Open Letter to the Greater Families of Meyer & Howard Marks & Friends:
We originally authored, edited, legally verified & finalized this Open Letter on August 29 2021 - with big contributions by Lance Martin, Howard Marks, Allen Marks & several authors who refuse to be named for fear to their lives from Jeremy Marks - especially since the untimely death of Allen Marks in 2021 at age 66, Michael Canova, age 46 in 2009 and Judith Lutzow, age 60 in 2010 -- who died soon after being implicitly or directly threatened.
Allen Marks was one of the original unnamed authors who was repeatedly, directly and/or implicitly, threatened by Jeremy Marks. When? Starting hours after David Marks' "false flag" incident against his father on Sept. 3 2020 and just after Howard's 11/26/2020 family email, and, finally, weeks / days before he passed away. Coincidences? The authors don't think so.
Allen, a major victim of Jeremy, made a police complaint, in 2021, against Jeremy Marks for using his identity. It is of record, from major US citizen background check databases, that a search for Jeremy showed Allen's details: Jeremy, somehow, had the same birth date, age and former addresses as Allen's. One job application Allen made, upon a background check by the prospective employer, showed Jeremy as Allen's aka identity.
One is led to ask the question: Is there is a motive for Jeremy Marks to "steal" Allen's identity"? Yes. Jeremy is a US Court convicted felon for bomb-making activities in 1983, an adjudged wife/ child abuser in 1995-8 with multiple Orders of Protection against Jeremy in Cook County Illinois court in the 1990s. Whereas, Allen's background check shows him NOT to be a criminal convict or a felon.
Just as bad, in several venues, Jeremy was found guilty of perjury (lying):
- To DCFS in 1995-6, trying to shift blame for child abuse he committed.
- To Adult Protective Services (APS) in 2011 against Howard Marks, in which Howard was, in 10 days, found totally innocent of Jeremy's accusations and Jeremy was deemed to be an implicate abuser.
- In Allen Marks' Cook County probate court, 2015, Jeremy committed perjury against Guardian, Howard Marks; whereupon discovery, the court found that Jeremy's testimony as perjury and rewarded Howard. This Court Case # 2007P7081 shows that, 2016, Lance Martin was Guardian's attorney of record.
In October 2020, important to this Open Letter, Howard Marks, when moving from his residence, discovered boxes he was storing for Jeremy that contained the previously, totally unknown, Cook County Orders of Protection ("OP") against Jeremy dated 1995 to 1998. These OPs unmistakably show that Jeremy was abuser to all children under his care at that time - and that his 2nd wife, Pamela, was totally innocent of any abuse. In 1998, Jeremy came to Howard, telling the Howard Marks family that his 2nd wife, Pamela was guilty of abusing her children - with the Marks family "believing" Jeremy's allegations against Pamela, with Howard convinced enough that he agreed to "supervise" visitations between Jeremy and son, Christopher.
In early 2021, Lance Martin legally authenticated all legal documents included in this open letter, ALL with Jeremy Lee Marks as sole DEFENDANT, including a 1972 civil malice lawsuit for running over a classmate, a 1983 felony criminal conviction for bomb-making, 1995-99 orders of protection against Jeremy with wife, family, baby-sitter, etc. as protected parties - with allegations of child, wife and family abuse. Make no mistake - the public record is loud & clear that Jeremy Lee Marks, son of Meyer & Sylvia Marks, was sole offending Defendant in all cases. In August 2022 -- this open letter was re-edited for clarity.
Lance Martin has legally authenticated all legal documents included in this open letter, including a 1972 malice lawsuit, a 1983 felony criminal conviction, and orders of protection for wife, family and child abuse with Jeremy Lee Marks, son of Meyer and Sylvia Marks, as sole offending Defendant in all cases.July Date: March 7, 2022 -- Edited for clarity, August 24, 2022.
Jeremy has kept most of his "befriended" people totally or partially in the dark about his egregious "court and public record" of numerous child and wife abuse judgments, findings of perjury (lying) and felony criminal activities that span from1982. Semi-public records of Jeremy's sadistic abuse to others continues through the present. Those that "believe" otherwise - have been profoundly deceived by Jeremy maliciously bearing false witness (lying) about his former immediate families, wives, step-children, brothers', Allen & Howard, his parents, and his biological children, Jennifer and Christopher.
Likely, it's not a coincidence that Jeremy's son, Christopher, imprisoned in McHenry County for 25+ felonies since 11/2021, has a public record similar to his dad's. It's very unfortunate that Christopher couldn't break free of his father's wrath. But, it's heartening that Jennifer, Jeremy's daughter, did break free of Jeremy's clutches, as we understand it, in about 1990. (Talk to Jennifer.) Howard's sons, David and Daniel, are not so lucky, as they had, or still have, a relationship with Jeremy through at least 2022 when this open letter was first published, either choosing to believe their provably abusive and felon uncle over their father or haven't been able to break free of Jeremy.
One of the co-authors to this open letter examined emails and text conversations obtained between 2011-13 and 2022 (provided by one of Jeremy's concerned "friends" and Howard). He states that these emails and text messages show that Jennifer and Jeremy's ex-wife, Pamela, in about 2009-2012, tried to convince Christopher to "break free" of drugs and the adverse influence of his father, Jeremy, to no avail. A psychologist associate offered an answer why: If Chris was heavily addicted, he may have been out of control. To confirm, it is suggested that interested parties talk with Pamela and/or Jennifer.
On November 26, 2020, Howard Marks, preemptively, sent a narrative and linked court/DCFS/public record links of this letter to his family in an email. At that time Lance Martin (one of the co-authors of this letter) had not completed authenticating the linked public record documents. The authentication was completed in early 2021.
MOST IMPORTANT. Publication of this open letter on a website was delayed until 2022 because of two threats on the life of Allen Marks by Jeremy Marks, one threat about two days after Howard sent his 11/26/2020 email to his family, and the second threat about a week before Allen's untimely death in November 2020. Earlier, Jeremy's son, Christopher, had made death threats to both Howard and Allen in 2017 (Police Report 1 - Police Report 2). Twenty (20) days after Allen passed away, Christopher was arrested and imprisoned. Howard believes that the 11/28/2020 threat to Allen's life may have been due to one of the recipients of the 11/26/2020 email sharing it with Jeremy, as, Howard's email mentioned "two informants", one of which WAS Allen.
Bringing into sharp focus that the contents of this letter needed, STAT, to be open knowledge, not The late 2021 untimely death of Allen Marks, the arrest of Jeremy's son Christopher, their threats on people's lives, the horrific similarity of the public record of Jeremy and Christopher, the ~2011 myspace message of details of Jeremy's drug abuse with subteen daughter, Jennifer, and other things, brought into sharp focus that the contents of this letter needed to be open knowledge, not secret. It is clear that Jeremy has no respect for truth and may not have any respect for the sanctity of life.
I, as a lawyer, weighing the evidence, must consider that, since documents show that Jeremy introduced all his children to drugs, and since Daniel Marks' age 13 essay, "My Uncle Jeremy" admits tells that Jeremy admitted to Daniel that he used to take drugs, a fact that Jeremy always denied to Howard and his father,
As a consequence of our law firm creating guardianship for Allen, we knew that, in 2007, neither Howard, Allen or their father, Meyer, knew of Jeremy's history of egregious criminal, abuse and perjury. In 2007, Jeremy "Pulled the wool over our eyes" by telling our law firm that his legal history was "clean" when it was the polar opposite.
The event triggering this open letter was a discovery by Howard, in his move from his residence in October 2020, of boxes of incriminating public record documents that were stored by Jeremy in Howard's residence. These documents depict Jeremy Marks as the sole offender in a number of US, Illinois Court and DCFS actions, Court Orders, Court Orders of Protection, "Findings Reports" and a criminal felony conviction. Jeremy kept his egregious past secret from the whole Marks family as long as he was able, until 2009, 2012 and 2020, when documents proved the true egregious history since 1971, unknown to the Marks family as described herein.
Howard asked our law firm to authenticate the linked documents as we have previous experience with Jeremy and the Marks family.
The linked public record of Jeremy Marks sadly and loudly screams the truth about Jeremy, as a court convicted felon with multiple child/wife abuse and perjury judgments. Jeremy kept and keeps his egregious past top secret while demonizing others who know the truth. Read and be aware of Jeremy's true nature.
Because our firm has direct experience with Jeremy Marks in 2003, 2007, 2016, Howard Marks asked us, as paralegal consultants - to informally: 1) impartially analyze and authenticate Jeremy's criminal and civil Public Record, Court and agency judgments, findings, and convictions that are linked to this open letter and 2) detail our non-client experience with Jeremy. To refresh our Marks family knowledge, Howard showed us a family timeline, 2020 emails, and gave us pertinent Marks family documents from Howard's family. Howard released us from attorney-client privilege. After due diligence, we believe all public record criminal and civil judgments by Courts and findings by DCFS are authentic.
The public record shows Jeremy Marks exactly as described by the webpage title: A US Criminal Court convicted felon, 1983, per Chicago Daily Herald Links: (Conviction, #3B #3A #4B #4), as adjudged by competent Cook County Courts and the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), of multiple time abuse to his children and wife (See Cook County Court & DCFS links to documents #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15) in 1995-99, and found guilty of abuse of the DCFS telephone hotline by making numerous "bogus" hotline calls to "get off the hook" for his abuse of his stepchildren - to try shifting blame for his child abuse to an innocent man (DCFS link #9).----------------------------------Very sadly, Christopher (Chris), Jeremy's son may be Jeremy's most deeply wounded victim, as Jeremy's parental misconduct has been imitated by Chris, now in prison since 11/30/2021 (McHenry Link #1 Link #2), awaiting trial for 20+ felonies, including, if we read correctly, armed violence, firearms possession/ usage. Sales/ possession/ usage of ecstasy, fentanyl, cocaine, amphetamines, LSD, cannabis, and sub-teen child pornography. Lake County records show that Chris was under Jeremy's custody from about age 13 (#Court Order). At age 17 Chris was indicted/ arrested for burglary/theft (Jennifer msg link #23) in 2010, expunged thanks to his maternal grandmother and a lenient prosecutor, to "give Chris another chance" without a felony on his record. Seven years later, Chris was arrested for selling drugs to minors (Police Report & link to McHenry County Case No 17CF0609), with felony conviction, 2018. Also in 2018, Chris was arrested for family battery (police report 16), just like his dad, McHenry Case No. 18CM01355. Is there similarity in Jeremy and his son's public record, including disrespect for the law?
A feeling for a child's "home life" under Jeremy can be deduced by reading the DCFS investigative reports, court Orders of Protection and findings against Jeremy, then comparing/contrasting these with son Chris' public record and reading daughter, Jennifer's, description of her youth in a linked Myspace message #24. Howard says David Marks has already seen this Myspace message as annotated by Jeremy linked here: Annotated message. Per Howard Marks, Jeremy's annotations are "99+% lies", even to name of housemate, whose real name was Phil (not "Dennis"). Howard said he knew Phil and girlfriend, Judy (who sons, David/Daniel may have met, as Judy helped Howard and their Grandpa pack to move from Deerfield in 2001; Jeremy was evicted, 2002, from Judy's home, visible on Lake County website, Case #02LM00000281).----------------------------------Our law firm's knowledge of Jeremy's and Howard's families and parents, from 1999-2016, date from:In 2003, litigating Randhurst storage leaseholds for Meyer, Howard, Jeremy, and regarding collection, Malhee.In 2007-16, setting up guardianship for Allen Marks in Cook County Probate Court.In 2011-12, being "in the loop", receiving email dialogue between Adult Protective Services (APS), Joe Kerouac, Allison Zentz, Howard and Jeremy. No, Lance did not receive a "heads-up" from Jeremy".In 2016, being aware of the above-mentioned "false testimony" Jeremy gave in Allen's Probate court - described below and discoverable.***Likely, the Public Record of Jeremy's misconduct is the "tip of the iceberg" of the true nature of Jeremy's compulsive antisocial misbehavior (term per a psychiatric associate). It is luck that Jeremy was careless enough, in his misconduct, that irrefutable public domain documents exist. Jeremy, when confronted with his egregious past or when making false allegations against people, is fantastically good at creating believable denials of his past and/or creating a believable scenario of plausible, clever explanations, combined with his acting skill at pretending "righteous indignation" and misdirection of blame from himself. The public record "attests" that Jeremy won't hesitate to bear false witness (lie), IN the courtroom, TO APS, TO DCFS, and TO us in 2007 when setting up court guardianship for Allen Marks' benefit and in 2016. Is it possible that someone who has been caught lying to courts, government agencies and his lawyer, might also be capable of lying to common folks?
A psychiatric associate said that Jeremy's public record of malicious misconduct, combined with Jeremy's false testimony against an innocent man and in Allen's probate court, are "sociopathic". She asks "What Jeremy could have been thinking when he made and sold electrically detonated bombs that might have been used to kill or injure someone". Ditto Jeremy's total disregard for body damage to stepchild (DCFS Document link, pages 9-12). Ditto Jeremy's heartless disregard of the innocent man, to make daily, "bogus" DCFS hotline calls (DCFS Document #9) to escape try escaping abuse charges. "Only a person devoid of warm human emotions, empathy, guilt, remorse does these things", she said, suggesting Jeremy was so passionately driven to hurt others that he was careless, allowing the public record to exist. She suggests that Jeremy's victims are, most always, his immediate family - and that Jeremy's "obsession" seems directed to "bring down" family members and close friends that, unlike him, have no criminal history and/or are more "successful" than him. She suggests the persona depicted by Jeremy's public record has no respect for people, truth or even life, suggesting anyone associating with him be careful to NOT eat, drink, sleep in his presence.==============================Not relevant in 2003 but very relevant in 2016: When we represented Jeremy in Randhurst in 2003, Jeremy requested that we allow him to pay for our legal services by trading his audio recording & audio editing services - unimportant then, as Howard paid us. But in 2016, in Cook County Case No 2007P07081 for Allen Marks' guardianship, when Jeremy alleged that he made audio recordings that "proved" Howard had "committed" elder abuse to his father, the "true nature" of Jeremy's "audio editing services" became apparent, as all Jeremy's 2016 allegations to Judge Quinn were proven false with the "in-camera review" APS and other evidence.==============================DETAILED ANALYSIS OF JEREMY'S PUBLIC RECORD and RELATED FAMILY DOCUMENTS**2007, while setting up Allen's guardianship, we asked Jeremy to be Representative Payee to handle Allen's disability income, to which he said, "YES". Matter-of-factly, we asked him if he had any negative legal record which might interfere with being Rep Payee. He replied, "none". Social Security approved, then shortly later, rejected Jeremy as Rep Payee. Without doubt, Jeremy lied to us, as he had a felony #Conviction and several abuse judgments against him. Thus, Howard became Rep Payee, as Howard's legal history is spotless.1982-83. US Court Conviction shows Jeremy, convicted of felony related to electrically detonated bombs, as described in the Daily Herald newspaper (Daily Herald links: #3A, #3B, #4A, #4B), discoverable at www.dailyherald.com by looking in their archives. Jeremy's conviction was by plea bargain, as per Daily Herald and the linked Conviction.1995-99 DFCS, Cook & Lake County IL Court show that Jeremy had been found/adjudged multiple times, as a child abuser and wife abuser to 3 children (See DCFS/court links: #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15).1995. DCFS and Cook County Court shows (Link, page 3) that Jeremy bore false witness (lied) in attempts to shift blame for the abuse he inflicted on his step-children to a provably innocent man by repeatedly making "bogus" telephone calls to the DCFS hotline. DCFS reports show Jeremy guilty for several reasons.1998. Cook County Court, Case 98D230281, named Jeremy Marks (in the linked Order of Protection) for family abuse, threats of explosives use, surveillance - permanently ejecting Jeremy from the marital home, largely ending the marriage. Jeremy moved back to his parents (Lake County court Case 98D1880), keeping top secret from his unwitting parents and other family members about the many Orders of Protection and recent judgments against him for misconduct towards his family. Just as bad, Jeremy demonized his wife, scapegoating her (and others) as "reasons" he had lost possession of his son, Chris.1998. Lake County Court records show that Howard was appointed, November 16, 1998, as court-appointed supervisor of Jeremy's visits with son, Chris, about four months after Cook County ejected Jeremy from the marital home (Linked court Order of Protection). Since I know that Howard didn't know of Jeremy's criminal and misconduct history in 2007, he absolutely could not have known in 1998, thus must have believed Jeremy's accusations against his wife enough to help Jeremy visit with Chris and even help Jeremy "fight his wife"!11/1999. Daniel Marks' timely essay, linked here as "My Uncle Jeremy", was written 12 months AFTER Howard became Jeremy's Court Supervisor. Daniel, 13 years old, wrote that, inter alia, Jeremy visited with his son every Sunday, described Jeremy in loving ways, as "good-hearted, generous, joking, kind, hard-working", worthy of love, etc. Daniel describes Jeremy's wife in insulting ways and stated Jeremy hated his wife. And Daniel further describes Howard as, "Used to be very kind" prior to age 13.11/1999. It is clear that, twelve months into having weekly contact with Jeremy and Chris, Daniel's essay shows that he totally didn't know that Jeremy was, weeks - months earlier, multiple times found guilty of abusing 3 children and his wife, and/or that Jeremy was "kicked out" of the marital home, or that Jeremy was a felon. However, Daniel did say he understood Jeremy "used to take drugs" (Daniel’s page 4, handwritten). It’s unimaginable that Daniel would write such a flattering essay if he had any idea about Jeremy's negative past!Re 1999. Howard asked three questions, keeping in mind that Daniel, at age 13, had said his father "Used to be very kind": 1st, Was it unkind for Howard to donate 7 hours every Sunday to Jeremy for visits with his son for 1+ years? 2nd, If Howard had known Jeremy was a felon, wife abuser and child abuser (not his wife), would Howard have agreed to be Jeremy's visitation supervisor? And, 3rd, Would Howard knowingly have allowed his sons and Chris to bond with Jeremy, a felon with (then) recent child/wife abuse history and lying? The answers are obvious to a person with empathy and warm human emotions.1997. A year before Howard became Jeremy's supervisor for Chris' visits, 13-14 year old David wrote two linked essays, "Autobiography" and "Best Advice I Ever Received" (#1B). Both essays portray Howard very positively, praising Howard for giving David advice on "never to be violent", that David is probably "closer to his dad than his mom", and he "won't be smoking or doing drugs". It's clear Jeremy took and approved of drugs and that both of Jeremy's natural children were in the environment of recreational drug use, abuse, and/or sales.One question that should be asked: Because "textbook" psychology suggests that a child's use of drugs is closely tied to respected authority figures and peer pressure: Since Jeremy was, when Daniel wrote his essay in 1999, a "loved" uncle who abused drugs, "What part did Jeremy's "bonding" with David and Daniel, during visitations with Chris, after David's essay, have on their usage of recreational drugs, if any (including cannabis), especially, given that David promised in his essay that he, "won't be smoking or doing drugs"?Given Chris is now in deep trouble, Howard said he believes if he had said, “No” to supervising Chris’ visitation, maybe Chris wouldn’t have been, like his daddy, Jeremy, a felon and wife/child abuser.1972. Howard said, one clue Jeremy's parents had of Jeremy Marks' nature was the linked Lawsuit #2, against Jeremy, served at the Marks Wilmette family house. Both counts of the complaint said, "Malice is the gist of this action."***JEREMY MARKS’ FALSE COURT TESTIMONY AGAINST HOWARD, COOK COUNTY IL CASE # 2007P07081.2016a. Before Judge Carolyn Quinn and G.A.L., Jeremy, very convincingly portrayed himself as an ever so "concerned brother and son", alleging that Howard had abused Allen and his father Meyer, in 2011 and 2015-16. Jeremy further alleged that Howard was stealing Allen’s disability income. Jeremy further alleged that he reported all Howard's "abuses" to Adult Protective Services (APS). Jeremy also alleged to court and G.A.L. that APS had determined that Howard was guilty, and guilty in 2011 of “elder abuse” against his father, Meyer.2016b. So totally convincing was Jeremy to Judge Quinn and G.A.L. that she issued a court order for in-camera review of all relevant APS records for Howard, Allen and Meyer, including 2011 APS findings. Judge Quinn ordered Howard to produce financial records regarding Allen. APS and Howard produced all records and documents, including APS’ 2011 Meyer Marks/Howard Marks' "of record" findings about Howard.2016c. At the hearing regarding in-camera review, ALL of Jeremy's allegations against Howard were shown false, that APS had deemed Jeremy's 2011 complaint as fully unfounded (not guilty). If Jeremy had given testimony in Judge Quinn's court under penalty of perjury, he could have been punished with prison time.2016d. Per this case's online docket, on 09/20/2016, Howard was ordered to take a “reimbursement” of $4,000.00 and appointed Guardian of Allen's special needs payback trust. This would not have happened if even one of Jeremy's allegations was shown as even slightly "true".Jeremy has continually lied about both the 2011 APS findings and the 2016 Guardianship Court findings, falsely and deceptively telling others that Howard was found guilty when the actual outcomes were the polar opposite. This is discoverable from both APS and from guardianship court.2016d. Howard showed me an email that Mr. Joseph Kerouac, the caseworker/arbitrator for APS, had sent, essentially confirming that, in 2011, APS ordered Jeremy to NOT initiate contact with his father, Meyer, until he entered family or personal therapy. Howard told us that Jeremy alleged that he didn't make contact again with his father for the last 4 years of his life so as to, "not to confuse him". Mr Kerouac's letter demonstrates Jeremy to be lying.==============================ORIGIN OF THE “OF PUBLIC RECORD” DCFS AND COURT DOCUMENTS ATTACHEDWhen moving in 2020, Howard Marks discovered two cardboard boxes Jeremy had stored at his Mount Prospect IL home in about mid 2002, likely dating from one of Jeremy’s evictions (Case #02LM00000281), though Jeremy moved just after the case was filed. This box contained the original attachments to this email, excluding newspaper articles. Jeremy certainly knew of these documents, as he was the named “offender”.==============================A LAWYER'S SUGGESTIONS TO THOSE IN CONTACT WITH JEREMY MARKSWith this email's being sent, we’ve tried to fulfill Howard Marks' family and friends' request to 1) Review and comment on the Public Record convictions, judgments, and findings against Jeremy Marks, and 2) relate the drama Jeremy created in Allen's Guardianship Court in 2016. We recommend the following to readers:
1. If you feel it necessary, hire an attorney to review the attachments for understanding.2. Call Jeremy's daughter, Jennifer, to find out what happened between her and Jeremy. To shun a father for 30+ years, she must have good reasons. The linked Myspace message between Jennifer and Chris is revealing. If Jennifer will talk about it, ask how her home life was with Jeremy. Prior to 2009, Howard believed Jeremy, not Phil or Judy, who verbally reported to Howard what Jennifer's linked Myspace message revealed.3. It may pay to call stepchildren's parents, Howard suggests: Steve Sutton Sr, Pamela Vintika Frikart - victimized in attachments to this open letter. Corollary victims that might give information are Pamela's present husband, Pamela's mother, and Scott Jacobson. Avoid unknown witnesses, as they might be dependent drug addicts, unknowledgable or misinformed. Jeremy has, in the past, threatened Pamela and Scott.4. Apparently, Jeremy "befriends" his former victims - while falsely "demonizing opponents." Jeremy was extremely successful in demonizing both Howard and Jeremy's supposedly "hateful" wife to Daniel in 1999, described in Daniel's linked essay. Hence, Jeremy’s preteen victims may be unreliable, especially if it was possible Jeremy gave them drugs.5. Check the Daily Herald newspaper archives for the newspaper articles describing Jeremy’s felony.6. Check websites for Lake County and Cook County Illinois court. If necessary, go to Chicago or Waukegan records department if cases are too old to get online; but records should be available to order.7. Jeremy’s felony conviction may be obtainable, without a court order, through the Federal Court computer records service, PACER. Many attorneys maintain PACER accounts. The ATF or the US Court (Northern District of IL) at Dirksen Building in Chicago can also speak to these issues.
I and my office can’t help any more than this open letter. The public record is quite self-explanatory and is irrefutable, uncontested, evidence. Hire an attorney if you need further discovery. Howard has original copies of the attached Documents.
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Jeremy has kept most of his "befriended" people totally or partially in the dark about his egregious "court and public record" of numerous child and wife abuse judgments, findings of perjury (lying) and felony criminal activities that span from1982. Semi-public records of Jeremy's sadistic abuse to others continues through the present. Those that "believe" otherwise - have been profoundly deceived by Jeremy maliciously bearing false witness (lying) about his former immediate families, wives, step-children, brothers', Allen & Howard, his parents, and his biological children, Jennifer and Christopher.
Likely, it's not a coincidence that Jeremy's son, Christopher, imprisoned in McHenry County for 25+ felonies since 11/2021, has a public record similar to his dad's. It's very unfortunate that Christopher couldn't break free of his father's wrath. But, it's heartening that Jennifer, Jeremy's daughter, did break free of Jeremy's clutches, as we understand it, in about 1990. (Talk to Jennifer.) Howard's sons, David and Daniel, are not so lucky, as they had, or still have, a relationship with Jeremy through at least 2022 when this open letter was first published, either choosing to believe their provably abusive and felon uncle over their father or haven't been able to break free of Jeremy.
One of the co-authors to this open letter examined emails and text conversations obtained between 2011-13 and 2022 (provided by one of Jeremy's concerned "friends" and Howard). He states that these emails and text messages show that Jennifer and Jeremy's ex-wife, Pamela, in about 2009-2012, tried to convince Christopher to "break free" of drugs and the adverse influence of his father, Jeremy, to no avail. A psychologist associate offered an answer why: If Chris was heavily addicted, he may have been out of control. To confirm, it is suggested that interested parties talk with Pamela and/or Jennifer.
On November 26, 2020, Howard Marks, preemptively, sent a narrative and linked court/DCFS/public record links of this letter to his family in an email. At that time Lance Martin (one of the co-authors of this letter) had not completed authenticating the linked public record documents. The authentication was completed in early 2021.
MOST IMPORTANT. Publication of this open letter on a website was delayed until 2022 because of two threats on the life of Allen Marks by Jeremy Marks, one threat about two days after Howard sent his 11/26/2020 email to his family, and the second threat about a week before Allen's untimely death in November 2020. Earlier, Jeremy's son, Christopher, had made death threats to both Howard and Allen in 2017 (Police Report 1 - Police Report 2). Twenty (20) days after Allen passed away, Christopher was arrested and imprisoned. Howard believes that the 11/28/2020 threat to Allen's life may have been due to one of the recipients of the 11/26/2020 email sharing it with Jeremy, as, Howard's email mentioned "two informants", one of which WAS Allen.
Bringing into sharp focus that the contents of this letter needed, STAT, to be open knowledge, not The late 2021 untimely death of Allen Marks, the arrest of Jeremy's son Christopher, their threats on people's lives, the horrific similarity of the public record of Jeremy and Christopher, the ~2011 myspace message of details of Jeremy's drug abuse with subteen daughter, Jennifer, and other things, brought into sharp focus that the contents of this letter needed to be open knowledge, not secret. It is clear that Jeremy has no respect for truth and may not have any respect for the sanctity of life.
I, as a lawyer, weighing the evidence, must consider that, since documents show that Jeremy introduced all his children to drugs, and since Daniel Marks' age 13 essay, "My Uncle Jeremy" admits tells that Jeremy admitted to Daniel that he used to take drugs, a fact that Jeremy always denied to Howard and his father,
As a consequence of our law firm creating guardianship for Allen, we knew that, in 2007, neither Howard, Allen or their father, Meyer, knew of Jeremy's history of egregious criminal, abuse and perjury. In 2007, Jeremy "Pulled the wool over our eyes" by telling our law firm that his legal history was "clean" when it was the polar opposite.
The event triggering this open letter was a discovery by Howard, in his move from his residence in October 2020, of boxes of incriminating public record documents that were stored by Jeremy in Howard's residence. These documents depict Jeremy Marks as the sole offender in a number of US, Illinois Court and DCFS actions, Court Orders, Court Orders of Protection, "Findings Reports" and a criminal felony conviction. Jeremy kept his egregious past secret from the whole Marks family as long as he was able, until 2009, 2012 and 2020, when documents proved the true egregious history since 1971, unknown to the Marks family as described herein.
Howard asked our law firm to authenticate the linked documents as we have previous experience with Jeremy and the Marks family.
The linked public record of Jeremy Marks sadly and loudly screams the truth about Jeremy, as a court convicted felon with multiple child/wife abuse and perjury judgments. Jeremy kept and keeps his egregious past top secret while demonizing others who know the truth. Read and be aware of Jeremy's true nature.
Because our firm has direct experience with Jeremy Marks in 2003, 2007, 2016, Howard Marks asked us, as paralegal consultants - to informally: 1) impartially analyze and authenticate Jeremy's criminal and civil Public Record, Court and agency judgments, findings, and convictions that are linked to this open letter and 2) detail our non-client experience with Jeremy. To refresh our Marks family knowledge, Howard showed us a family timeline, 2020 emails, and gave us pertinent Marks family documents from Howard's family. Howard released us from attorney-client privilege. After due diligence, we believe all public record criminal and civil judgments by Courts and findings by DCFS are authentic.
The public record shows Jeremy Marks exactly as described by the webpage title: A US Criminal Court convicted felon, 1983, per Chicago Daily Herald Links: (Conviction, #3B #3A #4B #4), as adjudged by competent Cook County Courts and the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), of multiple time abuse to his children and wife (See Cook County Court & DCFS links to documents #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15) in 1995-99, and found guilty of abuse of the DCFS telephone hotline by making numerous "bogus" hotline calls to "get off the hook" for his abuse of his stepchildren - to try shifting blame for his child abuse to an innocent man (DCFS link #9).----------------------------------Very sadly, Christopher (Chris), Jeremy's son may be Jeremy's most deeply wounded victim, as Jeremy's parental misconduct has been imitated by Chris, now in prison since 11/30/2021 (McHenry Link #1 Link #2), awaiting trial for 20+ felonies, including, if we read correctly, armed violence, firearms possession/ usage. Sales/ possession/ usage of ecstasy, fentanyl, cocaine, amphetamines, LSD, cannabis, and sub-teen child pornography. Lake County records show that Chris was under Jeremy's custody from about age 13 (#Court Order). At age 17 Chris was indicted/ arrested for burglary/theft (Jennifer msg link #23) in 2010, expunged thanks to his maternal grandmother and a lenient prosecutor, to "give Chris another chance" without a felony on his record. Seven years later, Chris was arrested for selling drugs to minors (Police Report & link to McHenry County Case No 17CF0609), with felony conviction, 2018. Also in 2018, Chris was arrested for family battery (police report 16), just like his dad, McHenry Case No. 18CM01355. Is there similarity in Jeremy and his son's public record, including disrespect for the law?
A feeling for a child's "home life" under Jeremy can be deduced by reading the DCFS investigative reports, court Orders of Protection and findings against Jeremy, then comparing/contrasting these with son Chris' public record and reading daughter, Jennifer's, description of her youth in a linked Myspace message #24. Howard says David Marks has already seen this Myspace message as annotated by Jeremy linked here: Annotated message. Per Howard Marks, Jeremy's annotations are "99+% lies", even to name of housemate, whose real name was Phil (not "Dennis"). Howard said he knew Phil and girlfriend, Judy (who sons, David/Daniel may have met, as Judy helped Howard and their Grandpa pack to move from Deerfield in 2001; Jeremy was evicted, 2002, from Judy's home, visible on Lake County website, Case #02LM00000281).----------------------------------Our law firm's knowledge of Jeremy's and Howard's families and parents, from 1999-2016, date from:In 2003, litigating Randhurst storage leaseholds for Meyer, Howard, Jeremy, and regarding collection, Malhee.In 2007-16, setting up guardianship for Allen Marks in Cook County Probate Court.In 2011-12, being "in the loop", receiving email dialogue between Adult Protective Services (APS), Joe Kerouac, Allison Zentz, Howard and Jeremy. No, Lance did not receive a "heads-up" from Jeremy".In 2016, being aware of the above-mentioned "false testimony" Jeremy gave in Allen's Probate court - described below and discoverable.***Likely, the Public Record of Jeremy's misconduct is the "tip of the iceberg" of the true nature of Jeremy's compulsive antisocial misbehavior (term per a psychiatric associate). It is luck that Jeremy was careless enough, in his misconduct, that irrefutable public domain documents exist. Jeremy, when confronted with his egregious past or when making false allegations against people, is fantastically good at creating believable denials of his past and/or creating a believable scenario of plausible, clever explanations, combined with his acting skill at pretending "righteous indignation" and misdirection of blame from himself. The public record "attests" that Jeremy won't hesitate to bear false witness (lie), IN the courtroom, TO APS, TO DCFS, and TO us in 2007 when setting up court guardianship for Allen Marks' benefit and in 2016. Is it possible that someone who has been caught lying to courts, government agencies and his lawyer, might also be capable of lying to common folks?
A psychiatric associate said that Jeremy's public record of malicious misconduct, combined with Jeremy's false testimony against an innocent man and in Allen's probate court, are "sociopathic". She asks "What Jeremy could have been thinking when he made and sold electrically detonated bombs that might have been used to kill or injure someone". Ditto Jeremy's total disregard for body damage to stepchild (DCFS Document link, pages 9-12). Ditto Jeremy's heartless disregard of the innocent man, to make daily, "bogus" DCFS hotline calls (DCFS Document #9) to escape try escaping abuse charges. "Only a person devoid of warm human emotions, empathy, guilt, remorse does these things", she said, suggesting Jeremy was so passionately driven to hurt others that he was careless, allowing the public record to exist. She suggests that Jeremy's victims are, most always, his immediate family - and that Jeremy's "obsession" seems directed to "bring down" family members and close friends that, unlike him, have no criminal history and/or are more "successful" than him. She suggests the persona depicted by Jeremy's public record has no respect for people, truth or even life, suggesting anyone associating with him be careful to NOT eat, drink, sleep in his presence.==============================Not relevant in 2003 but very relevant in 2016: When we represented Jeremy in Randhurst in 2003, Jeremy requested that we allow him to pay for our legal services by trading his audio recording & audio editing services - unimportant then, as Howard paid us. But in 2016, in Cook County Case No 2007P07081 for Allen Marks' guardianship, when Jeremy alleged that he made audio recordings that "proved" Howard had "committed" elder abuse to his father, the "true nature" of Jeremy's "audio editing services" became apparent, as all Jeremy's 2016 allegations to Judge Quinn were proven false with the "in-camera review" APS and other evidence.==============================DETAILED ANALYSIS OF JEREMY'S PUBLIC RECORD and RELATED FAMILY DOCUMENTS**2007, while setting up Allen's guardianship, we asked Jeremy to be Representative Payee to handle Allen's disability income, to which he said, "YES". Matter-of-factly, we asked him if he had any negative legal record which might interfere with being Rep Payee. He replied, "none". Social Security approved, then shortly later, rejected Jeremy as Rep Payee. Without doubt, Jeremy lied to us, as he had a felony #Conviction and several abuse judgments against him. Thus, Howard became Rep Payee, as Howard's legal history is spotless.1982-83. US Court Conviction shows Jeremy, convicted of felony related to electrically detonated bombs, as described in the Daily Herald newspaper (Daily Herald links: #3A, #3B, #4A, #4B), discoverable at www.dailyherald.com by looking in their archives. Jeremy's conviction was by plea bargain, as per Daily Herald and the linked Conviction.1995-99 DFCS, Cook & Lake County IL Court show that Jeremy had been found/adjudged multiple times, as a child abuser and wife abuser to 3 children (See DCFS/court links: #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15).1995. DCFS and Cook County Court shows (Link, page 3) that Jeremy bore false witness (lied) in attempts to shift blame for the abuse he inflicted on his step-children to a provably innocent man by repeatedly making "bogus" telephone calls to the DCFS hotline. DCFS reports show Jeremy guilty for several reasons.1998. Cook County Court, Case 98D230281, named Jeremy Marks (in the linked Order of Protection) for family abuse, threats of explosives use, surveillance - permanently ejecting Jeremy from the marital home, largely ending the marriage. Jeremy moved back to his parents (Lake County court Case 98D1880), keeping top secret from his unwitting parents and other family members about the many Orders of Protection and recent judgments against him for misconduct towards his family. Just as bad, Jeremy demonized his wife, scapegoating her (and others) as "reasons" he had lost possession of his son, Chris.1998. Lake County Court records show that Howard was appointed, November 16, 1998, as court-appointed supervisor of Jeremy's visits with son, Chris, about four months after Cook County ejected Jeremy from the marital home (Linked court Order of Protection). Since I know that Howard didn't know of Jeremy's criminal and misconduct history in 2007, he absolutely could not have known in 1998, thus must have believed Jeremy's accusations against his wife enough to help Jeremy visit with Chris and even help Jeremy "fight his wife"!11/1999. Daniel Marks' timely essay, linked here as "My Uncle Jeremy", was written 12 months AFTER Howard became Jeremy's Court Supervisor. Daniel, 13 years old, wrote that, inter alia, Jeremy visited with his son every Sunday, described Jeremy in loving ways, as "good-hearted, generous, joking, kind, hard-working", worthy of love, etc. Daniel describes Jeremy's wife in insulting ways and stated Jeremy hated his wife. And Daniel further describes Howard as, "Used to be very kind" prior to age 13.11/1999. It is clear that, twelve months into having weekly contact with Jeremy and Chris, Daniel's essay shows that he totally didn't know that Jeremy was, weeks - months earlier, multiple times found guilty of abusing 3 children and his wife, and/or that Jeremy was "kicked out" of the marital home, or that Jeremy was a felon. However, Daniel did say he understood Jeremy "used to take drugs" (Daniel’s page 4, handwritten). It’s unimaginable that Daniel would write such a flattering essay if he had any idea about Jeremy's negative past!Re 1999. Howard asked three questions, keeping in mind that Daniel, at age 13, had said his father "Used to be very kind": 1st, Was it unkind for Howard to donate 7 hours every Sunday to Jeremy for visits with his son for 1+ years? 2nd, If Howard had known Jeremy was a felon, wife abuser and child abuser (not his wife), would Howard have agreed to be Jeremy's visitation supervisor? And, 3rd, Would Howard knowingly have allowed his sons and Chris to bond with Jeremy, a felon with (then) recent child/wife abuse history and lying? The answers are obvious to a person with empathy and warm human emotions.1997. A year before Howard became Jeremy's supervisor for Chris' visits, 13-14 year old David wrote two linked essays, "Autobiography" and "Best Advice I Ever Received" (#1B). Both essays portray Howard very positively, praising Howard for giving David advice on "never to be violent", that David is probably "closer to his dad than his mom", and he "won't be smoking or doing drugs". It's clear Jeremy took and approved of drugs and that both of Jeremy's natural children were in the environment of recreational drug use, abuse, and/or sales.One question that should be asked: Because "textbook" psychology suggests that a child's use of drugs is closely tied to respected authority figures and peer pressure: Since Jeremy was, when Daniel wrote his essay in 1999, a "loved" uncle who abused drugs, "What part did Jeremy's "bonding" with David and Daniel, during visitations with Chris, after David's essay, have on their usage of recreational drugs, if any (including cannabis), especially, given that David promised in his essay that he, "won't be smoking or doing drugs"?Given Chris is now in deep trouble, Howard said he believes if he had said, “No” to supervising Chris’ visitation, maybe Chris wouldn’t have been, like his daddy, Jeremy, a felon and wife/child abuser.1972. Howard said, one clue Jeremy's parents had of Jeremy Marks' nature was the linked Lawsuit #2, against Jeremy, served at the Marks Wilmette family house. Both counts of the complaint said, "Malice is the gist of this action."***JEREMY MARKS’ FALSE COURT TESTIMONY AGAINST HOWARD, COOK COUNTY IL CASE # 2007P07081.2016a. Before Judge Carolyn Quinn and G.A.L., Jeremy, very convincingly portrayed himself as an ever so "concerned brother and son", alleging that Howard had abused Allen and his father Meyer, in 2011 and 2015-16. Jeremy further alleged that Howard was stealing Allen’s disability income. Jeremy further alleged that he reported all Howard's "abuses" to Adult Protective Services (APS). Jeremy also alleged to court and G.A.L. that APS had determined that Howard was guilty, and guilty in 2011 of “elder abuse” against his father, Meyer.2016b. So totally convincing was Jeremy to Judge Quinn and G.A.L. that she issued a court order for in-camera review of all relevant APS records for Howard, Allen and Meyer, including 2011 APS findings. Judge Quinn ordered Howard to produce financial records regarding Allen. APS and Howard produced all records and documents, including APS’ 2011 Meyer Marks/Howard Marks' "of record" findings about Howard.2016c. At the hearing regarding in-camera review, ALL of Jeremy's allegations against Howard were shown false, that APS had deemed Jeremy's 2011 complaint as fully unfounded (not guilty). If Jeremy had given testimony in Judge Quinn's court under penalty of perjury, he could have been punished with prison time.2016d. Per this case's online docket, on 09/20/2016, Howard was ordered to take a “reimbursement” of $4,000.00 and appointed Guardian of Allen's special needs payback trust. This would not have happened if even one of Jeremy's allegations was shown as even slightly "true".Jeremy has continually lied about both the 2011 APS findings and the 2016 Guardianship Court findings, falsely and deceptively telling others that Howard was found guilty when the actual outcomes were the polar opposite. This is discoverable from both APS and from guardianship court.2016d. Howard showed me an email that Mr. Joseph Kerouac, the caseworker/arbitrator for APS, had sent, essentially confirming that, in 2011, APS ordered Jeremy to NOT initiate contact with his father, Meyer, until he entered family or personal therapy. Howard told us that Jeremy alleged that he didn't make contact again with his father for the last 4 years of his life so as to, "not to confuse him". Mr Kerouac's letter demonstrates Jeremy to be lying.==============================ORIGIN OF THE “OF PUBLIC RECORD” DCFS AND COURT DOCUMENTS ATTACHEDWhen moving in 2020, Howard Marks discovered two cardboard boxes Jeremy had stored at his Mount Prospect IL home in about mid 2002, likely dating from one of Jeremy’s evictions (Case #02LM00000281), though Jeremy moved just after the case was filed. This box contained the original attachments to this email, excluding newspaper articles. Jeremy certainly knew of these documents, as he was the named “offender”.==============================A LAWYER'S SUGGESTIONS TO THOSE IN CONTACT WITH JEREMY MARKSWith this email's being sent, we’ve tried to fulfill Howard Marks' family and friends' request to 1) Review and comment on the Public Record convictions, judgments, and findings against Jeremy Marks, and 2) relate the drama Jeremy created in Allen's Guardianship Court in 2016. We recommend the following to readers:
1. If you feel it necessary, hire an attorney to review the attachments for understanding.2. Call Jeremy's daughter, Jennifer, to find out what happened between her and Jeremy. To shun a father for 30+ years, she must have good reasons. The linked Myspace message between Jennifer and Chris is revealing. If Jennifer will talk about it, ask how her home life was with Jeremy. Prior to 2009, Howard believed Jeremy, not Phil or Judy, who verbally reported to Howard what Jennifer's linked Myspace message revealed.3. It may pay to call stepchildren's parents, Howard suggests: Steve Sutton Sr, Pamela Vintika Frikart - victimized in attachments to this open letter. Corollary victims that might give information are Pamela's present husband, Pamela's mother, and Scott Jacobson. Avoid unknown witnesses, as they might be dependent drug addicts, unknowledgable or misinformed. Jeremy has, in the past, threatened Pamela and Scott.4. Apparently, Jeremy "befriends" his former victims - while falsely "demonizing opponents." Jeremy was extremely successful in demonizing both Howard and Jeremy's supposedly "hateful" wife to Daniel in 1999, described in Daniel's linked essay. Hence, Jeremy’s preteen victims may be unreliable, especially if it was possible Jeremy gave them drugs.5. Check the Daily Herald newspaper archives for the newspaper articles describing Jeremy’s felony.6. Check websites for Lake County and Cook County Illinois court. If necessary, go to Chicago or Waukegan records department if cases are too old to get online; but records should be available to order.7. Jeremy’s felony conviction may be obtainable, without a court order, through the Federal Court computer records service, PACER. Many attorneys maintain PACER accounts. The ATF or the US Court (Northern District of IL) at Dirksen Building in Chicago can also speak to these issues.
I and my office can’t help any more than this open letter. The public record is quite self-explanatory and is irrefutable, uncontested, evidence. Hire an attorney if you need further discovery. Howard has original copies of the attached Documents.
Howard Report ).
Lance Martin has legally authenticated all legal documents included in this open letter, including a 1972 malice lawsuit, a 1983 felony criminal conviction, and orders of protection for wife, family and child abuse with Jeremy Lee Marks, son of Meyer and Sylvia Marks, as sole offending Defendant in all cases.July Date: March 7, 2022 -- Edited for clarity, August 24, 2022. Authors to this open letter
We wrote this open letter at the request of Howard Marks (Howard), Allen Marks (Allen), other associates, friends and family - for the greater good of those interacting with Jeremy L Marks (Jeremy), 2nd son of Sylvia and Meyer Marks. Allen Marks has passed away since this open letter was composed, making the contents urgent for unaware victims of Jeremy, often his close family and/or friends.
Jeremy has kept most of his "befriended" people totally or partially in the dark about his egregious "court and public record" of numerous child and wife abuse judgments, findings of perjury (lying) and felony criminal activities that span from1982. Semi-public records of Jeremy's sadistic abuse to others continues through the present. Those that "believe" otherwise - have been profoundly deceived by Jeremy maliciously bearing false witness (lying) about his former immediate families, wives, step-children, brothers', Allen & Howard, his parents, and his biological children, Jennifer and Christopher.
Likely, it's not a coincidence that Jeremy's son, Christopher, imprisoned in McHenry County for 25+ felonies since 11/2021, has a public record similar to his dad's. It's very unfortunate that Christopher couldn't break free of his father's wrath. But, it's heartening that Jennifer, Jeremy's daughter, did break free of Jeremy's clutches, as we understand it, in about 1990. (Talk to Jennifer.) Howard's sons, David and Daniel, are not so lucky, as they had, or still have, a relationship with Jeremy through at least 2022 when this open letter was first published, either choosing to believe their provably abusive and felon uncle over their father or haven't been able to break free of Jeremy.
One of the co-authors to this open letter examined emails and text conversations obtained between 2011-13 and 2022 (provided by one of Jeremy's concerned "friends" and Howard). He states that these emails and text messages show that Jennifer and Jeremy's ex-wife, Pamela, in about 2009-2012, tried to convince Christopher to "break free" of drugs and the adverse influence of his father, Jeremy, to no avail. A psychologist associate offered an answer why: If Chris was heavily addicted, he may have been out of control. To confirm, it is suggested that interested parties talk with Pamela and/or Jennifer.
On November 26, 2020, Howard Marks, preemptively, sent a narrative and linked court/DCFS/public record links of this letter to his family in an email. At that time Lance Martin (one of the co-authors of this letter) had not completed authenticating the linked public record documents. The authentication was completed in early 2021.
MOST IMPORTANT. Publication of this open letter on a website was delayed until 2022 because of two threats on the life of Allen Marks by Jeremy Marks, one threat about two days after Howard sent his 11/26/2020 email to his family, and the second threat about a week before Allen's untimely death in November 2020. Earlier, Jeremy's son, Christopher, had made death threats to both Howard and Allen in 2017 (Police Report 1 - Police Report 2). Twenty (20) days after Allen passed away, Christopher was arrested and imprisoned. Howard believes that the 11/28/2020 threat to Allen's life may have been due to one of the recipients of the 11/26/2020 email sharing it with Jeremy, as, Howard's email mentioned "two informants", one of which WAS Allen.
Bringing into sharp focus that the contents of this letter needed, STAT, to be open knowledge, not The late 2021 untimely death of Allen Marks, the arrest of Jeremy's son Christopher, their threats on people's lives, the horrific similarity of the public record of Jeremy and Christopher, the ~2011 myspace message of details of Jeremy's drug abuse with subteen daughter, Jennifer, and other things, brought into sharp focus that the contents of this letter needed to be open knowledge, not secret. It is clear that Jeremy has no respect for truth and may not have any respect for the sanctity of life.
I, as a lawyer, weighing the evidence, must consider that, since documents show that Jeremy introduced all his children to drugs, and since Daniel Marks' age 13 essay, "My Uncle Jeremy" admits tells that Jeremy admitted to Daniel that he used to take drugs, a fact that Jeremy always denied to Howard and his father,
As a consequence of our law firm creating guardianship for Allen, we knew that, in 2007, neither Howard, Allen or their father, Meyer, knew of Jeremy's history of egregious criminal, abuse and perjury. In 2007, Jeremy "Pulled the wool over our eyes" by telling our law firm that his legal history was "clean" when it was the polar opposite.
The event triggering this open letter was a discovery by Howard, in his move from his residence in October 2020, of boxes of incriminating public record documents that were stored by Jeremy in Howard's residence. These documents depict Jeremy Marks as the sole offender in a number of US, Illinois Court and DCFS actions, Court Orders, Court Orders of Protection, "Findings Reports" and a criminal felony conviction. Jeremy kept his egregious past secret from the whole Marks family as long as he was able, until 2009, 2012 and 2020, when documents proved the true egregious history since 1971, unknown to the Marks family as described herein.
Howard asked our law firm to authenticate the linked documents as we have previous experience with Jeremy and the Marks family.
The linked public record of Jeremy Marks sadly and loudly screams the truth about Jeremy, as a court convicted felon with multiple child/wife abuse and perjury judgments. Jeremy kept and keeps his egregious past top secret while demonizing others who know the truth. Read and be aware of Jeremy's true nature.
Because our firm has direct experience with Jeremy Marks in 2003, 2007, 2016, Howard Marks asked us, as paralegal consultants - to informally: 1) impartially analyze and authenticate Jeremy's criminal and civil Public Record, Court and agency judgments, findings, and convictions that are linked to this open letter and 2) detail our non-client experience with Jeremy. To refresh our Marks family knowledge, Howard showed us a family timeline, 2020 emails, and gave us pertinent Marks family documents from Howard's family. Howard released us from attorney-client privilege. After due diligence, we believe all public record criminal and civil judgments by Courts and findings by DCFS are authentic.
The public record shows Jeremy Marks exactly as described by the webpage title: A US Criminal Court convicted felon, 1983, per Chicago Daily Herald Links: (Conviction, #3B #3A #4B #4), as adjudged by competent Cook County Courts and the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), of multiple time abuse to his children and wife (See Cook County Court & DCFS links to documents #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15) in 1995-99, and found guilty of abuse of the DCFS telephone hotline by making numerous "bogus" hotline calls to "get off the hook" for his abuse of his stepchildren - to try shifting blame for his child abuse to an innocent man (DCFS link #9).----------------------------------Very sadly, Christopher (Chris), Jeremy's son may be Jeremy's most deeply wounded victim, as Jeremy's parental misconduct has been imitated by Chris, now in prison since 11/30/2021 (McHenry Link #1 Link #2), awaiting trial for 20+ felonies, including, if we read correctly, armed violence, firearms possession/ usage. Sales/ possession/ usage of ecstasy, fentanyl, cocaine, amphetamines, LSD, cannabis, and sub-teen child pornography. Lake County records show that Chris was under Jeremy's custody from about age 13 (#Court Order). At age 17 Chris was indicted/ arrested for burglary/theft (Jennifer msg link #23) in 2010, expunged thanks to his maternal grandmother and a lenient prosecutor, to "give Chris another chance" without a felony on his record. Seven years later, Chris was arrested for selling drugs to minors (Police Report & link to McHenry County Case No 17CF0609), with felony conviction, 2018. Also in 2018, Chris was arrested for family battery (police report 16), just like his dad, McHenry Case No. 18CM01355. Is there similarity in Jeremy and his son's public record, including disrespect for the law?
A feeling for a child's "home life" under Jeremy can be deduced by reading the DCFS investigative reports, court Orders of Protection and findings against Jeremy, then comparing/contrasting these with son Chris' public record and reading daughter, Jennifer's, description of her youth in a linked Myspace message #24. Howard says David Marks has already seen this Myspace message as annotated by Jeremy linked here: Annotated message. Per Howard Marks, Jeremy's annotations are "99+% lies", even to name of housemate, whose real name was Phil (not "Dennis"). Howard said he knew Phil and girlfriend, Judy (who sons, David/Daniel may have met, as Judy helped Howard and their Grandpa pack to move from Deerfield in 2001; Jeremy was evicted, 2002, from Judy's home, visible on Lake County website, Case #02LM00000281).----------------------------------Our law firm's knowledge of Jeremy's and Howard's families and parents, from 1999-2016, date from:In 2003, litigating Randhurst storage leaseholds for Meyer, Howard, Jeremy, and regarding collection, Malhee.In 2007-16, setting up guardianship for Allen Marks in Cook County Probate Court.In 2011-12, being "in the loop", receiving email dialogue between Adult Protective Services (APS), Joe Kerouac, Allison Zentz, Howard and Jeremy. No, Lance did not receive a "heads-up" from Jeremy".In 2016, being aware of the above-mentioned "false testimony" Jeremy gave in Allen's Probate court - described below and discoverable.***Likely, the Public Record of Jeremy's misconduct is the "tip of the iceberg" of the true nature of Jeremy's compulsive antisocial misbehavior (term per a psychiatric associate). It is luck that Jeremy was careless enough, in his misconduct, that irrefutable public domain documents exist. Jeremy, when confronted with his egregious past or when making false allegations against people, is fantastically good at creating believable denials of his past and/or creating a believable scenario of plausible, clever explanations, combined with his acting skill at pretending "righteous indignation" and misdirection of blame from himself. The public record "attests" that Jeremy won't hesitate to bear false witness (lie), IN the courtroom, TO APS, TO DCFS, and TO us in 2007 when setting up court guardianship for Allen Marks' benefit and in 2016. Is it possible that someone who has been caught lying to courts, government agencies and his lawyer, might also be capable of lying to common folks?
A psychiatric associate said that Jeremy's public record of malicious misconduct, combined with Jeremy's false testimony against an innocent man and in Allen's probate court, are "sociopathic". She asks "What Jeremy could have been thinking when he made and sold electrically detonated bombs that might have been used to kill or injure someone". Ditto Jeremy's total disregard for body damage to stepchild (DCFS Document link, pages 9-12). Ditto Jeremy's heartless disregard of the innocent man, to make daily, "bogus" DCFS hotline calls (DCFS Document #9) to escape try escaping abuse charges. "Only a person devoid of warm human emotions, empathy, guilt, remorse does these things", she said, suggesting Jeremy was so passionately driven to hurt others that he was careless, allowing the public record to exist. She suggests that Jeremy's victims are, most always, his immediate family - and that Jeremy's "obsession" seems directed to "bring down" family members and close friends that, unlike him, have no criminal history and/or are more "successful" than him. She suggests the persona depicted by Jeremy's public record has no respect for people, truth or even life, suggesting anyone associating with him be careful to NOT eat, drink, sleep in his presence.==============================Not relevant in 2003 but very relevant in 2016: When we represented Jeremy in Randhurst in 2003, Jeremy requested that we allow him to pay for our legal services by trading his audio recording & audio editing services - unimportant then, as Howard paid us. But in 2016, in Cook County Case No 2007P07081 for Allen Marks' guardianship, when Jeremy alleged that he made audio recordings that "proved" Howard had "committed" elder abuse to his father, the "true nature" of Jeremy's "audio editing services" became apparent, as all Jeremy's 2016 allegations to Judge Quinn were proven false with the "in-camera review" APS and other evidence.==============================DETAILED ANALYSIS OF JEREMY'S PUBLIC RECORD and RELATED FAMILY DOCUMENTS**2007, while setting up Allen's guardianship, we asked Jeremy to be Representative Payee to handle Allen's disability income, to which he said, "YES". Matter-of-factly, we asked him if he had any negative legal record which might interfere with being Rep Payee. He replied, "none". Social Security approved, then shortly later, rejected Jeremy as Rep Payee. Without doubt, Jeremy lied to us, as he had a felony #Conviction and several abuse judgments against him. Thus, Howard became Rep Payee, as Howard's legal history is spotless.1982-83. US Court Conviction shows Jeremy, convicted of felony related to electrically detonated bombs, as described in the Daily Herald newspaper (Daily Herald links: #3A, #3B, #4A, #4B), discoverable at www.dailyherald.com by looking in their archives. Jeremy's conviction was by plea bargain, as per Daily Herald and the linked Conviction.1995-99 DFCS, Cook & Lake County IL Court show that Jeremy had been found/adjudged multiple times, as a child abuser and wife abuser to 3 children (See DCFS/court links: #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15).1995. DCFS and Cook County Court shows (Link, page 3) that Jeremy bore false witness (lied) in attempts to shift blame for the abuse he inflicted on his step-children to a provably innocent man by repeatedly making "bogus" telephone calls to the DCFS hotline. DCFS reports show Jeremy guilty for several reasons.1998. Cook County Court, Case 98D230281, named Jeremy Marks (in the linked Order of Protection) for family abuse, threats of explosives use, surveillance - permanently ejecting Jeremy from the marital home, largely ending the marriage. Jeremy moved back to his parents (Lake County court Case 98D1880), keeping top secret from his unwitting parents and other family members about the many Orders of Protection and recent judgments against him for misconduct towards his family. Just as bad, Jeremy demonized his wife, scapegoating her (and others) as "reasons" he had lost possession of his son, Chris.1998. Lake County Court records show that Howard was appointed, November 16, 1998, as court-appointed supervisor of Jeremy's visits with son, Chris, about four months after Cook County ejected Jeremy from the marital home (Linked court Order of Protection). Since I know that Howard didn't know of Jeremy's criminal and misconduct history in 2007, he absolutely could not have known in 1998, thus must have believed Jeremy's accusations against his wife enough to help Jeremy visit with Chris and even help Jeremy "fight his wife"!11/1999. Daniel Marks' timely essay, linked here as "My Uncle Jeremy", was written 12 months AFTER Howard became Jeremy's Court Supervisor. Daniel, 13 years old, wrote that, inter alia, Jeremy visited with his son every Sunday, described Jeremy in loving ways, as "good-hearted, generous, joking, kind, hard-working", worthy of love, etc. Daniel describes Jeremy's wife in insulting ways and stated Jeremy hated his wife. And Daniel further describes Howard as, "Used to be very kind" prior to age 13.11/1999. It is clear that, twelve months into having weekly contact with Jeremy and Chris, Daniel's essay shows that he totally didn't know that Jeremy was, weeks - months earlier, multiple times found guilty of abusing 3 children and his wife, and/or that Jeremy was "kicked out" of the marital home, or that Jeremy was a felon. However, Daniel did say he understood Jeremy "used to take drugs" (Daniel’s page 4, handwritten). It’s unimaginable that Daniel would write such a flattering essay if he had any idea about Jeremy's negative past!Re 1999. Howard asked three questions, keeping in mind that Daniel, at age 13, had said his father "Used to be very kind": 1st, Was it unkind for Howard to donate 7 hours every Sunday to Jeremy for visits with his son for 1+ years? 2nd, If Howard had known Jeremy was a felon, wife abuser and child abuser (not his wife), would Howard have agreed to be Jeremy's visitation supervisor? And, 3rd, Would Howard knowingly have allowed his sons and Chris to bond with Jeremy, a felon with (then) recent child/wife abuse history and lying? The answers are obvious to a person with empathy and warm human emotions.1997. A year before Howard became Jeremy's supervisor for Chris' visits, 13-14 year old David wrote two linked essays, "Autobiography" and "Best Advice I Ever Received" (#1B). Both essays portray Howard very positively, praising Howard for giving David advice on "never to be violent", that David is probably "closer to his dad than his mom", and he "won't be smoking or doing drugs". It's clear Jeremy took and approved of drugs and that both of Jeremy's natural children were in the environment of recreational drug use, abuse, and/or sales.One question that should be asked: Because "textbook" psychology suggests that a child's use of drugs is closely tied to respected authority figures and peer pressure: Since Jeremy was, when Daniel wrote his essay in 1999, a "loved" uncle who abused drugs, "What part did Jeremy's "bonding" with David and Daniel, during visitations with Chris, after David's essay, have on their usage of recreational drugs, if any (including cannabis), especially, given that David promised in his essay that he, "won't be smoking or doing drugs"?Given Chris is now in deep trouble, Howard said he believes if he had said, “No” to supervising Chris’ visitation, maybe Chris wouldn’t have been, like his daddy, Jeremy, a felon and wife/child abuser.1972. Howard said, one clue Jeremy's parents had of Jeremy Marks' nature was the linked Lawsuit #2, against Jeremy, served at the Marks Wilmette family house. Both counts of the complaint said, "Malice is the gist of this action."***JEREMY MARKS’ FALSE COURT TESTIMONY AGAINST HOWARD, COOK COUNTY IL CASE # 2007P07081.2016a. Before Judge Carolyn Quinn and G.A.L., Jeremy, very convincingly portrayed himself as an ever so "concerned brother and son", alleging that Howard had abused Allen and his father Meyer, in 2011 and 2015-16. Jeremy further alleged that Howard was stealing Allen’s disability income. Jeremy further alleged that he reported all Howard's "abuses" to Adult Protective Services (APS). Jeremy also alleged to court and G.A.L. that APS had determined that Howard was guilty, and guilty in 2011 of “elder abuse” against his father, Meyer.2016b. So totally convincing was Jeremy to Judge Quinn and G.A.L. that she issued a court order for in-camera review of all relevant APS records for Howard, Allen and Meyer, including 2011 APS findings. Judge Quinn ordered Howard to produce financial records regarding Allen. APS and Howard produced all records and documents, including APS’ 2011 Meyer Marks/Howard Marks' "of record" findings about Howard.2016c. At the hearing regarding in-camera review, ALL of Jeremy's allegations against Howard were shown false, that APS had deemed Jeremy's 2011 complaint as fully unfounded (not guilty). If Jeremy had given testimony in Judge Quinn's court under penalty of perjury, he could have been punished with prison time.2016d. Per this case's online docket, on 09/20/2016, Howard was ordered to take a “reimbursement” of $4,000.00 and appointed Guardian of Allen's special needs payback trust. This would not have happened if even one of Jeremy's allegations was shown as even slightly "true".Jeremy has continually lied about both the 2011 APS findings and the 2016 Guardianship Court findings, falsely and deceptively telling others that Howard was found guilty when the actual outcomes were the polar opposite. This is discoverable from both APS and from guardianship court.2016d. Howard showed me an email that Mr. Joseph Kerouac, the caseworker/arbitrator for APS, had sent, essentially confirming that, in 2011, APS ordered Jeremy to NOT initiate contact with his father, Meyer, until he entered family or personal therapy. Howard told us that Jeremy alleged that he didn't make contact again with his father for the last 4 years of his life so as to, "not to confuse him". Mr Kerouac's letter demonstrates Jeremy to be lying.==============================ORIGIN OF THE “OF PUBLIC RECORD” DCFS AND COURT DOCUMENTS ATTACHEDWhen moving in 2020, Howard Marks discovered two cardboard boxes Jeremy had stored at his Mount Prospect IL home in about mid 2002, likely dating from one of Jeremy’s evictions (Case #02LM00000281), though Jeremy moved just after the case was filed. This box contained the original attachments to this email, excluding newspaper articles. Jeremy certainly knew of these documents, as he was the named “offender”.==============================A LAWYER'S SUGGESTIONS TO THOSE IN CONTACT WITH JEREMY MARKSWith this email's being sent, we’ve tried to fulfill Howard Marks' family and friends' request to 1) Review and comment on the Public Record convictions, judgments, and findings against Jeremy Marks, and 2) relate the drama Jeremy created in Allen's Guardianship Court in 2016. We recommend the following to readers:
1. If you feel it necessary, hire an attorney to review the attachments for understanding.2. Call Jeremy's daughter, Jennifer, to find out what happened between her and Jeremy. To shun a father for 30+ years, she must have good reasons. The linked Myspace message between Jennifer and Chris is revealing. If Jennifer will talk about it, ask how her home life was with Jeremy. Prior to 2009, Howard believed Jeremy, not Phil or Judy, who verbally reported to Howard what Jennifer's linked Myspace message revealed.3. It may pay to call stepchildren's parents, Howard suggests: Steve Sutton Sr, Pamela Vintika Frikart - victimized in attachments to this open letter. Corollary victims that might give information are Pamela's present husband, Pamela's mother, and Scott Jacobson. Avoid unknown witnesses, as they might be dependent drug addicts, unknowledgable or misinformed. Jeremy has, in the past, threatened Pamela and Scott.4. Apparently, Jeremy "befriends" his former victims - while falsely "demonizing opponents." Jeremy was extremely successful in demonizing both Howard and Jeremy's supposedly "hateful" wife to Daniel in 1999, described in Daniel's linked essay. Hence, Jeremy’s preteen victims may be unreliable, especially if it was possible Jeremy gave them drugs.5. Check the Daily Herald newspaper archives for the newspaper articles describing Jeremy’s felony.6. Check websites for Lake County and Cook County Illinois court. If necessary, go to Chicago or Waukegan records department if cases are too old to get online; but records should be available to order.7. Jeremy’s felony conviction may be obtainable, without a court order, through the Federal Court computer records service, PACER. Many attorneys maintain PACER accounts. The ATF or the US Court (Northern District of IL) at Dirksen Building in Chicago can also speak to these issues.
I and my office can’t help any more than this open letter. The public record is quite self-explanatory and is irrefutable, uncontested, evidence. Hire an attorney if you need further discovery. Howard has original copies of the attached Documents.