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    Jim Hood received at least $129,650 in donations from law firms and attorneys involved in BP oil spill litigation. He was the last of three neighboring attorneys general to file a lawsuit on behalf of his state against BP, waiting 448 days after the spill began while Alabama filed a suit after 74 days and Louisiana after 90 days. Over 85% of the donations Hood received came from outside of Mississippi, with the largest portions coming from Florida and New York law firms.

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    Jim Hood received at least $129,650 in donations from law firms and attorneys involved in BP oil spill litigation. He was the last of three neighboring attorneys general to file a lawsuit on behalf of his state against BP, waiting 448 days after the spill began while Alabama filed a suit after 74 days and Louisiana after 90 days. Over 85% of the donations Hood received came from outside of Mississippi, with the largest portions coming from Florida and New York law firms.

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    Jim Hood received at least $129,650 in donations from law firms and attorneys involved in BP oil spill litigation. He was the last of three neighboring attorneys general to file a lawsuit on behalf of his state against BP, waiting 448 days after the spill began while Alabama filed a suit after 74 days and Louisiana after 90 days. Over 85% of the donations Hood received came from outside of Mississippi, with the largest portions coming from Florida and New York law firms.

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    PAID-TO-WAIT?

    Attorney General Jim H


    o

    od:

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

    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.

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