.htm

www.ksbe.net/Claims-By-Harmon.htm

www.ksbe.net/Claims-Branch-Kamehameha.htm

www.ksbe.net/Claims-Branch-Mullen.htm

www.ksbe.net/Claims-Branch-P-C.htm

www.ksbe.net/Claims-Branch-Commissioners.htm

www.ksbe.net/Claims-Branch-Kessner-Duca.htm

www.ksbe.net/Claims-Branch-Mary-Lou-Woo.htm

www.ksbe.net/CV05-00030-Guttman-8-5-5.htm

IRS - PricewaterhouseCoopers, Arm’s Length and Intermediate Sanctions

www.ksbe.net/DOL-Koza-3-5-97.pdf

www.ksbe.net/IRS-11-10-97.htm

www.ksbs.net/KSBE-INTERROGATORIES.htm

http://starbulletin.com/98/11/03/news/story2.html

www.ksbe.net/AAA-IRS-10-10-0.htm

www.ksbe.net/Claim-IRS-3-28-5.htm

First Amendment Rights/Obstruction of Justice

http://starbulletin.com/97/08/20/news/story1.html

http://starbulletin.com/97/08/26/news/story1.html

http://starbulletin.com/97/09/23/news/story2.html

http://starbulletin.com/97/10/03/news/story2.html

www.ksbe.net/KSBE-vs-BNH-Goemans-Free-Speech.pdf

www.ksbe.net/AAA-6-18-4.htm

www.ksbe.net/AAA-6-21-4.htm

www.ksbe.net/CV05-00030-Answer.htm

www.ksbs.net/CV05-00030-Hughes-Roy-8-4-5.htm

www.ksbs.net/CV05-00030-Guttman-8-6-5.htm

www.ksbe.net/CV05-00030-Appeal-Brief.htm

http://starbulletin.com/2006/03/15/editorial/letters.html

Hawaii Dept. of Labor - CV 98-2394-05 - Unemployment Insurance Appeal

www.ksbe.net/DOL-Koza-3-5-97.pdf

www.ksbe.net/DOL-Reply-Brief-11-6-98.htm

www.ksbe.net/DOL-Appeal-Append-A.pdf

RICO Lawsuit - 99-CV-00304-DAE-BMK

www.ksbe.net/RICO-BH.htm

www.ksbe.net/RICO-Case-Summary.pdf

www.ksbe.net/RICO-Parties.pdf

www.ksbe.net/RICO-Filers.pdf

www.ksbe.net/RICO-Attorneys.pdf

www.ksbe.net/RICO-Docket.pdf

www.ksbe.net/Settlement-Page1-Signatures.pdf

www.ksbe.net/Settlement-Exhibit5-Filed-3-24-0.pdf

Equity 2048 -The Richards Report

Pages 1-26; Pages 26-49; Pages 50-75; Exhibit 2; Exhibit 2b

XL Reinsurance Policy No. XLRKS-01796

www.ksbe.net/Doc-EQ2048-XL-Policy-Dec.pdf

www.ksbe.net/Doc-EQ2048-XL-Policy.pdf

www.ksbe.net/Doc-EQ2048-XL-Policy-Append.pdf

Equity 2048 - Related Correspondence and Documents

www.ksbe.net/Doc-EQ2048-Mediation-Order-3-9-0.pdf

www.ksbe.net/EQ2048-Anzai-McCubbin-4-27-0.pdf

www.ksbe.net/EQ2048-AG-Trustees-4-27-0.pdf

www.ksbe.net/EQ2048-Miyagi-AG-4-27-0.pdf

www.ksbe.net/Doc-EQ2048-Seal-Docs-5-3-0.pdf

www.ksbe.net/Doc-EQ2048-PC-Peters-5-5-0.pdf

www.ksbe.net/Doc-EQ2048-AG-Witnesses-5-19-0.pdf

www.ksbe.net/EQ2048-XL-Miyagi-AG-5-26-0.pdf

www.ksbe.net/Doc-EQ2048-Form990-1998-pdf

www.ksbe.net/EQ2048-DiscoveryFees-5-30-0.pdf

www.ksbe.net/EQ2048-AG-Objection-6-23-0.pdf

www.ksbe.net/EQ2048-Federal-Response-6-23-0.pdf

www.ksbe.net/EQ2048-Deposition-Notice-7-21-0.pdf

IRS Closing Agreement for Kamehameha Schools

www.ksbe.net/KSBE-IRSagrmnt.pdf

www.ksbe.net/KSBE-IRSagrmnt2.pdf

The Na Kumu Book Advisory Group

www.ksbe.net/NaKumuBook-6-10-4.htm

www.ksbe.net/NaKumuBook-6-12-4.htm

www.ksbe.net/Doc-Guttman-To-AAA-6-19-4.pdf

www.ksbe.net/AAA-6-21-4.htm

Broken Trust: Greed, Mismanagement & Political Manipulation

www.ksbe.net/Broken-Trust-Book.htm

www.brokentrustbook.com

Lost Generations: A Boy, A School, A Princess

www.ksbe.net/Lost-Generations.htm


TO GO TO THE FARMER VS. HARMON WITNESS INDEX


www.ksbe.net/CV05-00030-Witness-Index.htm

Originally posted: July 1, 2005

 

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CHRONOLOGY

July 1, 2005: Originally posted on www.the-catbird-seat.net

March 13, 2007: Judge David Ezra signs Order to shut down website

September 3, 2009: Latest update on www.kycbs.net

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