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Last night, while going through transcripts to update my List, I got distracted onto side stories, as I always do.

I remembered I had an old CD of business listings from 1994-95 (tho it's called the "1996 Edition"). They were from about Feb 94 to about Aug 95, as far as when the individual listings were added to the database.

I wanted to see where HKS was back then - but he wasn't listed, at least not as Howard K. Stern. I tried looking it up every which way - all Sterns in L.A., all "Stern" Law Offices or Law Offices of HKS, so on and so forth.

Some here heard him say someplace that there had been a law firm of Stern Rale and Khavarian. I didn't hear that directly, so I have indicated as such whenever I've listed that. The three were "allegedly" partners.

OK. So, without a direct Stern to figure out, I went on to Ron Rale. He was at 433 N Camden Dr. in Beverly Hills, an address which has come up before in ANS sleuthing. (Currently he is at 12121 Wilshire Blvd with Trope and Trope, and also as his own independent PC address.)

Then I went to Khavarian and found that the Law Offices of Kooros J. Khavarian were also at the same Camden Dr. address. I didn't have suite numbers to compare, so not sure if they were really in the same bldg together or had an exec suite there. I *assumed* they were officing in the same bldg and knew each other.

(Funny, Khavarian was listed as Law Offices, but his notation was that he was an Importer and Wholesaler.)

I woulda had a trifecta if Stern had been in that building, too. Alas, couldn't find him. Nor could I find Dave Shebby, even in the whole directory - the only one we've heard from that we know for sure was one of HKS's early law partners.

However, there was a law firm in the building called Pearl & Stern. I turned everything upside down trying to determine "who" Pearl and "who" Stern were listed here, but could not find that out. No company or LLC or LP by that name or any variations in CA. No attorneys named Pearl or Stern listed separately anywhere.

I finally decided to try to narrow down the Pearl's because it was a less common name. Weeded out all but one, from the CA bar files. This last Pearl standing is named Steven, but I can't put him together in any way with HKS, since he isn't listed in that building.

Nope, in 1994-95 *that* Pearl had his office in Khris Eroshevich's building in Encino, where she still lists her office, at 16133 Ventura Blvd. She's on 12th floor and he was on 6th. Pearl has moved to another place down the street since then, as The Pearl Law Firm, but I got such a chuckle over that coincidence. Who knows - maybe it's the right one, maybe not.

There was also a Stern & Ross law firm, but I found that was a female Stern, no relation, and there was a Stern & Miller law firm, with no address, just an L.A. phone number. I cross-checked all the phone numbers I had for everybody, too - never got any matches or any even close ones.

Freydl was on Century Park East, as was the female Stern one. The Ross in that one is not the Bruce Ross we see on the case now. There were several other Pearl's who might have been the partner, but seemed either too old or too far afield from the little tight circle these players always keep to.

At any rate, I have less info than I thought I would when I started into it.

You might find this interesting..sorry if you have seen this already... I am so far behind on reading all the posts.

http://hatewatchhallofshame.blogspot.com/2007/01/kooros-james-khavarian_29.html

Monday, January 29, 2007
Kooros James Khavarian
UPDATE: 2/21/2007 This case gets weirder and weirder. As sick as we are of seeing stories about Anna Nicole Smith every time we turn the TV on, this particular hate monger is tried, as least tangentially, to Anna Nicole.

You may remember that for a time, Khavarian was a practicing attorney. It seems he spent most of his time practicing how to steal from people, and this resulted in his eventually being disbarred. At his first disciplinary hearing, (see below) on July 2, 2001, Khavarian's license to practice law was suspended for two years, (that part of his sentence was placed on hold) he was placed on probation for two years, and given an actual license suspension of 30 days. The Order for these punishments was to take effect on August 1, 2001.

In the meantime, Vickie Lynn Marshall (also known as Anna Nicole Smith) was preparing her will, using an attorney named Eric James Lund. One would think that a rich and famous celebrity would make sure to use an attorney with probate experience in drawing up a will (although this is not required, it is wise), however, attorney Lund, by his own admission, does not seem to have any probate experience. According to his Martindale's biography and the website of his law firm Lund specializes in real estate law and collections. Yet Anna Nicole for whatever reason decided to have attorney Lund draw up her will.

On July 30, 2001, one day before his suspension from the practice of law was to take effect, Kooros James Khavarian signed Anna Nicole Smith's will as a witness, along with attorney Lund as the will's preparer, and Kimberly Walther, (Ms. Smith's personal assistant) as a second witness. You can find notice in reading her will (pdf viewer necessary) that the witness signatures are on the very last page. Mr. Khavarian's signature shows his address at that time to be 5250 Bellingham Ave, Apartment 6, Valley Village CA 91607, the very same address shown on Khavarian's records with the CA Bar Association. A witness does not have to be an attorney to witness a will, but it seems rather odd that this happened just one day before his suspension was to go into effect.

What was Khavarian's connection with the will? Did he help prepare it? Was he friends with attorney Lund? No one is answering questions at this time. It is quite unusual to grab someone completely unknown to witness one's will. Considering Mr. Khavarian's past history, it would not be unreasonable to assume that if he did have anything to do with drafting the will, he made sure that he will profit from it.

Here's the original expose' of Mr. Khavarian:

A Yahoo member using the ID of jimkhavarian and the name of Kooros James Khavarian is responsible for posting hundreds of messages that are filled with hate speech, threats of violence, obscenities, anti-Semitism, and the rantings of someone who is a classic example of the poor state of mental health care in the US. Kooros James Khavarian at times claims to be a Muslim, at other times he claims he is "an infidel", whether he belongs to any religious group at all cannot be confirmed. What can be confirmed is that he is a thief, a liar and a violent racist. (Standard disclaimer: This racist does not represent the true tenets, values and practices of Islam.)

Judge for yourself, but be forewarned, these posts contain prolific obscenities, threats of violence and murder, and racist rantings. These posts show that Khavarian is completely unable to engage in reasoned debate, that his temper tantrums and bigotry cause his messages to be nothing more than the vilest of obscenities and threats. His posts are much more of what would be heard on a playground rather than in a classroom. (You may have to join this Yahoo group to read the posts - if you have the stomach for it - but I wouldn't advise staying for long.)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/American_Intifada/message/22183

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/American_Intifada/message/22147

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/American_Intifada/message/22146

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/American_Intifada/message/22131

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/American_Intifada/message/22091

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/American_Intifada/message/22090

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/American_Intifada/message/22087

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/American_Intifada/message/22110
(his mildest post):

There are 380 messages like the above from this very sick person just in that one particular discussion group, just since January 5th, 2007.

What type of person would be so hate filled as to post such vile speech and threats online? Let's look at Mr. Kavarian:

Kooros James Khavarian, from New Jersey, was a practicing attorney when he moved his law practice to California and got involved with Mace David Howell Jr, an Arkansas former banker who bilked investors of more than $70 million dollars in a Ponzi scheme, then apparently committed suicide in his Los Angeles hotel room in October 2003. The last person to see Mr. Howell alive was - surprise - Kooros James Khavarian! Investors who sued Howell's estate want to know where the missing money went to. The SEC and the FBI would also like an answer to that question.

AFTER THE FALL First of three parts : DEATH OF A DEAL MAKER ‘Guarantees’ of lavish returns enticed and burned investors

In 2001, the US Government sued Mr. Khavarian for never repaying his student loan, and won a default judgement of $37,884.89 (Case No. 2:01-cv-03081-URC, US District Court, Central District of California, Los Angeles.)

On July 2, 2001, Mr. Khavarian's ability to practice law was placed on probation by the California Supreme Court, after they found he had violated the canons and ethnics of the legal profession.

Khavarian agreed that he performed incompetently, failed to inform a client of significant developments, improperly withdrew from employment and misrepresented facts, an act of moral turpitude, dishonesty or corruption. http://calbar.ca.gov/calbar/2cbj/01nov/attdisc.htm

In January 2003, the CA Supreme Court elevated the probation to suspending Mr. Khavarian's license. See http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/minutes/documents/SJAN0603.PDF

On February 19, 2004, Mr. Khavarian was formally disbarred by the California Supreme Court for a continuing pattern of violating the canons and ethics of the legal profession. See http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/minutes/documents/SFEB1904.DOC. S120909

KHAVARIAN ON DISCIPLINE Recommended discipline imposed: disbarred. It is hereby ordered that KOOROS JAMES KHAVARIAN, State Bar No.171550, be disbarred from the practice of law and that his name be stricken from the roll of attorneys

After being disbarred, Mr. Khavarian ended up back in New Jersey, whiling away the hours posting hate speech, obscenities and bigotry on the Internet. Such a sad ending for a life that had such promise as an attorney. When I have Mr. Khavarian's Bureau of Prisons address, I'll post it and perhaps he can receive mail from his fellow anti-Semitic bigots. At least in prison he'll be cheered up by the anti-Semitism from the Aryan Brotherhood, one of the largest segments of the US prison population.