LEGAL COMMUNITY/JUDICIARY
ATTORNEYS-ANNA
--Ronald A. Rale - CA - see under Stern
--Wayne Munroe - Bahamas - see under Stern
--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
--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.
--James Kooros Khavarian - CA - witnessed ANS's 2001 will; alleged former law partner of HKS with Ron Rale; disbarred same month he witnessed will
--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
--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 incorporate 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, testifies to the truthfulness of the Birth Certificate ; a senior associate in the firm of Lockhart And Munroe, staunch PLP
--Anthony McKinney - Bahamas - civil atty for Wecht payment suit
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 attorney for paternity matters
--Nancy Hass - FL attorney for burial hearing
--Susan Brown - FL attorney for burial hearing
--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
--Jamal Davis - Bahamas - Halsbury Chambers - lead Bahamian attorney in custody matters
--Desmar Whitfield-Henfield - Bahamas - Halsbury Chambers - one of several attys for custody matters
--Deborah Susan Rose - FL/Bahamas - new counsel for guardianship/custody matters
--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
--Marion McCartney - Bahamas - said to be a former attorney for Virgie in the Bahamas - no confirmation found, but there is a McCartney with Halsbury Chambers
--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 has 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 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
--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
--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 - former law partner of HKS; partnership ended quickly because HKS brought in no income
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. Schneider - Los Angeles Superior Court
--Judge Stephen Isaacs - Bahamas - granted the injuncion preventing HKS from taking Dannielynn off-island
--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
--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 sawrding custody of ANS body to Milstein for burial
--Supreme Court Justice Jeanne Thompson - Bahamas - heard ANS counterclaims to Horizons home