Lawsuit Alleges Former Commissioner Brian Parker Sexually Harassed DV Survivor and Conspired to Strip Her of Custody

A sweeping, 148-page civil lawsuit has laid bare the alleged origins of the scandals surrounding disgraced former Clallam County Superior Court Commissioner Brian Parker.

The First Amended Complaint, filed by domestic violence survivor Gina Bloom, accuses Parker and prominent Everett attorneys Damon Canfield and Jennifer Bitner of orchestrating a sprawling civil conspiracy.

According to the lawsuit, the defendants utilized a covert financial referral pipeline, fabricated evidence, suppressed records, and weaponized law enforcement to strip Bloom of her children and terrorize her into silence.

The lawsuit—which names Parker, his former firm Port Gardner Law Group, Canfield, Bitner, and the Canfield Madow Law Group as defendants—claims that the family court system was actively corrupted from the inside.

This civil action, originally filed in Clallam County in January 2025, provides startling new context to Parker’s abrupt termination from the Clallam County bench earlier this year, his prior arrest for first-degree perjury by the Everett Police Department, and the mounting community protests over judicial integrity.

On May 19, 2026, attorneys for Brian Parker and the Port Gardner Law Group filed a sweeping 40-page Answer, categorically denying the accusations of conspiracy, harassment, and evidence fabrication.

Parker’s legal team is seeking a full dismissal of the case, arguing that he is shielded by judicial immunity.

The “Referral Monopoly”

At the heart of the complaint is the allegation that Parker’s role as a supposedly neutral Guardian ad Litem in Snohomish County was fatally compromised by a financial dependency on Canfield Madow Law Group.

According to court data cited in the lawsuit, 12 of Parker’s 24 total Snohomish County GAL appointments—exactly 50 percent—originated from CMLG cases.

The complaint describes this not as a professional network, but as a “monopoly” that rendered Parker “structurally incapable of the impartiality his statutory role required.”

The lawsuit claims this pipeline was initiated when Canfield specifically requested Parker by name for Bloom’s custody case in January 2021.

From there, the complaint alleges, Parker and Canfield engaged in frequent, unbilled, and undisclosed private communications to align their litigation strategies.

The complaint notes that in November 2021, Canfield filed a sworn declaration from Bloom’s ex-husband claiming Canfield had “never had Brian Parker as a GAL before this matter.” The lawsuit alleges this was a deliberate falsehood designed to conceal their extensive professional history.

In their May 19 Answer, Parker and Port Gardner admitted that Parker had been a court-appointed GAL in other cases involving CMLG attorneys prior to Bloom’s case, and conceded the November 2021 declaration exists and “speaks for itself.”

However, they vehemently denied the existence of any “monopoly” or financial dependency, and wholly rejected claims of fraudulent coordination.

Allegations of Sexual Harassment and Retaliation

The most disturbing personal allegations against Parker stem from his initial interactions with Bloom.

According to the complaint, during a February 2021 meeting at Parker’s Everett office, Parker mocked Bloom’s English, demeaned her as a Romanian immigrant, and engaged in sexual harassment.

The lawsuit alleges Parker asked Bloom to move closer to him and placed his hand on her lap without consent while she was recounting the trauma of her domestic abuse and a February 2020 rape by her ex-husband.

When Bloom rebuffed these advances, Parker allegedly warned her that disclosing his behavior would make her appear “mentally unstable.”

The complaint further details an April 2021 phone call in which Parker allegedly raised his voice and threatened Bloom that if she did not bring her children to his office for an interview—refusing her request for a home visit where her domestic violence advocate could be present—he would obtain a court order for her ex-husband to physically take them from her.

The lawsuit claims Parker then weaponized his threats. In subsequent GAL reports, Parker diagnosed Bloom with a “personality disorder,” allegedly lifting symptoms directly from an online psychology book to preemptively destroy her credibility.

Parker’s lay diagnosis was heavily relied upon by the court, despite the fact that Parker allegedly suppressed five separate licensed medical evaluations that cleared Bloom of any mental health issues and documented her severe PTSD as a domestic violence survivor.

In their formal response, Parker’s legal team categorically denied all allegations of sexual harassment, mocking, and retaliatory threats.

Parker admitted that a phone call regarding bringing the children to his office occurred, but denied threatening her.

Furthermore, the defendants formally conceded that Parker “does not have clinical training or a license in any mental health discipline”—though they deny any wrongdoing in his subsequent mental health reporting to the court.

Suppressing Evidence and Illegal Surveillance

The lawsuit accuses Parker of routinely turning a blind eye to the ex-husband’s misconduct while suppressing evidence that corroborated Bloom’s fears.

In August 2021, the complaint alleges, the ex-husband took the children to Florida in direct violation of an active domestic violence protection order, causing one child to miss a scheduled forensic interview. The lawsuit claims Parker condoned and approved the trip without notifying Bloom or the court.

Further, the complaint states that throughout the summer of 2021, the ex-husband illegally surveilled and recorded interactions involving the children and transmitted those videos to Parker.

In one July 2021 recording taken by the ex-husband using a GoPro, the children allegedly told a responding police officer that they were afraid of their father and believed he was going to hurt them.

Parker allegedly received the recordings but never disclosed them to the court, continuing instead to characterize Bloom as the source of the children’s distress.

Parker’s Answer document offers a striking admission on the surveillance: Defendants admit that the ex-husband transferred video files to Parker and that Parker did not reference the videos in his reports.

However, the defense claims that Parker “does not recall viewing the videos.” The defense also denies that Parker permitted or approved the Florida trip.

Courthouse Intimidation and Perjury

The harassment allegedly did not stop at Parker’s office door. The lawsuit claims that Parker used his physical presence in court settings to intimidate Bloom.

During an October 2021 domestic violence protection order hearing—a proceeding in which Parker had no court-assigned role—Parker allegedly sat beside the ex-husband and Canfield, testified against Bloom, and later winked and licked his lips at her in the courthouse hallway, causing her to suffer a panic attack.

In a separate incident in December 2022, months after his formal GAL role had ended, Parker allegedly walked past Bloom outside the courthouse making kissy faces, winking, and making huffing noises, prompting her to scream at him in the street.

While Parker’s defense team denies the sexually suggestive gestures, the Answer formally admits that Bloom screamed at Parker during the December 2022 encounter.

These allegations are set against the backdrop of Parker’s ultimate referral for criminal charges.

During the May 2022 trial, Parker testified under oath that he had no recollection of Bloom ever requesting a home visit.

However, the Everett Police Department later recommended first-degree perjury charges against him after discovering that Parker had specifically billed for reading the email request he denied receiving. In their Answer, Parker’s attorneys simply state that the trial testimony, billing entries, and police records “speak for themselves.”

The October 2021 Custody Flip

The lawsuit paints a damning picture of the events of October 29, 2021—the day Bloom lost primary custody of her two young sons.

That morning, Bloom’s 5-year-old son was sick. While her ex-husband was in a different city attending a small claims court hearing against Bloom’s best friend, Bloom took her son to the Seattle Children’s Hospital Emergency Room, where he later tested positive for COVID-19. Bloom sent three timestamped emails to Canfield and Parker notifying them of her location.

Yet, at an emergency ex parte hearing that afternoon, Canfield allegedly told the court that Bloom’s whereabouts were unknown and that her decision to take the child to the hospital was a dangerous “self-help change of custody.”

According to the complaint, the evidence used to strip Bloom of custody was a declaration from her ex-husband’s pregnant girlfriend.

The lawsuit alleges this document was drafted verbatim in English by the ex-husband on a CMLG template and signed by the girlfriend, a native Spanish speaker who later required two court interpreters at trial.

The complaint claims Parker even advised the ex-husband on using Google Translate to forge the statement for a 14-day hearing that had not yet been scheduled.

The lawsuit highlights this level of private coordination as a stark contrast to a June 2021 email in which Parker refused to relay a simple scheduling question for Bloom, telling her that his “role requires objectivity” and he could not “act as one party’s representative or advocate.”

Parker’s attorneys admitted both the June email and the Google Translate emails exist, but denied participating in any scheme.

Emails obtained by Bloom show that at 11:40 a.m.—more than two hours before the hearing began—Parker had already promised Canfield and the ex-husband in a private email that he would “definitely recommend an immediate change of custody,” abandoning any pretense of a neutral investigation.

Furthermore, the complaint reveals that on October 14, 2021, Parker had called CPS to disparage Bloom’s credibility—describing her as “very difficult to handle” and having “low credibility”—immediately following a phone call with Canfield.

The complaint further alleges that Parker’s October 26, 2021, report falsely asserted that Bloom was noncooperative with a court-ordered psychological evaluation, despite Parker receiving an email from the evaluator, Dr. Monique Brown, clarifying that the delay was caused by the doctor’s own COVID-19 exposure.

According to the lawsuit, Parker’s law clerk, Matthew Jankovic, pointed out this error before filing, yet Parker directed him to file the uncorrected report anyway.

In their Answer, Parker’s attorneys stated the emails and reports simply “speak for themselves.” Internal firm emails cited in the complaint also show a Port Gardner paralegal celebrating the October 29 custody transfer, writing to Parker: “I bet she either harms herself or calls cps and the police on him.” The defense acknowledged the email’s existence.

Parker’s defense team formally admits the October 14 CPS email took place, and they concede a crucial point regarding the October 29 hearing: Parker never actually interviewed the girlfriend, whose declaration played a pivotal role in the custody flip.

Weaponizing Law Enforcement

After losing custody, Bloom alleges she was subjected to a coordinated campaign of “coercive control” executed through the police.

The lawsuit documents five separate incidents between January 2022 and October 2024 where the ex-husband, allegedly acting on the direct advice of CMLG attorneys, called 911 or filed police reports against Bloom for exercising basic parenting rights. These included:

• Calling the police on Bloom for being at a local Chase Bank branch to handle joint accounts.

• Reporting her for using “Our Family Wizard,” the court-mandated co-parenting app, to arrange visits.

• Calling 911 on her for attending her son’s public football games.

In every instance, law enforcement closed the cases without criminal findings. In one notable January 2024 declination, the Marysville Municipal Prosecutor refused to file charges, officially concluding that the police reports were being filed for an “improper purpose” simply to “gain an advantage in the on-going hostile custody battle.”

To highlight the alleged disconnect between the defense’s private views and public arguments, the lawsuit cites an email Canfield sent to Parker on November 23, 2021.

Canfield allegedly sent a news story about Josh Powell—a Washington father who notoriously murdered his two sons during a supervised visit in 2012—to mock Bloom’s fears, writing about her “unnatural obsession with her children being injured.”

The complaint points to this email as evidence that the defendants privately knew Bloom was not dangerous, even as they argued the opposite in court. Parker’s attorneys admitted the email “speaks for itself” but denied any conspiracy.

Stalking, Death Threats, and a Flight into Hiding

As Bloom attempted to sound the alarm on Parker’s alleged misconduct, the intimidation tactics allegedly escalated into terror.

The complaint outlines a horrifying sequence of threats. In March 2023, Bloom found a note on her windshield at her Sephora workplace in Bellevue reading “dead” with a smiley face.

Two months later, during a supervised visit, she received a jewelry box containing a label that read “KILL YOURSELF.”

In December 2023, Bloom alleges she was actively followed through the Bellevue Square mall while at work by Damon Canfield. On that same day, she returned to her confidential address to find a letter assembled from label-maker stickers that read: “YOU DON’T DESERVE TO LIVE. YOU ARE BETTER DEAD!”

Terrified that her police reports were continually being turned against her, Bloom fled. The lawsuit states she spent six months in hiding under the protection of domestic violence services and legally changed her name to escape the harassment.

The lawsuit also outlines an incident of intimidation that allegedly occurred well after Parker was removed from the family law case.

On February 28, 2025, while this lawsuit was pending and Parker was a sitting commissioner in Clallam County, he allegedly stared at Bloom during a venue hearing, placed a pencil in his mouth, bit his lips, and winked at her outside the clerk’s office.

The defense admitted Bloom was in the courthouse but explicitly denied Parker engaged in any sexually suggestive behavior.

A Tragic Vindication

The most heartbreaking revelations in the 148-page complaint come from law enforcement records involving the very home Parker deemed safer for the children.

According to the lawsuit, in January 2024, the ex-husband’s new wife—the same woman whose declaration was used to take Bloom’s children away—called 911. Bodycam footage reportedly captured her telling police she was trapped, feared her husband would hurt her, and suspected he was tracking her phone.

A year later, in March 2025, Bloom’s 11-year-old son called 911 from the backyard of his father’s house. According to the 911 transcript cited in the complaint, the child told the dispatcher his father was threatening his stepmom and that his dad “always lies.”

The child’s final plea to the dispatcher before hanging up was simple: “I want to go back to my mom. She lives in Bellevue. Can you take me back to my mom?”

Immunity and “Judicial Error”

In response to the sprawling allegations, Parker and the Port Gardner Law Group argue the lawsuit should be thrown out entirely.

In their affirmative defenses, Parker’s attorneys assert protection under “quasi-judicial immunity” and “litigation privilege”—legal doctrines that often shield court-appointed officers from civil liability for actions taken during their official duties.

The defense also seeks to shift the blame away from Parker, arguing that any damages suffered by Bloom were the result of her “own fault,” the actions of “other parties,” or “judicial error” by the presiding judges.

Furthermore, Parker’s team is seeking to penalize Bloom for bringing the lawsuit, requesting that the court award them legal fees and costs under Civil Rule 11, a rule designed to punish frivolous or baseless litigation.

The Fallout

The institutional reckoning for Brian Parker has been slow but severe.

In November 2023, following the Everett Police Department’s criminal referral for first-degree perjury, Snohomish County Superior Court temporarily suspended Parker from his role as a pro tem commissioner.

However, the lawsuit notes that on December 6, 2023, the municipal prosecutor declined to file charges under the strict “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard—prompting the court to reinstate Parker to the bench that very same day without a separate administrative investigation.

He was subsequently hired as a Family Court Commissioner in Clallam County in early 2025, before being terminated a year later.