PAID-TO-WAIT?

Attorney General Jim H

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od:

Were in no hur
r
y
t
o
file any litigati
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.

The Associated
Press - Tuesday, August 17, 2010

In the months following the

rupture and subsequent capping
of BPs TransOcean oil rig,
Jim Hood has accepted at least
$129,650 from Attorneys or Law
Firms with direct involvement in
the BP Oil Spill Litigation.

PAID-TO-WAIT?

4/27/10 Calvin Fayard $500 4/13/11 Calvin Fayard $1,000

4/27/10 Gerald H. Silk $3,000 4/29/11 Tim Porter $1,000
4/27/10 David Stickney $2,000 5/02/11 Patrick Malouf $1,000
4/27/10 Chad Johnson $2,000 5/10/11 Salvatore Grazino $3,000
4/27/10 Blair Nicholas $2,000 5/10/11 Steven Singer $3,000
4/27/10 Max Berger $3,000 5/10/11 Mark Lebovitch $1,000
4/27/10 Mark Lebovitch $1,000 5/10/11 Max Berger $5,000
4/27/10 William Fredrick $1,000 5/10/11 Blair Nicholas $2,000
4/27/10 Steven Singer $2,000 5/10/11 Chad Johnson $2,000
4/27/10 Salvatore Grazino $2,000 5/10/11 Gerald H. Silk $4,000
4/27/10 John Browne $1,000 5/10/11 Lis Mezzetti $675
6/3/10 Tony Gelderman $899 5/10/11 Lundy, Lundy & Soileau $1,000
10/11/10 Tim Porter $989 5/10/11 Richard Koffman $667
10/22/10 Richard B. Schwarz $5,000 5/11/11 Betsy Miller $667
12/26/10 Lisa Mezzetti $250 5/11/11 Steven Toll $667
12/26/10 Linda Singer $500 5/11/11 Benjamin Brown $667
12/26/10 Cohen Milstein $1,000 5/11/11 Blayne Honeycutt $1,000
12/26/10 Betsy Miller $500 5/11/11 Daniel Sommers $667
12/13/10 Omar Nelson $500 5/11/11 Douglas Richards $667
5/11/11 Linda Singer $667
12/13/10 Mike Espy $500
1/14/11 Lundy, Lundy, & Soileau $2,500 5/12/11 Herbert Milstein $667
5/12/11 Kit Pierson $667
1/20/11 Patrick Malouf $2,500
5/13/11 Cossich, Sumich, Parsiola, & Taylor $4,000
1/20/11 Tim Porter $2,500
2/24/11 Michael Palmintier $500 5/17/11 Andrew Friedman $667
5/19/11 Richard B. Schwarz $5,000
3/16/11 Morgan & Morgan $50,000
5/20/11 Joseph Sellers $667

TOTAL BP-RELATED
DONATIONS TO
JIM HOOD....

$129,650

last

Jim Hood was the

of three neighboring
Attorney Generals to file a lawsuit on behalf of his state.
TIMELINE OF EVENTS SURROUNDING SPILL

April 20, 2010:

Oil Spill Begins

July 12, 2010:

Oil Spill is Capped

August 12, 2010:

Alabama AG Files Lawsuits

August 17, 2010:

Hood in no hurry to file Suit

September 15, 2010:

Louisiana AG Files 1st Suit

December 15, 2010:

US DOJ Files Lawsuit

March 3, 2011:

Louisiana Files 2 Suit

July 12, 2011:

Jim Hood Files Suit Against Feinberg

nd

448

Jim Hood waited

days after oil began spilling.
11 months after Alabama and 10 months after Louisiana.

OUT OF STATE BP RELATED CONTRIBUTIONS

CALIFORNIA:

$6,000 4.6%

FLORIDA:

$50,000 38.6%

GEORGIA:

$1,000 .8%

LOUISIANA:

$11,399 8.8%

MARYLAND:

$4,927 3.8%

NEW JERSEY:

$2,000 1.5%

NEW YORK:

$31,667 24.4%

VIRGINIA:

$667 .5%

WASHINGTON, DC: $3,001 2.3%

TOTAL OUT OF STATE DONATIONS -

$110,661

Steve
Simpson:
PROTECTING
COASTAL RESIDENTS.

Leading While
Hood Was Waiting.