Scrushy: Report from Birmingham

Name	Position		Notes
Defendants
Richard M. Scrushy		CEO of HealthSouth 1984-2002, 2003 and Chairman of the Board. One of the founders of HealthSouth.	Acquitted, in June 2005, of 46 counts of fraud, conspiracy, mail and wire violations. (Judge Karon Bowdre). There is a pending and ongoing SEC complaint against him in Birmingham. Named as a co-defendant in 7 counts of indictment against Siegelman. The counts include bribery and mail fraud. Found guilty of all six counts against him.
Don Siegelman		Governor of Alabama (democrat) 1999-2003. He was Alabama attorney general 1987-90 and Lieutenant Governor 1995-99.	Indicted for 34 counts, including racketeering, extortion, mail fraud, wire fraud, obstruction of justice, and bribery. He was previously indicted in a case, with Hamrick and Philip Bobo, that was thrown out "with prejudice." Found guilty of six bribery related counts and 1 count of obstruction of justice.
Gary Roberts		Director of the Alabama Department of Transportation	Indicted for 16 counts of mail fraud. Found not guilty of all counts.
Paul Hamrick		Governor Siegelman's Chief of Staff	Indicted in 7 counts, including racketeering, obstruction of justice and mail and wire fraud. He was previously indicted, with Siegelman and Bobo, in a case that was thrown out, "with prejudice. Found not guilty of all counts.
Legal Case & Government Officials (and adjuncts)
Government
Judge Mark E. Fuller	US District Judge (presiding judge)		Federal judge since 2002. He is the chief judge of the Middle District of Alabama
Judge Charles Coody	US Magistrate Judge		Scrushy, Siegelman and Roberts failed in their attempts to have Coody recused.
JB Perrine	Assistant US Attorney
Joseph Fitzpatrick	Assistant Attorney General (Special US Attorney)
Jennifer Garrett	Assistant Attorney Generar (Special US Attorney)
Louis Franklin	(acting) US Attorney		Chief of Criminal Division.
Stephen Feaga	Assistant US Attorney
Richard Pilger	US Attorney		From Public Integrity Section of DOJ - DC based
Vallie Byrdsong	Contract-consultant		He is working with the prosecution on technical and other administrative tasks.
Government officials associated with Siegelman I: The first indictment- in Northern District
Alice Martin	US attorney. Lead prosecutor		Unsuccessfully prosecuted Richard Scrushy
Melissa Atwood	Assistant Attorney General - co-lead, with Martin		One of the prosecutor's in the ethics complaint that ultimately removed Judge Roy Moore as the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.
Tamarra Matthews Johnson	Special Assistant US attorney		Was part of the Scrushy prosecution team
John Gibbs	Assistant Attorney General		One of the prosecutor's in the ethics complaint that ultimately removed Judge Roy Moore as the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.
Miles Hart	US attorney		Worked on the case involving HealthSouth officers Vincent Nico and Thomas Carman
Leura Canary	US attorney		Wife of Bill Canary, aide to Governor Bob Riley. Because of husband's connection to Alice Martin and Bob Riley, she recused herself from further proceedings.
Debra Hackett	Clerk of the Court		Her record keeping became an issue as part of Scrushy's jury composition challenge. She worked with the defense to produce records and data.
Scrushy's defense team
Art Leach	Scrushy attorney		He was part of Scrushy's defense team in the fraud trial, and is assigned to the SEC case. Along with Moore, he unsuccessfully defended HealthSouth and Source Medical employee, Sonny Crumpler, in his criminal case.
Les Moore	Scrushy attorney		He was part of Scrushy's defense team in the fraud trial, and is assigned to the SEC case. Along with Leach, he unsuccessfully defended HealthSouth and Source Medical employee, Sonny Crumpler, in his criminal case.
James Kenneth Jenkins	Scrushy attorney		He did back-end work for Scrushy's defense, during the fraud trial.
Bruce Rogow	Scrushy attorney		He was brought in post-trial as an appellate specialist. He is a professor at Nova Southeastern University, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Notable highlights in his impressive resume include that he has argued 11 cases in front of the Supreme Court and that he was the council in the post election 2000 case of Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing board. He has successfully argued many high-profile civil and criminal cases.
Jim Parkman	Scrushy attorney		He was lead attorney in Scrushy's successful defense in the HealthSouth fraud trial.
R. Martin Adams	Scrushy attorney		Partner of Parkman. Son-in-law of Scrushy. He worked on the defense team, in the first trial.
Terry Lucas Butts	Scrushy attorney		He was an Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme court, and Roy Moore, the former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme court, as a client. Moore is a local icon and lightning rod. He was removed from the court for defying an order to remove a statue of the 10 commandments from the state's Judicial Building. Moore ran against Riley in the 2006 primary. [Withdrawn from case on 4-25-07]
W. Bruce Malloy	Scrushy attorney		He is a partner of James Kenneth Jenkins.
Fred Gray, Sr.	Scrushy attorney		Long time civil rights attorney. Represented Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Carmen Hernandez	Scrushy attorney		Sentencing specialist. She is President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
H. Lewis Gillis	Scrushy attorney		He was part of Scrushy's defense team in the fraud trial, and is assigned to the SEC case. [Withdrawn from case 3-1-06]
Christopher Kyle Whitehead	Scrushy attorney		He is an associate member of Gillis' law firm. [Withdrawn from case 3-1-06]
Kristen Hainen	Scrushy publicist		From Outside Eyes- California based communications firm.
Siegelman's defense team
Charles Redding Pitt	Siegelman attorney		Former US attorney and current chairman of Alabama democratic party.
David McDonald	Siegelman attorney		He is a partner of Kilborn.
Hiram Chester Eastland, Jr.	Siegelman attorney		A Mississippi lawyer and family friend of the Kennedy's. He has worked on suits against tobacco companies and HMOs.
Vincent Killborn, III	Siegelman attorney		He has a flamboyant reputation, mostly in the realm of civil law.
W. Perry Hall	Siegelman attorney		He is in McDonald's and Kilborn's firm.
G. Douglas Jones	Siegelman attorney		Jones was a former US Attorney and was the lead prosecutor in the successful prosecution of the Ku Klux Klan members responsible for the murder of 4 girls at the 16th Street Baptist Church, in Birmingham. He represented some clients in civil cases against HealthSouth. Jones is in his firm. He was disqualified from representing Siegelman by the judge in Siegelman's first trial because as a US attorney, he worked on the initial part of the government's corruption probe.
George Blakey	Siegelman attorney		Professor at Notre Dame. He is one of the people who wrote the RICO, and is one of the premier attorneys on conspiracy law.
Susan James	Siegelman attorney		She was hired after the trial as a sentencing specialist, to argue for a reduced or limited sentence.
Joe Jordan	Siegelman attorney		[Withdrawn from the case on 3-27-06]
Russell Drake	Siegelman attorney		[Withdrawn from the case on 2-16-06]
Paul Hamrick & Gary Roberts' team
Samuel Briskman	Roberts attorney
Joel Evan Dillard	Roberts attorney		He was an assistant attorney general of Alabama, when his law partner, William Baxley, was attorney general. They are both on this case.
Stewart Davidson McKnight, III	Roberts attorney
William Joseph Baxley	Roberts attorney		He was an attorney for HealthSouth CFO Weston Smith. He was Alabama Attorney General (1971-79) and Lieutenant Governor (1983-87). His ex-wife, Lucy Baxley, is the current Lieutenant Governor and has announced her candidacy for governor.
Thomas Jefferson Deen, III	Hamrick attorney
Michel Nicrosi	Hamrick attorney		Former DOJ attorney, handling fraud cases.
Ronald Wayne Wise	Hamrick attorney		He was formerly an assistant US Attorney, in the Southern District of Alabama. (Withdrawn from case 2-27-06)
Categorized List of Associated Individuals and Businesses
Unindicted co-conspirators and others linked directly to the conspiracy
Clayton "Lanny" Young	Businessman		Plead guilty to money laundering and fraud charges. He bribed Philip Jordan, regarding his interests in solid waste disposal. Part of alleged "absolute agreement" described by Nick Bailey.
Nicholas Bailey	Former Siegelman cabinet member.		Former aide to Siegelman. Pleaded guilty to bribery related charges. Testified vs. Scrushy and Siegelman to the Grand Jury.
Philip Jordan	Probate Judge, Cherokee County AL		Took bribes from Lanny Young. Plead guilty. Sentenced to six months in jail and 6 months home detention.
Michael Martin	CFO of HealthSouth		Pressed investment banker Bill McGahan to come up with $250,000 for the Alabama's Educational Lottery Fund
Eric Hanson	Lobbyist with US Strategis		Lobbyist who worked for HealthSouth. Alleged to have helped negotiate the CON Board for $500,000 deal with Siegelman
Curtis Kirsch	An architect.		Pleaded guilty to bribery related charges. Friend of Nick Bailey.
Jimmy Lynn Allen	Developer		Named in the indictment as having been squeezed by Siegelman.
Anthony Fant	Birmingham businessman. Owned antique store.		Gave money to Nick Bailey
Scrushy-Siegelman Bribery Charge
Taylor Pickett	CFO of IHS.		He arranged to have check for $250K donated to Alabama Educational Lottery Fund, in return for debt reduction of funds owed to UBS-Warburg.
Dr. Robert Elkins	Psychiatrist. Founder and CEO of IHS (Integrated Health Services)		IHS was the company from which the $250K check that was donated to the Alabama Educational Lottery Foundation was drawn on. Company went bankrupt in 2000.
Loree Skelton	HealthSouth attorney		She worked with matters involving the Alabama CON. Scrushy's attorneys attend her testimony was shaped and "locked down" after the government tricked his defense counsel into divulging information about the case.
Josh Hayes	Siegelman appointments secretary		Appointments Director, for Siegelman.
Raymond Bell	Attorney- He was an appointments secretary, under Siegelman		He was on Ethics Commission that cleared Siegelman in 2002, prior to his first indictment.
Carter Wells	Siegelman campaign field director.		Ran the Alabama Education Lottery Foundation (Scrushy's contribution to this foundation was alleged to be a bribe for a CON board seat)
Jabo Waggoner	State Senator and former HealthSouth VP.		Testified to the grand jury.
Richard Dorman	Attorney		Director of Alabama Education Foundation
Mervyn Nabors	Businessman		Owned American Instrument Co. in Birmingham. He was a co-signor of loan made to democratic party. He was CEO of Florida's Aerosonic and was named in class action suits from his involvement with this company.
Ted Hosp	Attorney		Siegelman legal advisor. Gave advice about how to restructure lottery funds, and later about the filing the amended disclosures.
Tim Adams	Nurse		CON Board member - Siegelman appointment. As charged in the indictment, the member of the CON Board that Scrushy was supposed to have corrupted.
Carleton McCurry			CON board member during Siegelman administration.
Margie Sellers	She was executive director of Alabama Association of Nursing Homes		CON board member during Siegelman administration. She represented the Alabama Nursing Home Association. She was chairman of the CON board.
Dr. Herbert Stone			Siegelman appointment to CON board.
Carol Giardina			CON board member during Siegelman administration.
Dr. Roosevelt McCorvey	Montgomery doctor. Member of NMA- an association of African American Physicians. He is on the Alabama Special Care Facilities Financing Authority.		CON board member during Siegelman administration.
Borden Ray	An attorney from Tuscaloosa.		Siegelman appointment to CON board.
David Brandt	VP at HealthSouth		Son-in-law of magistrate judge Charles Coody. Scrushy tried to get Coody recused because of this relationship. He worked at HealthSouth when Scrushy was CEO, and continues to work there.
Melissa Mauser Galvin	Associate Dean of External Affairs at University of Alabama, Birmingham. She is also Associate Director of the Geriatric Education Center (at UAB) and was Executive director of Alabama Commission on Aging.		CON board member during Siegelman administration.
James Gundlach, PhD	Professor at Auburn University (Sociology and Anthropology)		Retained as an expert witness by Scrushy to conduct an analysis of the methods the District uses to select a jury pool. He has successfully challenged the selection process in an earlier case and is currently working on a pending challenge.
Edward Bronson	Professor (emeritus) at Cal State		Expert retained by Scrushy to analyze the jury pool and the pre-trial publicity associated with this case.
Steven Elmore, Sr.	Forensic Accountant - Smiley-Smith & Bright		The government's expert in the jury composition challenge.
Marion Chartoff	Attorney retained as a consultant to Scrushy's team		Attorney in the Carmichael case, that is mounting a jury composition challenge. She is helping Scrushy compile data (perhaps anecdotal) from other cases about the composition of juries in the District
Talladega Super Speedway Sunday Beer Sales
Brett Shelton	Former VP and General Manager of Talladega		He is now at Michigan International Speedway
Grant Lynch	President of Talladega
Dewayne Freeman	(former) State Senator		He introduced the bill for Sunday beer sales at Talladega.
Gerald Dial	State Senator		Sponsored the beer bill
Richard Childress	NASCAR Team owner		Owned the (Dale Earnardt) car that Siegelman drove around Talladega
GH Construction
Bryan Broderick	Builder		Head of Broderick Construction, an unlicensed builder. One of the people who incorporated GH Construction. Plead guilty in a plea agreement.
Ellis Brazeal	Attorney		Brother in law of Paul Hamrick. He was one of the people who incorporated GH Construction.
David Green	Businessman		Brother-in-law of Lanny Young. One of the people who incorporated GH Construction.
Randall Smith	Head of Alcohol Beverage Control Board, under Siegelman.		Not involved in the project, but the ABC Board would have had one of the warehouses built by GH Construction.
Roland Vaughn	Architect		His firm had the architectural contract for the project
Bill Blount	Investment Banker		Underwriter for the project
Ran Garver	Head of Purchasing for Alabama
Shane Bailey	ADECA's purchasing department		Nick Bailey's brother.
WasteManagement or Revenue deals
Tom Harringtom	Operations Manager - Waste Management		Austin Young LLC contracted with Waste Management through him.
Chuck Campagne	Executive - Waste Management
Johnny Crawford	Lobbyist.		Raised money for Siegelman. He was contract lobbyist for Waste Management.
Jim Hayes	Commissioner of revenue		Siegelman appointment
Susan Kennedy	Attorney		General Counsel for Alabama Revenue Department. A Siegelman appointment, her billing practices with the revenue department were questioned.
Robert Barr	With ADEM
Miscelaneous connected people
Jim Cunningham	Political consultant		Siegelman fund raiser
Lori Allen Siegelman	Wife of Governor Siegelman		A check alleged to be a bribe was written to her.
George Beck	Attorney		Nick Bailey's attorney
Gina Friday	Nick Bailey Assistant
Marilyn Rowe	Siegelman Assistant		Testified to the grand jury
Beth Crain	Lanny Young secretary.		Young had a long affair with her.
Giles Perkins	Lobbyist and former head of Alabama Democratic Party		Closely tied to Don Siegelman
Pam Baker	Siegelman cabinet member-children's affairs		Her appointment, by Siegelman, to Alabama State Board of Education was withdrawn by incoming governor Bob Riley.
Elmer Harris	Former president of Alabama Power.		He was chairman of Siegelman's transition team. He had considered a run for the governorship in 2006.
Bill Gordon, III	Montgomery businessman		Siegelman supporter. Appointed to Alabama Housing Authority, by Siegelman. Business received large contract from ADECA.
Jack Miller	Attorney		Chairman of the Alabama Democratic party during Siegelman administration.
Jim Lane	Montgomery businessman		Siegelman supporter. Business received large contract from ADECA.
Crum Foshee	Lobbyist		Former state legislator. He was once prosecuted for a check kiting scheme.
Milton McGregor	Dogtrack and casino owner