Darren Chaker Investigation Exposes Forged Court Order

An investigation by Darren Chaker reveals forged court order to remove blogs. In October 2020, a significant legal event unfolded in Las Vegas, Nevada, involving Nevada attorney Thomas Michaelides, TCM Law Group. The case centered around Mr. Michaelides filing a defamation lawsuit against his former client, Darren Chaker. This legal action was rooted in a dispute that emerged when Matthew Katz, a paralegal working with Mr. Michaelides, engaged in legal work for Mr. Chaker's family law case. This situation escalated when Mr. Katz faced legal consequences for practicing law without authorization.

The core of the controversy involved blogs that were critical of Mr. Michaelides and his legal practice, the TCM Law Group. These blogs highlighted multiple instances where the State Bar of Nevada had either suspended or disciplined Mr. Michaelides. In response, Mr. Michaelides sued Mr. Chaker for defamation.

Upon learning about the lawsuit, Darren Chaker sought legal defense from the firm Olson, Cannon, Gormley, Angulo & Stoberski. During the legal process, Mr. Chaker identified several discrepancies in a court order that Thomas Michaelides had submitted to Google, which was also reported to LumensDataBase.org. Notably, the court docket did not corroborate the submission of this order by Mr. Michaelides, nor did it indicate that a judge had signed it. There were also evident irregularities in the judge's signature block and the file stamp from the Clerk of the Court. These inconsistencies raised serious legal concerns, as forging a court order is a federal offense under 18 USCS § 505 and a felony under Nevada Revised Statutes § 205.175. Anyone who has forged a court order typically results in the FBI arresting the person..

Eugene Volokh, a First Amendment law professor at UCLA and an expert on issues involving forged court orders and online speech censorship, was consulted by Mr. Chaker's defense team. Professor Volokh has contributed significantly to this field through his writings and amicus briefs.

As the lawsuit progressed, the court recognized Mr. Chaker's online posts as protected under the First Amendment and dismissed Mr. Michaelides' complaint under an anti-SLAPP motion filed by the defense. In Nevada, the law permits the awarding of up to $10,000 in attorney's fees for bringing an anti-SLAPP motion. However, a higher award where the case is deemed meritless may be awarded. In this instance, the court ordered Thomas Michaelides Las Vegas Attorney to pay $51,650 after concluding that his lawsuit was without merit. The court's decisions, including the order for attorney fees and costs and the findings regarding the allegedly forged court order, were recorded on October 8, 2020.

Furthermore, it was revealed that Mr. Michaelides had consulted with a San Diego attorney who had previously lost a similar lawsuit against Darren Chaker aimed at removing critical blogs. This lawsuit was dismissed by a federal court, and the dismissal was upheld by the Ninth Circuit on January 27, 2020, in Case No. 17-56676.

More recently, Thomas Michaelides, TCM Law Group, lost his request to be allowed to practice in federal court. In 2022, the United States District, District of Nevada, took the initiative in In Re: Thomas C. Michaelides, Attorney at Law, Bar No. 5425,  Case No. 2:2018cv00364. Thomas Michaelides retained a criminal defense attorney to ask the court to ignore the fact his client committed violated federal criminal law to use as a PR weapon.  Ultimatley, the Court suspended Las Vegas attorney Thomas Michaelides.