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Profile of a Violator or The Neighbor From Hell












the facts truthfully.  






The reason this is so significant is because 99.99% of the clients who are
in a conflict with the NFH do not realize the pattern of dysfunctional
behavior, and as a result they get very frustrated and angry over what is
actually quite predictable.  Understanding this NFH is one of the keys
to dealing with the frustration, but even more significant . . . it is
one of the great keys to successfully dealing with the NFH.  
Lawyers who do not understand that will cost you a fortune in
attorney's fees on the litigation merry-go-round.  

Here is the consistent Profile of the Neighbor From Hell:

  1. He is arrogant.
  2. He is aggressive.
  3. He is completely self-absorbed.
  4. He is an intimidator.
  5. He is obnoxious.
  6. He is totally unconcerned about any neighbor.
  7. The only thing that matters is that he can do what he wants.
  8. The rights of a neighbor are irrelevant to him.
  9. He will violate local zoning regulations and building codes without
    hesitation, but will report a neighbor immediately for any violation.
  10. He will lie and misrepresent facts to government officials or a judge.
  11. His wife is normally his doormat and has been for a long marriage.
  12. He will create nuisances for his neighbors and completely reject
    any polite requests to stop.
  13. He is a master manipulator.  
  14. He has a Ph.D. in street smarts.
  15. He will always retain an attorney who is also obnoxious and will
    misrepresent the facts boldly in court.
  16. He is NOT reasonable or rational.
  17. He will NOT be reasoned with.
  18. He will often do things that good neighbors would never even think
    of doing, such as poisoning strawberry plants in the dark, removing
    survey markers when no one is around, shooting potted plants with
    a pellet gun, poisoning fruit trees with salt stakes, sending in  
    pornographic magazine subscriptions for elderly female neighbors
    as though the subscriptions came from the ladies, stealing mail,
    putting large stones in one's driveway, pouring paint in the
    driveway puddles, driving a vehicle over one's new lawn and
    spinning out to leave damage, throwing beer bottles and other
    garbage over the fence, plugging up one's irrigation line to cause
    flooding, tearing down one's fence in the dark, letting the air out of
    a vehicle's tires, and on and on and on.  All of these scenarios
    come from actual cases I handled.
  19. He is a master at playing mind games, obviously.
  20. He thrives on ugly conflict, although he pretends not to.
  21. He is willing to spend thousands on attorney's fees to satisfy his
    perverse whims in a fight with a good neighbor.
  22. He knows that judges do not understand that such dysfunctional
    behavior can be covered up with an honest and perfectly polite
    disposition in the court room.  After all, he has been fooling people
    for his whole life, and it has been working the vast majority of the
    time.  Judges are very easy to fool, although they pretend to be
    wise on such matters.
  23. His behavior is rewarded the majority of the time, and so he is
    boldly confident that he will once again win.  And he often does.
  24. He knows good people often give up the fight early or before the
    end.
  25. He will trick his neighbor by saying or doing one thing and later
    completely denying that he ever said or did such a thing, and there
    are never any witnesses to support the good neighbor.  
  26. His lies under oath are incredibly good, because they are lengthy,
    full of detail, supported by multiple consistent lies, and are stated
    with persuasive apparent honesty and openess.  See Example.
It is very unfortunate that good
people often end up living next
door to the neighbor from hell,
which I'll abbreviate as NFH.

This NFH fights wrongly over
boundary lines, road easements,
view easements, survey markers,
tree branches overhanging the
boundary line, set backs, and on
and on.  I use the word "wrongly"
because the NFH is not dealing
Is your neighbor the "neighbor from hell?"
   What is really quite amazing is that the behavior of the NFH is
incredibly predictable.  You don't have to be a psychologist to
recognize an amazingly consistent pattern of behavior over 20 years
of practicing law.  
See example of what
happens in court
when the NFH takes
the witness stand
and lies under oath.
Neighbor Blocks Easement With Gate;
Neighbor Installs Speed Bump on Shared Easement;
Neighbor Drives Across Property Without Permission;
The Classic Profile of The Violator;
How to Deal With the Neighbor:  What Works & What Doesn't Work.
This is a common problem in Sequim and Port Angeles, Washington.