IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
COUNTY DEPARTMENT - PROBATE DIVISION
ESTATE OF
JOSEPH L. ZIARNIK,
No. 08 P 8140
A Disabled Person,
Advocacy Guardianship Services, NFP, as
Limited Guardian of the Person of Joseph L.
Ziarnik and individually, Josh Mitzen as
Director, Advocacy Guardianship Services
NFP and individually; Devon Bank as agent
for Joseph Ludwig Ziarnik under Power of
Attorney, dated April 1, 2008, as Trustee of
Joseph Ziarnik Trust, dated April 1, 2008, and
individually and Janna Dutton, as attorney for
the Estate of Joseph Ziarnik and individually.
Plaintiffs,
v.
Tammy Goldmann, Google, Inc.
Defendants.
ANSWER AND OBJECTION TO PETITION FOR ATTORNEY'S
FEES AND AFFIDAVIT OF VICOTR J. PIOLI
Now comes Edwin J. Belz and objects to Petition for Attorney's Fees and
Affidavit of Victor Pioli and objects to same, pursuant to Illinois Section 2-615 and 2619, as follows:
COUNT I
OBJECTION TO PETITION FOR FEES AND AFFIDAVIT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2-615 AND 2-619
AS TO 2-615
1) Petition is not in conformity with the rules of Court and outstanding case law
regarding petition for fees in that it fails to set forth the experience of the
attorneys involved, the difficulty of the subject issues, and whether said time
expended was reasonable and necessary in regards to the amount charged;
2) The petition is not a petition but in the nature of a motion with a computation
attached;
AS TO 2-619
3) If in fact the fee petition is to be considered by this court as a petition, it is
without merit in that the hours alleged and amounts for work done is predicated
upon conclusionary statements without any indication as to what services were
specifically rendered;
4) Petitioner is seeking attorney's fees for hours clocked after Edwin J. Belz
withdrew as an attorney to this cause on March 28, 2014;
5) Certain hours indicated on Petitioner's computation sheet are only for status
dates;
Wherefore Edwin J. Belz prays Petition for Attorney's Fees be dismissed with
prejudice.
Edwin J. Belz
COUNT II
ANSWER
1) Edwin J. Belz admits is Mr. Pioli is an attorney to licensed to practice law in
the State of Illinois;
2) Edwin J. Belz admits said order referenced in paragraph 2 was entered;
3) Edwin J. Belz neither admit nor deny as respondent has insufficient
knowledge of the procedures of Johnson and Bell and require strict proof of
the same
4) Edwin J. Belz denies the allegations contained in paragraph 4;
5) Edwin J. Belz denies the fees are reasonable and are without basis for costs
incurred, nor labor performed, nor what the experience of Victor Pioli or Alan
Succari is; and further denies the schedule is true and accurate. The schedule
setting forth fees is vague and indefinite, redundant and without specificity;
6) Edwin J. Belz makes no response to paragraph 6 as there is no such
paragraph;
7) Without elaboration on work done, Edwin J. Belz denies that services
performed should be remunerated at rate indicated;
8) Edwin J. Belz neither admits or denies allegations contained in paragraph 8 as
he does not know what actions were performed by Victor Pioli
Wherefore Edwin J. Belz prays Petition for Attorney's fees be denied.
Edwin J. Belz
Edwin J. Belz
4407 N. Elston Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60630
773-282-9129
Atty. No. 25663
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
COUNTY DEPARTMENT - PROBATE DIVISION
ESTATE OF
JOSEPH L. ZIARNIK,
No. 08 P 8140
A Disabled Person,
Advocacy Guardianship Services, NFP, as
Limited Guardian of the Person of Joseph L.
Ziarnik and individually, Josh Mitzen as
Director, Advocacy Guardianship Services
NFP and individually; Devon Bank as agent
for Joseph Ludwig Ziarnik under Power of
Attorney, dated April 1, 2008, as Trustee of
Joseph Ziarnik Trust, dated April 1, 2008, and
individually and Janna Dutton, as attorney for
the Estate of Joseph Ziarnik and individually.
Plaintiffs,
v.
Tammy Goldmann, Google, Inc.
Defendants.
NOTICE OF FILING
To:
Tammy Goldmann
3939 N. Kostner Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60641
Victor Pioli
Johnson and Bell
33 W. Monroe Street
Suite 2700
Chicago, IL 60603
th
Janna Dutton
Dutton and Casey
79 W. Monroe Street
Suite 1320
Chicago, IL 60603
Please take notice that on 7 day of October, 2014,I filed with the Circuit Court
of Cook County, Illinois, an Objection and Answer to Petition for Attorney's Fees, a
copy of which is attached hereto.
Edwin J. Belz, Atty.
4407 N. Elston Ave.
Chicago, IL 60630
773-282-9129
Atty. No. 25663