Psychosis By Estoppel: Is It Fraud if You Tell The Victim He's Being Defrauded?

December 16, 1997
3801 Connecticut Ave., NW #136
Washington, DC 20008-4530

Larry G. Massanari
Regional Commissioner
Office of Disability & Intl. Operations
Social Security Administration
Baltimore, MD 21241-0001

RE: Social Security Disability Claim no. xxx xx xxxx

Dear Mr. Massanari:

This will advise the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) that oral argument in the District of Columbia Court Appeals in the matter Freedman v. D.C. Department of Human Rights was held on December 16, 1997. On appeal is the affirmation by the D.C. Department of Human Rights that my former employer, the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, had valid, nondiscriminatory business reasons to terminate my employment effective October 29, 1991, based on the employer's concerns about my mental health and stability. The SSA has determined that the above disability began on October 29, 1991, the date of the job termination by Akin Gump.

Justin Draycott, Esq., of the D.C. Office of Corporation Counsel argued for the District. The appellate panel of the D.C. Court of Appeals comprised Judges John A. Terry (202) 879-2780; Inez Reid Smith (202) 879 2726; and Warren R. King (202) 879 2740.

I enclose for your information a letter dated December 16, 1997 that I wrote and forwarded to Deputy D.C. Corporation Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Esq. (with a copy to the criminal division of the U.S. Department of Justice).

Sincerely,

Gary Freedman