Rose speaks

Rose, If I recall on the stand in Fl. HKS mentioned Anna bought his shoes.

We know what they’re like, clearly live in the old days, not today’s more progressive world.
To bad they will be left in the dust. Miss out on so much fun while they stew in their judgment
and anger, poor things, Bless their hearts.

WHAT I FOUND ON GOOGLE IN TWO OR THREE MINUTES!

http://www.crimeandjustice.us/forums/lofiversion/index.php?t1518.html
Wood’s name made with Ramseys, Richard Jewell
“ATLANTA — Sitting in his 21st-floor law office overlooking Centennial Olympic Park, Lin Wood is on the edge of his seat, railing against media bias, when his secretary comes in and whispers that Katie Couric is on the line.
Wood relaxes into his chair, picks up the phone and greets the “Today” show anchor by her first name.”

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2359569
“Although libel cases can take more than a decade to be resolved through the courts — Wood, for example, is currently in his 10th year of fighting the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in the Jewell case — Wood says a false statement “should be fought no matter how much it costs and how long it takes.”

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1024078954768
“Georgia Lawyer Wins Rare ‘Public Figure’ Libel Judgment”
WIN CALLED RARE
“David S. Hudson, general counsel for the Georgia Press Association, said Bowers’ win is rare because “most public figure libel cases never get to a jury.” An estimated 95 percent of libel cases brought against the media by public figures are disposed of in favor of the defendants on summary judgment because a showing of malice or reckless disregard for the truth is so difficult to meet, he said.
Atlanta attorney L. Lin Wood Jr., who has instigated libel suits on behalf of former Olympic Centennial Park security guard Richard Jewell and the parents of murder victim JonBenét Ramsey, said, “If you have a public figure or public official case that you can get beyond a motion for summary judgment to trial before a jury, by definition, you have a strong and compelling factual case. … That’s the hurdle.”

THESE FEW BLOGGERS HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY ‘PRAISE’ SOMEONE LIKE O’QUINN THEN TURN AROUND AND ‘TRY’ TO ‘PUT DOWN’ A TRULY GOOD LAWYER WITH LEGAL AND MORAL ETHICS DOWN.
I JUST SET BACK AND LAUGH REALLY HARD AT THEIR STUPID REMARKS.

http://www.pogolaw.com/people-attorneys-profile-Lin-Wood.html Hope the link works I am not real good with links

IMO Topix dark side says what they want because they know that no one can prove or disprove what they say LOL just like we could all say it was settled for 10 million and the topix people could not prove or disprove it with out giving away where they got their info and that could cause a lot of trouble

Beth yes it cracks me up to when they go on and on about what a rich and smart lawyer O’Quinn is and how Lin Wood has never won a case. These people care totally clueless and continue making fools of themselves. Looks to me like Mr. Lin Wood has a very impressive record no matter what the looney tunes try to claim.

hmm thanks for the link, funny almost posted the same one.

Just from reading around a lot it looks like Debra Opri used a set of formulas in the Florida courtroom, when cross-examining HKS, designed to “crack” a narcissitic witness. Needling him about Anna buying his shoes etc was supposed to elicit an attack of “narcissitic rage”…anyways the strategy failed in the courtroom and continues to fail for Team Stupid in every courtroom they have entered. Maybe because HKS is not a narcissist.

Quote ” Any criticism, disagreement, exposure of fake achievements, belittling of “talents and skills” which the narcissist fantasizes that he or she possesses, any hint that he or she is subordinated, subjugated, controlled, owned or dependent upon a third party.”
full article (a good quick read) http://www.deltabravo.net/custody/narcissist.php

I think the group of bloggers who support Virgie caught the gist of Debra Opri’s strategy and continue to use it in their posts, without really knowing why. (but maybe some of them do) So “Howard’s shoes” have become short hand for humiliation.

Damn looks like my post went into limbo

hmm I read your link and noticed Wood represented Beth Holloway.

She and Dave are now represented by John Q Kelly and I was wondering why she changed attorney’s. Anyone know?
The information I am finding goes back to 2006 so it appears Wood did not represent her for to long.

I also found Wood list Condit yet another attorney is mentioned on CNN…Condit’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, another question did Condit find another attorney or did Lowell work for POGO?

Lots of questions, is Wood looking out for his clients best interest and why hasn’t he rehabilitated HKS reputation via the media?
I mean, if it’s true, no public apology, what has he done?

I think the best thing we can do for HKS is research who Wood has represented and did he do best for his clients.

fifi,
Truly very interesting!
Especially this part:
“…was supposed to elicit an attack of “narcissitic rage”
Maybe the virgie supporter bloggers and Debra all need some ’self-help’ books?

(I do not usually watch the History channel… but there is a two hour show that explains Body Language.)
They are going over video of Bush (present) and Putin, then some other famous people besides world leaders. It is really very telling, I need to pay more attention and be more observant in life of people.
I wonder if they will ever come up w/ a ‘word / writing language’? You know where someone analyses how you word your statements and how you punctuate…
Sometimes I would like to really ‘punctuate’ my statements stronger for those that continually lie and put down Howard and Mr. Wood.
I wonder sometimes what they would do if a person publicly defamed them on TV, or wrote a book of lies about them.
Bet they would look at it much differently if it were them…

I truly love Lin Woods. He could win 100,000 case or not one dosen’t brother me. I think he is a decent person and a kind man. I hope someone here keep the names of the people on Topix that said Howard didn’t win anything, you never know their names might come in handy. If you know what I mean. LOL

OOOOHHHH Rose,

Why do you always make us do our homework?

Why do we have to find out for ourselves stuff?

I know Google is my friend. …….Botheration there is only 11 pages on him

http://www.linwoodlaw.com/significantverdicts.htm

Mr. Wood is the lead civil attorney for Richard Jewell in his pending defamation action against The Atlanta Journal-Constitution arising out of false accusations made against Mr. Jewell in connection with the 1996 bombing of Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta. Mr. Wood was lead counsel for Mr. Jewell in his successfully resolved defamation claims against NBC, CNN, Piedmont College and Time Magazine.

Mr. Wood is the attorney for John and Patsy Ramsey and their son in matters relating to the 1996 murder of JonBenét Ramsey in Boulder, Colorado and has prosecuted defamation claims on their behalf against St. Martin’s Press, Time, Inc., The Fox News Channel, American Media, Inc., Star, Globe, Court TV and The New York Post.

Mr. Wood represents former Congressman Gary Condit and has prosecuted defamation claims on his behalf against Vanity Fair writer Dominick Dunne in New York and against The National Enquirer, Globe, Star and American Media, Inc. in Florida, relating to the May 2001 murder of Chandra Levy in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Wood, along with John C. Clune of Eagle, Colorado, represented the female victim-plaintiff in the civil action for sexual assault brought against Kobe Bryant, denominated Faber v. Kobe Bryant, U.S.D.C. for the District of Colorado, Civil Action File No.: 04-M-1638.

Mr. Wood is lead defense counsel for Griffin Industries, Inc. in a class action pending in Atlanta, Georgia dealing with environmental issues.

Mr. Wood was lead defense counsel for MedQuest Associates, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Partners, L.L.C. in a class action in Atlanta, Georgia dealing with healthcare issues.

Mr. Wood also represented AirTran Airlines, Inc. in successful defamation litigation against the Cleveland, Ohio newspaper, The Plain Dealer.

Biography
http://www.linwoodlaw.com/biography.htm

Age: Born October 19, 1952 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Resides in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife, Debby, and his four children.

Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; Lawyers Club of Atlanta.

Admitted to bar: 1977, Georgia; Admitted to U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia and District of Colorado; Admitted to U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; Admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States of America.

Practice Areas: General Civil Litigation (including business litigation and catastrophic personal injury cases), Libel and Defamation and Medical Malpractice. Mr. Wood is currently a Vice-Chair of the Media Law and Defamation Torts Committee of the ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Section.

Education: Mercer University (B.A. cum laude, 1974); Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University (J.D., cum laude, 1977), Phi Delta Phi, Member, Mercer Law Review, 1975-1977.

Mr. Wood has specialized in civil trial work for plaintiffs for almost all of his 28 years of law practice. During this time period, Mr. Wood has achieved a number of million plus and multi-million dollar recoveries for various clients.

Education

J.D., cum laude, Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University, 1977

B.A., cum laude, Mercer University, 1974

Bar & Court Admissions

Georgia, 1977

U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia and District of Colorado

U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

Memberships

Atlanta and American Bar Associations

State Bar of Georgia

American Association of Trial Lawyers

Georgia Trial Lawyers Association

Lawyers Club of Atlanta

Speaking Engagements

“How to Weave Your Trial Theme into the Entire Trial,” American Bar Association’s 2007 Annual Conference, August 2007

“High Profile Cases - High Profile Headaches,” Mississippi Bar Association’s Annual Meeting, July 2007

“The Crisis Case: Marketing the Client by Managing the Media,” Georgia Defense Lawyers Association - 2007 Annual Meeting, June 2007

“Not Guilty,” Poynter Ethics Fellows Reunion, March 2007

Awards & Honors

Notable Georgian (Georgia Trend, 2002)

Who’s Who in Law (Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2004-2005)

Georgia Super Lawyer (2005)

Top 100 Georgia Super Lawyer (2006-2008)

oh well…….that wasn’t too bad

Great work Heath! BRAVO!

It looks like I will have the unpopular opinion about Lin Wood.

I do know that he bragged that he had made more money off the Jon Benet Ramsey case (he represented the family; he still might be their legal rep) than ~some other lawyer~ made in their whole career. Wish I could find the exact quote. I will try to dig it up.

The quote is at “A CANDY ROSE” website:

http://www.acandyrose.com/index.htm

MAKING MONEY OFF RAMSEY CASE
0200
1 “MR. WOOD: Hey, I made more money
2 handling the Ramsey case than you’ve made in
3 your whole damn career practicing law, Darnay.
4 MR. HOFFMAN: — instead of settling
5 for chump change, which you’ve done in all these
6 other cases, you’re actually getting paid a
7 decent –
8 MR. WOOD: I’ve made more money in
9 the Ramsey case than you’ve made in your entire
10 career as a lawyer, you want to bet on that?”

Quotes from Gideon Epstein Deposition
(Wolf vs Ramsey) May 17, 2002

WOW, great job on the links guys!
Heath, thanks so much for your hard work. It’s good to see what a great attorney can do!

Food for thought on the money Lin got or didn’t get for Howard. If Howard got a big settlement O’Quinn and McCabe will just try and get it all back in Harris County State court. This might not be the best time for a big cash WIN!! And to all those trashing Lin Wood, it not over until it over, wait and see.

fifi love your link, LOL

I forgot to mention I think he is cute.:) very cute

You know I read that happy BS about the settlememt,I find the fools over there(Topix)do what they do best,Stir up trouble and call people fools.Please be very careful,they are looking for someone over here to try and find out,and than the agreement is broken,they are trying to bully someone on this site,to give them the right answer. That group are baiters,they put a worm on a hook and see if you will bite.I have never met,nor will I ever meet Howard K Stern,but I will tell you.NO WAY would this man settlefor just lawyers fees,(and shoes)and by the way that joke is old aready,they should try something new

Well,just come back from reading on the other side,I think we have a bunch of seniors,living in the past,and just like OQ trying to rewrite history.Everyone including Dr Perper is stupid,One was whinning about the funeral and poor Virgie,She would have got a lot worse things said if I was at that funeral.I know this will not enter anyone over there heads,but I have never in my lifetime,and hope I never will,see a mother going to her daughters funeral with reporters,Whatever Howard did,Howard was NOT Anna,s mother.That was Howard and Anna life the camera,WHY would a mother need reporters except,for making a few bucks off her dead daughter.I would like to hear another reason.If Virgie came with just family members,then you would know she cared.ALSO not brought yellow ribbons or yellow flowers,this was ANNA funeral,and it should have been,what ANNA liked NOT what Virgie liked .vIRGIE GOT THE ATTENTION SHE WANTED SO BADLY,WHAT A JEALOUS OLD LADY.

Ok here is my take on it. When Virgie set out to get custody of Anna’s body, she was also trying to make Stern look bad. I think she succeeded to a point. But in her attempt to do so, she made herself look worse. This is the woman that wanted:
1. To seperate Mother and Child in death. There is no way in hell that the Bahamas are going to let Daniel be moved.
2. To seperate a child and her father. Now matter how you slice it, Dannielynn is Larry’s daughter. Virgie will never ever change that fact either.
3. To get some kind of control over Dannielynn’s estate or a partial custody of Dannielynn so she could…. file a wrongful death suit against Stern and Dr. E.
Everything she does, points to money and those idiots can’t see that? They feel sorry for a grandmother who has NOT attempted to see that grandchild since she has been in the United States. That should speak volumes to these people. They put down Wood for settling lawsuits out of court but yet praise a lawyer who screws his clients out of millions ! They state so what if it was settled, it was insurance companies that will pay the settlement but yet before that they were horrified that insurance companies would pay Stern if the publisher ever settled on Stern’s lawsuit.

The woman is a money grubbing bitch. Her daughter saw that many years ago and walked away. Anna also kept Daniel away from that family for good reason however when Daniel became an adult, he stayed away. As much as Virgie is trying to blame Stern for her own short comings, people with intelligence can see the truth. And the truth does NOT revolve around that lieing woman.

The double standards that these morons use surprise me at every turn.

One of those posters implied that Dr. Perper was on the take. But they do not question why the fat mother never filed the statement to Perper after her daughters death. Actually they make me sick.

#19 Beverly “Please be very careful, they are looking for someone over here to try and find out, and than the agreement is broken, they are trying to bully someone on this site, to give them the right answer. That group are baiters, they put a worm on a hook and see if you will bite.”

I DON’T THINK WE or THEM will ever KNOW what the settlement is for, that is called a “Confidential Agreement”, I think the “only lawyer fees and no shoes” is spin, like if we were of the same mind set we could say $10 million and the Bat Mobile…. NONE of us will ever meet Howard K. Stern or know what he did or did not settle for… I just thought this would be a fun exercise in the difference of those who use their brain and those who buy blindly into B.S. on a weekend of fun and games IMO

A great read DiamondGirl!

I wonder what the Tax Law is concerning ‘Pro Bono’ money spent? I mean is all of that money O’Q spent a WRITE-OFF? (or) A CREDIT?
If so; this maybe a reason that Law Firm does not care how much they spend to ruin a man’s reputation WHILE trying to get an ‘in’ at the Marshall money.
If it is a credit… that would help them pay less taxes as a corporation to the government… I would think anyway.
I am curious if this might be a reason NOT to let the financials (especially last years tax records tobe seen) JMO

Heath, great find. Wood will never want for clients, and he is taking care of Howard. Wood waited a while before he agreed to take the case, he knowed what he was getting into, and who he would be going up against. None of us will know what happen with the settlement in the court, at least they made it to court, shows us Howard was not scared and had nothing to hide. Yes, Wood is a good looking gentleman, something other lawyers need to take lessons from.

Sprocket, I am not going to go into this blindly and from what I am reading I am having great concerns about
this guy. I need to get some more facts in order to present my argument
but I am leaning towards reconsidering my position when it comes to Lin Wood
and team.
My main concern is, does he look out for the best interest of his client.

Why did Beth find another attorney?

Febbie, Wood went down to the Bahamas when HKS was in grief. Please correct me if I’m wrong but when did he take this case.
Do you have the date?

Right now I am only going on memory but I thought Richard Jewell was not in great shape financially when he passed.
I really need to do my research, I have not had the time but I hope we consider what Rose is asking in her article.

Last note, I don’t judge a man by his credentials but by how he treats his fellow human being. What I am
going to look at is how he treats his clients and does he look out for them or does he look out for himself?
I know plenty of my fellow man with all kinds of credentials but have absolutely no care for others.

And can any of you let me know what exactly has Lin Wood done for HKS in regards to repairing his reputation
besides Greta and LKL? Do you all feel he has done enough? How many people understand what HKS
went though and why hasn’t there been more of an effort on Wood’s part to reach out and explain? Lastly
why hasn’t there been more focus of the real issues in this case via Wood?

ROSE——-MY other thought on this matter was,Lin Wood talked to Howard,as to financial matters,Howard has to have some kind of money,and as the breast implants Pts are still waiting for there money maybe just maybe a settlement was more feasable.Howard can clear in name with the other cases,but,Howard has to have some money to work with,Of all the cases,OQ ,is best out of the way.

Beth [23] I questioned O’Quinn’s tax write off in another thread. I wonder exactly how much of the money he has spent on Virgie Arthur he can write off and how much he will profit at tax time. Last time we heard he said he had already put out about $400,000.00, which was around the time of the Florida court and the trips to the Bahamas. The amount must still be accumulating due to the Texas suit, so how much more is he willing to shell out for his client. I also wonder if O’Quinn will be covering Virgie Arthur financially should counter suits be filed against her.

Febbie [24] I agree Lin Wood knew what he was in for when he made the decision to take on Howard’s case and in my opinion, he would not settle if it was not in favor of his client. There was enough evidence/proof that O’Quinn defamed Howard Stern. If this case would had went in front of a jury not only would O’Quinn’s finances been looked into but his reputation would have been tarnished as well. Therefore, in my opinion O’Quinn did not want this case going that far due to not wanting to have to show his financial records and to save his reputation.

Scrambled thoughts but I found this link interesting.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/10/30/207226/index.htm

This was when Lin Wood took the case:

Lin is really good looking in this picture, just for you Heath, LOL
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/13/anna.nicole.defame/index.html

Lin talking with Howard over taking the case:
http://www.tmz.com/2007/04/05/lin-wood-confirms-im-talking-with-howard-k/

This is Lin’s wire statement:
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-09-2007/0004561809&EDATE

I still remember when Howard originally hired Lilly Sanchez to represent him, and she warned the media to stop defaming Howard or they would be sued. The media basically laughed in her face. The laughter can to an abrupt halt when Howard hired Lin Wood, and the silence since then has been deafening. Although Wood’s detractors put him down, it’s obvious that the media in general is fearful of him, consider him a force to be reckoned with, and doesn’t share that opinion. I still remember Bill O’Reilly’s interview with Rita Cosby. He seemed somewhat incredulous that Cosby seemed to be oblivious to what a risk she was taking in taken on Lin Wood. The same thing happened with John Gibson when he mentions to Cosby that in the past Lin Wood backed up a truck to NBC and loaded it up with money and has taken the media to the cleaners.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf4_9ZEjW1g

Cosby’s fellow journalists, who still are working in cablenews unlike she, have more sense than she does.

Febbie you are right Lin Wood took his time to accept Howard’s case.We can find the date in Art Harris site.Now it is not a couples sentences report who will change my mind about Lin Wood This case is not so long ago Like some case take years before having apologise from the defendant.Maybe we are going a bit fast in this matter.
Never see a lawyer working in big case for pinuts sorry!
The due date is 19 november and O’Q report of income is du to.
lets see and we can for sure try to find infos about Lin Wood but something strong not like couples of sentences!!!

Sprocket [15]

I looked up the transcript. What you posted is out of context and happened in the midst of an argument with the other lawyer, and it looks like both lost their tempers.

Just out of curiosity, do you think the Ramseys were innocent or not?

I guess the fact that Lin Wood got HKS vs. O’Quinn past the summary for judgement on malice speaks volumes for the strenght of the case, if we are to believe Woods own words.

They were mention of negociation with HKS and LW inapril2007
http://www.tmz.com/2007/04/05/lin-wood-confirms-im-talking-with-howard-k/

It just behooves me to say this about Lin Wood, no one on this blog or at Topix were in any of the attorney client meetings between Lin Wood and Howard K. Stern or were any of them at the latest conference that was under seal and confidential. So NO one has a clue what actually happened or didn’t happen. So what we read is just opinion from the person who wrote it. I have done my homework and read the comments and statements from Lin Wood’s past clients. I suggest that people need to make google their friend, lots of answers out there.

Sprocket
I agree. I don’t think Lin Wood is a golden boy. He does seem like he can be a real “look at me” type sometimes. I don’t have any idea about this settlement but I will say that if what they are saying on Topix is true and this person who is alleged to be Wilma has been spilling the beans about it, there has been no mention of the Tx. suits. Now what great lawyer in thier right minds or at least in the mind set of what is best for their client, not have any settlement involve those TX suits being dropped? That is just crazy if it doesnt involve those suits being dropped. Team Tx. can say whatever they want, “oh this is VA suit against HKS and conspiracy blah blah blah” but I think my opinion is probably pretty accurate when I say we all know that in reality it’s JO’Q’s retaliation for the FL. suit and a way to get some of the money back he has wasted on VA.

Ann [31] I remember that statement made how Lin Wood “backed the truck up to NBC and taking the media to the cleaners”, which is why I feel that he would not steer Howard wrong in, is suits. Not just that Lin Wood’s records show how he stays with a case until he gets justice for his clients. Not sure but thought I had heard that Lin Wood was still handling the Jewell case even though he is deceased or, is the Jewell case done and over with?

I find Lin Wood and excellant lawyer,and I am glad he took Howard as a client.Howard has come a long way with the help of Lin Wood.I would love to see Lawyer Wood in action.From all the court papers I read.He can go up against Rusty Hardin,OQ and McCabe any day and win,but you need money,can you even think of the bill Howard has run up.GOD BLESS YOU LIN WOOD.

Oops correction “his suits”

Ann #33
this one we can agree on

I too read the depo transcript, and the summary judgment that Wood was granted in that case.

Concerning the Texas suit I will see this week with Art harris,Bonnie and Howard .Not suprise if this lawsuit will be out !

Daisy
Richard Jewell said in an interview that when it was over with Lin Wood was the one who got all the money. He had enough to buy a nice little house and that was basically it. It was all gone. I think Richard Jewell’s opinion of Lin Wood had really changed at that point. Not sure if it had or not but it would seem from that interview like it had. He seemed very upset and angry that the lawyer “got all the money.” But, in the end his main concern was getting his name and reputation back and being cleared in public. That at least happened. Who will clear HKS name? If there is no apology or acknowledgement from O’Quinn what good is a settlement? I don’t know for sure but I would put money on HKS wants his reputation back and to be left alone in peace to live his life and money is secondary to his motives. Any money on top of that would just be icing on the cake so to speak.

Is Lin Wood past his time? I mean what has he really done to rehabilitate HKS reputation? If it’s true a
settlement with no public apology or acknowledgment of wrong doing…speaks volumes to me.
Was he once a bright attorney whose fame or something else has gone to his head? Just don’t get this.
Would HKS have been better off hiring someone else, a younger attorney who studies and does his homework.
Am I unreasonable to think he could and should have done better, if what is being reported by “in the know”
is true. He is still being called the “m” word, unacceptable IMO.

Roxanne, that is what I thought. And if Wood wants all the money, then at the very least rehabilitate the mans reputation.

Roxanne in my opinion the Texas suit no doubt is retaliation for the Florida suit. I have said before there is no way an Attorney is going to put out so much money for a client and not expect to get it back.

here is a little link
http://www.pogolaw.com/people-attorneys-profile-1008.html
Also it is in my mind that HKS don’t have so much money.His parent back him on almost everything even pay for Anna’s funeral.Sure he need this money.If money is.
For me O’Q lawsuit is not the most imoprtant to clear his name the most is Rita Cosby.If I look at the damage made bz Cosbz and the implication of all the persons on it,for me it is were his name will be clear!

Also Howard is a good lawyer.He doesn t work just with Wood. Look at the team!!! Christa Barth and some of his good friends are out to help and give good advice on what is going on!!!!
Wait and see this is my best bet.Wood won t fool with Howard. His name is not O Q

Daisy, I have two links to this with Wood, and I have great respect for Wood, who has come into Howard life to get the vultures off his back. Money will never give back Howard life, not after what the others put him through, and I hope Wood sticks with him until Howard gets the FACTS out to the public.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/13/anna.nicole.defame/index.html Here he excepted the case

http://www.tmz.com/2007/04/05/lin-wood-confirms-im-talking-with-howard-k/ this is the link when he was approached by Howard

Maybe we should all wait until Wednesday before we jump the gun about what did or didn’t happen in regard to the settlement. Frankly, I never have expected the O’Quinn and Cosby’s suits to go to trial. I know we are so involved in all this that it’s hard to accept that we won’t know the settlement details, but I’m sure Howard has a voice in whether they settle and for how much. After all this is about him and what he’s satisfied with, and it’s not really about us. No matter what the outcome is there will always be a certain group that will spin it as negatively as they can. I doubt that their opinion means swat to the vast majority of the public. Just like the Ramseys, there will always be those who believe they’re guilty no matter what the outcome of litigations. The Ramsys were apologized to, and it makes no difference to some.

Roxanne [42] for all any of us know maybe all Howard was seeking when he hired Lin Wood was getting his reputation back in order to move on with his life and career, money may not be the object of Howard’s suit against O’Quinn. We found out in the very beginning what Howard was seeking when the suit filed against Rita Cosby but there was never any mention as to what Howard was wanting when the O’Quinn suit was filed. Therefore, no mention of money settlement may possibly mean that Howard was only seeking some sort of admission from O’Quinn that he was wrong on his accusation he made about Howard on national television. I know Howard has to pay Lin Wood for representing him. Is it possible an agreement of payment for all suits too come out Cosby suit due to that one is the only one that has a dollar amount?

Intriguing opinions…

Rose - I understand that everyone has different opinions and they should be able to express them.
Just curious though if this thread is also becoming a platform to trash Mr. Wood? Just wondering???

MOST people know that ANY lawyer who takes a case on ‘contingency’ gets anywhere from 35 to 45 percent. They are usually out the Court costs too.
ie: Jewell case; if the lawyer’s time to prepare papers, Court charges, file, ect comes to 200,000, the settlement was 1 million.
Jewell would get 600,000 and the lawyer would 450,000 [ @45% ] THEN ‘Court costs’ would be the 200,000:
Jewell 600,000
lawyer / court - 650,000
That is one scenario in how a client would get less than the lawyer. THIS DOES NOT, REPEAT NOT MAKE THEM A BAD LAWYER.

Well, I personally did not think this site would have people stating some of these things…
Looks like there goes any interview with some of these people in the future; as that is what was mentioned earlier that it would be nice.
I can see clearly again on how this thread turned. It is a shame.
(as I believe that this platform will be a treasure chest of comments and fuel for the fire for some on other sites…. Some people just ‘live to fuel fires’, as again it has been repeated.)
This is of no help to Dannielynn, Howard, Larry… I believe it will cause more harm than good.
It is sad, but that is just my opinion.

I guess I look at his accomplishments and what he has done against what O’quinn has and has not dome.Lin Wood did not practice law without a license .I see no mention of him running after clients or not paying people he represented like is shown for O’Quinn or paying the other attorneys involved in his cases. I see no lawsuits like their are against O’Quinn. I just use o’Quinn as an example cause he is the one i looked up and had the worste against him.Daisy I think I read that there is still a suit out there for Jewell.Beth lost all respect when she went to the book signing for Cosby IMO she just wanted media attention for her own book.Her situation was nothing like what happened to Anna unless you count the people that claim she was not honest about her arrival to find her daughter and how her and her daughter got along

Shoot I had changed the amount and forgot to fix the addition!
Jewell - 350,000
lawyer / costs - 650,000
*As I mentioned… just an example with some numbers.

The press was at its worst when Lin Wood started representing Howard and the book hadn’t been published.

Imagine what it would have been like without him in the mix.

They thought they could say and write anything and I remember Rita getting her love letter from Lin and saying she wasn’t worried at the book launch party. Can’t say her life has taken an upward swing since that time

You can hardly read about Howard anymore except a few places. So I think LIn Wood was the right lawyer and the fleet of lawyers working for Howard must cost a heap and it is not Pro Bono like Virgies is meant to be.

I am not sure how the financials work but would think costs would be high fighting a case like this and law firms need to get paid and so do the staff. The firms have to front the expenses. So the fee would be a percentage after costs and that would be in a contract agreed to upfront. So Lin Wood wouldn’t come cheap I don’t think but you get what you pay for. Howard would know the costs and what to expect on any settlement

hmm, in reference to the Jewell suit, I thought I had seen that as well.

I will be in chat to hear what direction and cases the the blog members want to cover in the future.

I will be in off and on from 6 PM to 8 PM CST, and then will be in from 10 PM to 11 PM CST so that I can talk to as many members as possible today.

Join us in chat and let us know what cases you want Rose Speaks to cover in the future and if you have any guests authors you want us to approach to write for Rose Speaks or for us to do lead in to their blogs like with do with John Nazarian and Sprocket.

We are looking foward to talking to you tonight, including about Lin Wood and cases settled out of Court

#55 Beth, I have spent all day on PACER looking at how they turn out… right now my opinion is that things are leaning towards Lin Wood being a winner in all of the other lawsuits…

Let’s face it when a lawyer takes a case on contingency, they usually do pay the costs out of pocket for the client those cost + 35 - 45%…

I think Jewell said it did NOT matter that the lawyers got the most money; his name was cleared; he bought his mom a house; he worked as a sheriff deputy I think. Therefore, his reputation had to have been cleared for that, right? I think he said it was NEVER about the money to him, and I think he did do joint seminars with Lin Wood at schools to show how a rush to judgment can forever cause irreparable harm to an innocent man’s reputation….

You know Beth we can’t do a BLASTED thing about how other sites take questions and turn them never have and never will…

Nevertheless, if together we can come up with something that is “fair in our assessment” and not be about drinking Kool-Aid then I hope all of you are happy with this site…

Look, do I think Lin Wood walks on water??? Well it appears in some cases he does and some cases he doesn’t…. What I have found on PACER so far is that if Wood had NOT believed that Howard K. Stern had a good case he would have settled before the multiple Motions to Dismiss… let’s not lose site of the interviews Wood has given that he never takes a client he does not believe in… Add to that the years O’Quinn could have tied this up in court and appeals and then be pragmatic… right?

I don’t know Rose, just am having an uneasy feeling today, will think about this some more.
My opinion today is I understand Wood is in this for the money and I believe him when he says he
believes in Howard.
Having said that, I still wish more would have been done to help HKS rehabilitate his name when
the time was right, a year ago. I wish he would have taken appropriate steps other then a simple
letter writing campaign to the media outlets, I wish he would have done a whole lot more.
I understand Wood was a bright attorney, I believed in this man and his abilities from the start. Today
I am disappointed and when I look at HKS picture on the last thread I feel sadness in my heart if
someone is not doing the best they can by him.
Remember HKS is bright but only a fool represents himself, that is what they teach us so he
reached out and let others help him.

When Wood came into the picture HKS was in grief and no amount of intelligence could have over come that.
Am I concerned he hired the wrong guy, at this point, you bet I am.

There is so much the public could have learned from this case, so much we could
have taught our children and in doing so HKS could have some what rehabilitated his name.
The opportunity was missed and for this I have remorse.

Going against big Media and communication machine is not an easy steps.It stay in my mind before I will see what is going on in the nexts months.Rita, Texas and also GBT and FS.
I belive they all together(Howard team) made a line to fallow and sometimes we are suprise at what can happend.

Daisy,

What do you think could or can be done to “rehabilitate” HKS’s reputation? I don’t know what you mean by that, or what you think can be done?

DAISY——–Faith and Trust,Look at all that Howard has won,He did not do it alone,AT first I was dissappointed,than I began to understand,I am sure you are well aware how much one court doc costs,Howard has a lot of court cases going,OQ relied on Don Clark,and found Clark lacking in facts,Howard knows what he is doing,and I do not think I am wrong,in thinking,because we do not know the ins and outs of the settlement,we are also making our minds work overtime,I have faith and trust in Howard,he is doing what is right for him.

I think that the ‘rehabilitation’ has been taking place ever since Wood took the case. The daily slandering of Stern ground to an almost instant stop, for a start. And it really doesn’t matter what the terms of the settlement were, they are irrelevant. The fact is that the case was settled, and no defendant would settle a case where they truly have the moral high ground, especially one like O’Quinn.
Not to mention that settling before trial means that there will not be daily repeats of the slander in court updates on TV, because you can bet that the posturing from those egotists would be as bad as, if not worse than, it was during the other Florida fiasco of a ‘trial’ IMO

Bilwildered thanks so much for the linkabout the breast implants Inc, sure was interesting to read and shows just how o’Quinn works.After Cosby’s book and all the coverage I don’t know how much of Howards rep can be given back.Lin Wood did stop it all or at least most of the talk and that is what counts. Rose I also read that interview about jewell and Woods.I remember him saying Lin was the only one besides his mother who believed in him and that counted for everything.I also think the Texas suits are in retaliation for the florida suit in case it was lost he had another option to get something back,especially in harris county where he gives judges donations and you can bet they do not forget that

“I think that the ‘rehabilitation’ has been taking place ever since Wood took the case. The daily slandering of Stern ground to an almost instant stop, for a start.”

Don’t you think that happened because:

1. Anna’s death was ruled accidental

2. Howard didn’t fight Larry once the DNA test results came back and Larry and Howard are working together for Dannielynn

and then this year

3. Daniel’s death was ruled accidental

I think when Anna died the media was very quick to drag Howard through the mud but once the authorities revealed their findings, that died down all on it’s own. A lot of media had their tail between their legs and were most likely ashamed of themselves for forming that “lynch mob” so to speak.

Just out of curiosity, do you think the Ramseys were innocent or not?

Even so, to say something like that, regardless of the context, makes me go, “Woah!”

I do not believe the Ramsey’s are innocent. I think the FBI CASKU unit got it right. I think it was an accident that was staged to look like something that it wasn’t. Jmho, of course.

Will Lin Wood fight for his client? I’d have to say most definitely. Will he use underhanded tactics to defend them? Imho, I’d have to say probably. Are all Lin Wood’s clients innocent of wrong doing? :D That’s a matter of opinion. Understand, I have not followed this case. I know less than nothing about it. I don’t know if Wood is doing a good job for Stern or not. My only knowledge of Wood is from his Ramsey media spin. Is my opinion about Wood objective? Probably not.

Lizzie & Connie I agree with you both all the slandering of Howard Stern stopped via media once Lin Wood decided to represent him. I feel confident that Lin Wood did an excellent job and will continue to do an excellent job representing Howard.

#69 Connie
I agree with you and Lizzie.

Lin Wood can’t be held responsible for what John O’Quinn won’t do!! If people were thinking Lin was going to force O’Quinn to apologize they are dreaming or not reading what is written on him. Lin is not a miracle worker just a lawyer.

Also Richard Jewell died on August 29, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/30/us/30jewell.html

Sprocket [70]

That’s what I suspected. That you don’t believe the Ramseys were innocent. IMO that would shade your opinion of Wood. And of course you’re entitled to your opinion as we all are.

I do believe the Ramseys are innocent I always have,and I find it a shame on the American people who sent Patsey Ramsey to her grave,with the accusation of murdering her own child.The Ramseys were very proud of there little girl,no one knows what actually happened and never will,there lies the reason I am angry with Virgie Arthur,OQ and the BIG MOUTH GERALDO.and let us not forget Rita Cosby,the term(rush to judgement) comes to mind.In my opinion Ritas crime is 10 fold worse than OQ, her evil remaks were put in a book,and will forever stay and in case the public forgot, that sex tape never did turn up,but boy how the public feasted on every word with there tongues hanging out.Virgie(MA Barker) who knew her daughter was headstrong,and could not be told what to do,yet Virgie took it upon herself to rip Howard apart without knowing the facts,Anna drug dependence,goes way back,in Anns life,but Virgie found a way,of clearing herself of any responsibilty,by yelling Howard at every turn.As they play the reruns of the Anna Nicole Show,you can hear Anna telling Howard to leave a number of times,so please do not say she was drugged at all times.

I am not going to get into the Ramsey case, there were never any charges brought against either of them. To say either one is guilty of crime is like doing the same thing that was done to Stern. Ironic how all were considered guilty and all have Woods as a lawyer.

There is nothing on this Earth that would restore Stern’s reputation in some peoples eyes. No public apology coming out of O’Quinn mouth would have done it either. I think most of us knew that there would be no apology spoken when O’Quinn tossed his fans under the bus and basically called them idiots for believing his words.

Let’s face it, even if Virgie came out and apologized, I lied, I used my daughter and dropped her lawsuits, many of us would all rejoice and say we told you so and still list all her motives for money.

IMO, there is nothing to slam Woods about. He is doing his job on so many fronts for Stern. He didn’t screw his clients out of money.

I could say so much more, but time for work!

Connie, I think a whole lot should have been done to educate the public in regards to Anna’s and Daniel’s death
and in doing so would have helped rehab HKS reputation.

I agree DiamondGirl, it would be very difficult to restore his rep in some ppls. eyes but most American’s are
good and decent ppl. with a lot of understanding and if there would have been more of an effort put forth in regards
to this drug epidemic, what an enabler really is, drug addiction, IMO it would have helped the public understand.

just wanted to let you know the reports are saying the settlement is “tentatively settled”.

Daisy,
I think that most people couldn’t care less after all this time. It is only posters on the various sites which support one or other of the people involved, and they are all so set in their ways now, that nothing will change their minds. The rest of the public has moved on to other stories.

I agree Lizzie, this should have been discussed via the media a year ago.

The rest of the public would have benefited from this in regards to education and being made aware of our drug epidemic.
I mean how aware is the public of what is going on with these drugs and wouldn’t this story have been the best way to
educate but the media chose to sensationalize. IMO Wood could have helped via the media to educate. The letter
writing campaign only stopped the spin but what did it do other then that? IMO he missed the opportunity, so what
did he really do for Stern, looks like his pockets are lined but what did he do for Stern?

Daisy

I think you have to look at it that no matter how much info was put out, people would still believe that others were bribed. People will still believe that Daniel never took drugs. Now over at Topix they are spreading the story that Anna’s butt abcess was caused by CH being injected at the site. There was never anything released about what was injected at that site by Dr. Perper. They make up things to back their opinion. They do not go on facts because to them it is all tainted. Keep in mind they believe only what supports their opinion and nothing else. People who were not involved in Anna’s life in the last 10-15 years are heros to them. All because they don’t like Stern. It does not make sense to me but whatever floats your boat.

People cry conspiracy when it was the supporters of Virgie, who went digging into people’s past. They have slammed people they will never know. They ridicule lifestyles that they don’t understand because it makes them superior? In my eyes it makes them look damn ignorant.

Daisy,

You cannot educate people who will not listen.

Very true, Diamond Girl, and apart from that I don’t really think it was Wood’s responsibility to even try to educate people about drugs. If anything, that should be down to Howard and even Larry, since they are having to pick up the pieces for Dannielynn after Anna’s misuse of drugs.

DAISY——Lin Wood is a attorney,not PR.I am so sorry you feel he did not do enough for Howard,because I have just the opposite opinion.And I feel less exposure the better.When you are in the middle of several law suits.that is not the time to teach,because most people,would take what you had to say with a grain of salt.When all the court cases are finished,and court judgements have been made,then and only then,would it be time to educate the puplic .Howard has come a long way,from the lawyer,Virgie was trying to lynch.and Lin Wood was at his side,DAISY—think how much Lin Wood did,and wait till you know what Howard is doing,

#78 Daisy,
Thanks for the information. You say that reports are saying “tentatively settled”, what reports and where can they be located?????

#82 DiamondGirl,
You are so right, you can’t change or control what a person thinks or believes that’s up to each individual. We all have free will.

What does “tentatively settled” mean?

#86 JMA,
Tentatively meaning - Rough or provisional - likely to have changes before becoming final and complete (a tentative draft of the document) - North American English Dictionary.
Settled - decide on something - North American English Dictionary
Hope that helps, my question is where did that comment come from??

In my search to read the different cases litigated by Lin Wood and John O’Quinn I found this article on O’Quinn.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950CE2D8143CF934A35751C0A961958260&sec=health&spon=&pagewanted=all

morning! the first question from judge to VA in florida relate to drugsss right away!!!! it was team texas defence!!! for sure almost nobody new something about Stern!!! so all the eyes were turn on him!!! big desaster for Stern!!!!VA never talk about her partying with Anna. By gaining litlle victory at the time HKS show to intelligents persons that he is a good guys who never kill anybody.LW help him for sure.I have no dought about it!
Larry King even Greta invite him to there Show and he was with LW!!!!

Sunflowers it is today the date on the article

I don’t read on Topix because I would not believe anything
they had posted.

Skooly

Here’s my thinking, it appears Wood is the one making the money in this deal and at the very least he could
have done more to rehab HKS reputation. People will listen and give you a chance, most of them, but you have
to put some effort into it. I don’t think two TV appearances is enough. I thought HKS did great on Greta and
it helped people realize HKS situation but IMO it was not enough exposure to the public.

If this settlement does not include a public apology from O’Q and only pays attorneys fees if it were me I would
now accept the deal.

From the very beginning I understood HKS position was to prove O’Q lied when he called him the “m” word and
to show the public he lied about him. So I’m back to what has Wood done for his client if Howard is going to walk away
with “a new pair of shoes” and paying attorney fees, in my mind it’s not enough.

Hi Skooly, great to see you, long time no see

Daisy, I think you may be taking the topix propaganda too much to heart. I really don’t thing the Virgie people know anything more than we do about what happened in the settlement, and whether or not O’Quinn apologizes isn’t going to change anything with them. If he does, they’ll simply say he did it to get Howard off his back.

IMO no other attorney except Lin Wood could have put the fear of God into the media like he did. That in itself was a major accomplishment.

We will never know the details of any settlement.

Ann, this is not about topix, I promise you.

I will hold my opinions to myself and wait and see but from what I know today via different reports and from actions I have seen this is the way I feel. I don’t think Wood is the only attorney who could write a letter to the media and they would comply.

Maybe HKS doesn’t want to go out of his way (or have Lin Wood do anything special) to “rehab” his reputation. Howard did give a couple of interviews, he’s sued some of the people who slandered him, and most importantly, all that malicious gossip and those accusations against him in the media have been proven false. Accidental deaths according to the authorities, no matter anybody else has said. I can’t even say HKS was “cleared” because he was never charged with anything by anyone who matters. It was the so-called journalists and O’Quinn and Cosby and etc. who were accusing him of things. Not the police.

HKS probably just wants to lead a private life and is working to get over the devastating events of the last couple of years. I think the best thing he can do is stay out of the spotlight, just the way he has been.