It appears that the city of Stewart is having a hard time keeping attorneys. Fewer than four attorneys in less than a year have been enlisted in the city's prosecution of resident Delvin Bethke. Bethke maintains he has been persecuted by city officials.
One attorney even apparently resigned.
Lori Moldan appears to be a the latest in the series, allegedly representing the city from the firm Gavin, Donley, and Ostlund. Moldan has entered the assault against Bethke, claiming to represent his neighbor Chuck Paul.
City officials deny that Lori Moldan is city lawyer. However, Moldan works for the same firm that the other city lawyers work for. And city resident Chuck Paul has said he has been pressured by the city to shut off Bethke's water, saying: "I'm between a rock and a hard place.... The city is on me to get that line changed."
That makes Chuck Paul and Lori Moldan alleged proxies for the city of Stewart.
Here are the attorneys whose names have appeared in city and legal documents.
ZACHARY LARS LYNGAAS
Zachary Lars Lyngaas appears in the fall of 2018. He is a young attorney, admitted in 2016.
KENNETH JANSEN
Below is a letter with Kenneth Janssen's name on the letterhead from March 2019. Janssen is also a young attorney, admitted in 2013.
AMBER DONLEY
Below is a court document with Amber Donley's name on it. Donley reputedly resigned due the corruption involved in this case and the harassment of Bethke. Donley was admitted in 2008, so she has more experience than any of the others.
LORI MOLDAN
And the latest, alleged city attorney Lori Moldan, who was admitted in 2015, also a very new attorney, appears in a letter to Bethke in September 2019.
Who will be next in the city's alleged assault on a resident?
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