LEGAL COMMUNITY/JUDICIARY
ATTORNEYS-ANNA
--Ronald A. Rale - CA - see under Stern
--Wayne Munroe - Bahamas - see under Stern
--Cedric Parker - Bahamas - Cedric Parker & Co. - attorney for ANS's estate in the housing dispute
--Michael Scott - Bahamas - Callenders & Co. senior litigation partner; Daniel Smith's estate, Bahamas; resigned 10/2006
--Tracy Ferguson - Bahamas - Callenders & Co. - retained by ANS "between September 12 and October 9 to act as her legal counsel in The Bahamas and to provide consulting and general advice and any other legal services required relating to a possible Coroners Inquest into the death of her son Daniel Smith.”
--Lenard Leeds - NY - former attorney; Marshall estate matters - starting 1996
--Kent L. Richland - CA - appellate atty, Marshall estate - Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Los Angeles
--Sheila S. Kato - CA - appellate atty, Marshall estate - Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Los Angeles
--Matthew Mickelson - CA - appellate atty, Marshall estate - Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Los Angeles
--Philip W. Boesch, Jr. - CA - lead appellate atty, Marshall estate - Boesch Law Group, Los Angeles
--Eric James Lund, Esq - CA - wrote VLM will - 7-30-2001 - shown as atty of record for two charities: Addictive Disorders Research Foundation Inc and Center for Advanced Studies on Terrorism Inc.
--Kooros James Khavarian - CA - witnessed ANS's 2001 will; alleged former law partner of HKS with Ron Rale; suspended from bar same month he witnessed will; eventually disbarred in 2004, after numerous suspensions
--T. Patrick Freydl - CA - rep'ed ANS in sexual harrassment suit brought by her housekeeper, Maria Cerrato, in 1994 and filed a slander lawsuit against Cerrato, asking also for repayment of $25,000 loan - ANS lost and had to pay $850,000 judgment, but declared bankruptcy; sued NY Mag for using unflattering, unauthorized photo of ANS from photo shoot; disbarred in 2002, after numerous suspensions starting in 1995
--Tom Cunningham - TX - of Cunningham, Zook, Darlow and Chapoton, Houston; lead counsel in TX probate matters, Marshall estate
--Richard Zook - TX - of Cunningham, Zook, Darlow and Chapoton, Houston; atty in TX probate matters, Marshall estate
--John Chapoton - TX - of Cunningham, Zook, Darlow and Chapoton, Houston; co-counsel in TX probate matters, Marshall estate
--John Powell - TX - of Cunningham, Zook, Darlow and Chapoton, Houston; Marshall TX probate
--Kalli O'Malley - TX - of Cunningham, Zook, Darlow and Chapoton, Houston; Marshall TX probate
--Diana E. Marshall (no relation) - formerly of Schechter & Marshall, Houston - defamation suit by Pierce Marshall
--Dana Gardner Adelstein - CA - Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Los Angeles - appellate - Marshall
--Alan Diamond - CA - Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Los Angeles - appellate - Marshall
--Edward L. Xanders - CA - Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Los Angeles - appellate - Marshall
--Deanne E. Maynard - CA - Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Los Angeles - appellate - Scotus - Marshall
ATTORNEYS-STERN
--Stern, Rale and Khavarian - alleged name of former law firm in which HKS was principal with partners Ron Rale and James Khavarian - this is unconfirmed
--Ronald A. Rale - CA - paternity counsel originally for ANS, now HKS; former law partner of HKS, unconfirmed; still listed as being a partner in Trope & Trope, L.A., but filed his own incorporating papers in January 2007 for his own firm
--James Neavitt - CA - lead paternity counsel
--M. Krista Barth - FL - lead counsel for burial hearing; paternity counsel in Bahamas - law firm of Eric Sauerberg
--Bruce Ross - CA - atty working for ANS estate in probate as of 2-16-07, hired by HKS as presumed executor
--June Galkoski Hoffman - FL - Miami appellate attorney for HKS against Virgie suit
--Wayne Munroe - Bahamas - lead attorney on property matters - Lockhart & Munroe Law Firm - alleged attorney for "ANS estate" - but has been speaking on behalf of HKS in press, i.e. "break-in" - represented Anna in the Thompson eviction process; Dion D. Smith of his firm attested to Dannielynn's birth certificate
--Dion D. Smith, attorney, testified to the truthfulness of the Birth Certificate for Dannielynn; a senior associate in the firm of Lockhart and Munroe, staunch PLP
--Anthony McKinney - Bahamas - civil atty for Wecht payment suit; counsel for paternity hearings
--Lilly Ann Sanchez - FL - Miami criminal defense attorney; spokesperson at ANS autopsy findings
ATTORNEYS-BIRKHEAD
--Emerick Knowles - Bahamas - attorney for paternity matters; senior partner at Alexiou Knowles and Co.; Ben Thompson's former atty, as well
--Debra Opri - CA - former attorney for paternity matters
--Nancy Hass - FL - attorney for burial hearing; acting spokesperson for ANS-related matters in FL
--Susan Brown - FL - attorney for burial hearing; acting spokesperson for ANS-related matters in FL
--Robert Mellinger - FL - appellate atty for appeal hearing
--Mark Bain - AL - reported as "one of Birkhead's lawyers" - but no confirmation of that - he appeared on Court TV and Fox TV
ATTORNEYS-VIRGIE
--John O'Quinn - TX - lead counsel in custody matters; prominent Houston atty who won cases in tobacco and silicone breast implant litigation; owns world class car collection
--Tom Pirtle - TX - co-counsel in custody matters, former law partner with O'Quinn
--Roberta G. Mandel - FL - appellate lawyer
--Stephen Eric Tunstall - Coral Springs, FL - lead attorney for burial hearing
--Deborah Susan Rose - FL/Bahamas - new counsel for guardianship/custody matters, replacing Halsbury Chambers group
--Jamal Davis - Bahamas - Halsbury Chambers - former lead Bahamian attorney in custody matters; fired
--Desmar Whitfield-Henfield - Bahamas - Halsbury Chambers - one of several attys for custody matters; fired
--Branville McCartney - Bahamas - former attorney for Virgie in the Bahamas; has filed suit claiming $60,000 is owed, but this may be a PR stunt
--Franklin D. Azar & Associates PC - Denver - Virgie visitation & custody - O'Quinn referral - pro bono
--Rodney Bridgers - CO - associate of Azar
--Kara S. P. Butler - Nassau, Bahamas - represents Billy Wayne Smith, Daniel's father - 3-1-07 in exhumation request
--Don Clark - TX - former head of FBI office in Houston, acting as investigative strategist and consultant for Arthur's legal team
ATTORNEYS-THOMPSON/SHELLEY
--Godfrey (Pro) Pinder - Bahamas - lead counsel on property matters
--Emerick Knowles - Bahamas - senior partner at Alexiou Knowles and Co.; former atty for Thompson
--Tracy Ferguson - Callenders law firm, former Thompson counsel
--Walter "Skip" Campbell - FL - a former state senator, Fort Lauderdale - Ford Shelley
--Kelly Hancock - FL - former homicide prosecutor, Fort Lauderdale - Ford Shelley
ATTORNEYS-DANNIELYNN
--Richard Craig Milstein - FL - appointed guardian ad litem for Dannielynn's interests just for ANS burial; Akerman Senterfitt law firm
--Christopher Carver - FL - atty for Milstein in FL appeal hearing
--?? - guardian ad litem is said to have been appointed for Dannielynn in The Bahamas, but name has not been announced publicly
ATTORNEYS-JHMII/MARSHALL ESTATE
--Rusty Hardin - lead counsel for Marshall estate in TX matters, Houston
--G. Eric Brunstad, Jr - Bingham McCutchen, Hartford, CT, overall lead counsel for Marshall estate
--John Melko - Pierce Marshall, individ
--Don Jackson - TX - Pierce
--Jeff Chambers - TX - Dallas atty for Pierce in libel suit against Diana E. Marshall (no relation), one of ANS's attys
--Lee Ware - TX - Pierce
--Don Fogel - TX - Pierce
--Joseph A. Eisenberg - CA - Pierce
--Jeff Townsend - TX - JHM's atty who looked into possibility of JHM adopting Daniel - but his father, Billy, said no
--Lawrence Leone - CA - Trope and Trope law firm - was used as a consultant by Townsend on possible Daniel adoption issue back in 1992 - happens to also be the firm where Ron Rale has worked since 2001
--Cathy Herasimchuk - TX - attorney for Finley Hilliard, JHMII's accountant
ATTORNEYS-Other
--Ellyn Garofalo - CA - represents Dr. Sandeep Kapoor
--Shane Kelley - FL - admin Ad Litem for FL burial custody
--Jerry McDevitt - Cyril Wecht's atty - not going to sue ANS for not getting paid for Daniel autopsy
--Joseph Farzam - lawyer for plaintiff Janet Luna and her 3 guardians in lawsuit against TrimSpa and ANS, alleging misrepresentation of the product
--Willie Gary - FL - atty for Shane Gibson, suing media for libel 2-26-07
--Ronald Jason Palmieri - CA - attorney who has represented Gabor and von Anhalt for 15 years
--Chris Fields - CA - newer atty for von Anhalt
--Edward Lee - CA - another von Anhalt attorney, suing Bill O'Reilly for $10 million for calling Prince a liar about ANS stuff
--Cyrus Nownejad - CA - represents Alexander Denk, who had worked as a bodyguard for Smith, in potential paternity suit
--Aldo G. Frustaci - Bensonhurst NY - representing the Auto Body Shop worker who found the 9 month pregnant drugged out Anna video tape, intertwined with some bubble wrap that was wrapped around a car bumper that came to the Auto Body Shop via FedEx.
--Fran Humphries - SC - Horry County Deputy Solicitor, overseeing transfer of property evidence from sheriff to Seminole PD
--David P. Shebby - CA - former law partner of HKS; partnership ended quickly because HKS brought in no income
--Fayne Thompson - Bahamas - local lawyer who in Nov 2006 wanted ANS stripped of her permanent residency status and asked to leave The Bahamas
--Claire Hepburn - Bahamas - attorney for Doctors Hospital in Daniel's inquest
--Michaela Sumner-Budhi - Bahamas - attorney for Doctors Hospital in Daniel's inquest
JUDGES/COURTS
--Judge Larry Seidlin - Broward County Circuit Court - Ft. Lauderdale; presided over televised hearing on custody of ANS body for burial and determination of place of burial
--Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez - Bahamas - in charge of the inquest into Daniel's death - to convene 3-27-07
--Judge Robert A. Schnider - Los Angeles Superior Court - presided over paternity hearings in CA
--Judge Stephen Isaacs - Bahamas - Supreme Court Justice; granted the injunction preventing HKS from taking Dannielynn off-island; presiding over the paternity suits
--Judge Lawrence Korda - FL - Broward Co. circuit court - family court judge who presided over hearing for temporary stay of embalming for securing ANS DNA sample; decided jurisdictional ruling on custody of DNA samples being held; caught smoking pot in a public park in Hollywood, FL, on 3-18-07
--Judge Mike Wood - TX - July 2001, vacated the large award made to ANS by CA bankruptcy court, ordering ANS to pay over $1 million in fees and expenses to Pierce's legal team; threatened in court to have HKS disbarred in CA
--Samuel L. Bufford - CA - Bankruptcy Magistrate who received stolen confidential financial information from HKS on Pierce Marshall's wealth, which he then posted on a public website
--Judge David O. Carter - TX - Houston judge who presided over Pierce Marshall's defamation trial against ANS's attorneys; Pierce won
--17th Judicial Circuit of Florida - in charge of chain of custody issues on property retrieved from Horizons and given to Horry Co. Sheriff for transfer to Seminole Police Dept., FL, for ANS death investigation
--Senior Justice Anita Allen - Bahamas - heard the proceedings relating to the disputed ownership of Horizons
--FL appeals court - three-judge panel comprised of Justices Barry Stone, Mark Polen and George Shahood heard Virgie's appeal of Seidlin's ruling awarding custody of ANS body to Milstein for burial
--Supreme Court Justice Jeanne Thompson - Bahamas - heard ANS counterclaims to Horizons home
--Chief Justice Sir Burton Hall - Bahamas - the one who fired Linda Virgill as chief coroner and returned the dept to having rotating duty for magistrates as coroners
--Chief Judge Dale Ross - FL - Broward Co. Courts System - received FOIA request to show Judge Seidlin's emails during the ANS hearing, possibly to see if he was contacted by media for an on-air slot; also orchestrated the switch of Seidlin's and Korda's court positions, to probate and family matters, respectively
--Bernard Turner - Bahamas - director of public prosecutions; spoke to press about case management of Daniel's inquest
LAW ENFORCEMENT/GOVT
POLICE/EMERGENCY
--Charlie Tiger - FL - Seminole Tribal Police Chief
--Matt Phillips - FL - Hollywood Fire Rescue
--Capt. Dan Fitzgerald - FL - EMT
--Capt. Tony Rode - FL - spokesperson for Hollywood Police Department, Hollywood, FL - provided media with the 2nd 9-1-1 call, which came to them from the Seminole PD
--Gary Bitner - FL - spokesperson for the Seminole PD and the Seminole Hard Rock
--Reginald Ferguson - Bahamas - assistant Police Commissioner, Royal Bahamas Police Force - took HKS complaint of burglary at Horizons on 2-9-07
--Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson - Bahamas - apparently her husband Max is no relation to Shane/King Eric Gibson family, unless distant
--Paul Farquharson - Bahamas - Royal Bahamas Police Commissioner
--Ron Ishoy - FL - spokesperson for the Broward County state attorney's office
--Hulan Hanna - Bahamas - Chief Superintendent, Royal Bahamas Police Force - official spokesperson for the RBPF
--Chief Inspector Bradley Neely - Bahamas - chief inspector of the coroner's office; slated to lead the questioning of witnesses in Daniel's inquest
--Inspector Walter Evans - Bahamas - Police Press Liaison Officer - reported the death of Daniel
--Detective Kathy Frank - FL - Seminole PD; responded to death scene at Hard Rock
--Detective Marian Bryant - FL - Seminole PD; responded to death scene at Hard Rock
--Sgt. Mike Jacobs - FL - Seminole PD; responded to death scene at Hard Rock
--Inspector Cleophas Cooper - Bahamas - in the Central Detective Unit's Homicide Division, Nassau; inquest witness
--Inspector Deveaux - Bahamas - RBPF - investigated Daniel's death; inquest witness
--Officers A. Saunders, C. Findlay, Quinn - Bahamas - RBPF - investigated Daniel's death; inquest witnesses
--Marva Gibson - Bahamas - immigration officer; inquest witness
--Sergeant 1498 Perpall - Bahamas - RBPF - inquest witness
--Chief Superintendent Quinn William McCartney - Bahamas - inquest witness
--Inspector Ricardo Taylor - Bahamas - inquest witness
SHERIFF
--Sheriff Ken Jenne - FL - Broward County sheriff
--Broward Co. Sheriff Department - chief investigative unit assisting Seminole Police Dept in ANS death investigation
--Det. Rich Engels - FL - CSI for BrowCo. Sheriff's Office; on-scene at Hard Rock, present at ANS autopsy
--Sheriff Phillip Thompson - Horry Co. Sheriff's Dept - SC - Myrtle Beach jurisdiction where Ford Shelley and Ben Thompson turned over items retrieved from ANS's Bahamas home, at her request "in event of emergency" such as her death, to preserve chain of custody issues on computers and video tapes turned over to FL authorities
--Harris Co. Sheriff's Dept - TX - employer of Virgie Arthur for 28 years before her retirement
FORENSICS
--Dr. Joshua Perper - FL - Broward Co. Medical Examiner - former Allegheny coroner in PA, worked under Wecht, then had falling out - elected coroner when Wecht was ousted, then Wecht re-elected and Perper went to Broward
--Dr. Govinda Raju - Bahamas - forensic pathologist who conducted the original autopsy on Daniel, Sept 12, 2007, at Princess Margaret Hospital, Nassau
--Rand Memorial Hospital - Bahamas - pathology lab in Freeport, Grand Bahama, was used for autopsy tests on Daniel
--Dr. Cyril Wecht - PA - pathology expert-for-hire - did private 2nd autopsy on Daniel
--Robert A. Middleberg, Ph.D. - PA - toxicologist on Daniel's 2nd autopsy; with NMS Labs, Willow Grove, PA
--Dr Gertrude M. Juste - FL - Broward Co. Assoc. ME under Perper; present at ANS autopsy, visited death scene at Hard Rock
--Dr. Predrag Bulich - FL - BrowCo assistant ME; observed ANS at MemHosp after death pronounced; present at ANS autopsy
--Dr. Harold Schueler - FL - BrowCo. chief toxicologist; present at ANS autopsy
--Dr. Stephen J. Cina - FL - BrowCo. deputy chief ME; present at ANS autopsy
--Irma Motem - FL - a BrowCo. autopsy technician; present at ANS autopsy
--Dean Reynolds - FL - BrowCo morgue supervisor
--Dr. Reinhard W. Motte - FL - BrowCo. associate ME; present at ANS autopsy
--Linda P. Virgill - Bahamas - former Bahamas coroner who first termed Daniel's death "suspicious" and was demoted
--Michael Leonard Baird - Ohio - DNA expert used by Virgie's legal team
--Dr. George Duncan - FL - supervisor of the Broward Co. Sheriff's Office DNA Unit
--Broward Co. Sheriff's Crime Scene Unit - FL - investigated the scene of the death; found no evidence of illegal drugs
--Bob Kransey - FL - CSU collected death scene evidence
--Winnard Johnson - FL - Broward Co. chief medical investigator
--Wendy Crane - FL - a Broward Co. medical investigator
--Joe Anderson and Jim Fleurimond - FL - Broward Co. imaging technicians
--Sherry Baker - FL - secretary to Dr Joshua Perper
--Outside forensic experts to Broward County - did voluntary work on ANS autopsy investigation: Dr. Stephen J. Nelson, forensic neuropathologist; Dr. Michael Bell, forensic cardiologist and chief medical examiner of Palm Beach county; Dr. Azorides Morales, cardiopathologist, chairman and professor of pathology in the department of pathology at the University of Miami; Dr. Gordon Dickinson, professor and chairman, Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Miami; Dr. Margaret Gorensek, chairman of infectious diseases at the Florida branch of Cleveland Clinic; Dr. Michael Bayerl, an assistant professor of anatomic pathology at the Milton Hershey Medical Center College of Medicine
--Danny Garcia - FL - supervisor, Miami-Dade Police Dept, Forensic Computer Lab Section; managed examination of the two ANS laptops
--Modesta Ampie - FL - morgue technician in Broward ME's office
EMBALMERS
--Aycock Funeral Home - Jupiter, FL - Robert Cherubini and Dan D'Andrea handled ANS embalming and funeral arrangements; Cherubini fired for talking to media
--East Sunrise Mortuary - Bahamas - on Rosetta Street in Nassau - did final preparations for funeral service
--Pedro Ferguson - Bahamas - funeral director for ANS funeral, managing director of East Sunrise; president of the Bahamas Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association; still owed $30,000 by Milstein as of 3-21-07
BAHAMIAN GOVT-OTHER
--Shane A. Miller - Asst Registrar, registered Dannielynn birth certificate