Linda Kenney-Baden Withdraws as Defense Counsel

Guess who just filed a motion to withdraw????

10/22/2010 Motion to Withdraw
as Counsel (Linda K. Baden, Esq)

Say it ain't so? Wow.........money?

Gotta, be, Piper, gotta be......

Is anyone surprised? They bail as fast as they sign up....

Terrence Lenamon
Todd Macaluso
Andrea Lyon
Linda Kenney-Baden
Jonathan Kasen (From the civil case)

Who am I missing???

Another one bites the dust!!! I've got to go back now and read her motion to withdraw...I guess she's had enough Circus to last her a lifetime and with that Ocala/Gainesville attorney on board now perhaps she feels like she just isn't needed...I take that back...We all know it is probably The Money Factor...I'm sure she got hers while the getting was good...I just cant see her volunteering to go to Orlando...Bet she took in Disney, Universal, Sea World and a bunch of other tourist spots while she was there...Bozo might have suckered her into this case by furnishing passes...

Casey Anthony Defense Attorney Leaving Case
Baden Files Motion To Withdraw

POSTED: 5:53 pm EDT October 22, 2010
UPDATED: 6:05 pm EDT October 22, 2010

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- One of Casey Anthony’s defense lawyers has backed out of the case, according to court documents filed on Friday.

Linda Baden filed a motion to withdraw in Orange County.

Baden was brought in to work on much of the forensic issues in the case.

She is the second high-profile attorney to leave the defense team in the last four months. No specific reason was given.

http://www.wesh.com/r/25481769/detail.html

Estee wrote:Another one bites the dust!!! I've got to go back now and read her motion to withdraw...I guess she's had enough Circus to last her a lifetime and with that Ocala/Gainesville attorney on board now perhaps she feels like she just isn't needed...I take that back...We all know it is probably The Money Factor...I'm sure she got hers while the getting was good...I just cant see her volunteering to go to Orlando...Bet she took in Disney, Universal, Sea World and a bunch of other tourist spots while she was there...Bozo might have suckered her into this case by furnishing passes...

BBM

Estee, the actual motion has not yet been posted. As soon as I see it, I will post it here.

Thanks, Snaz...I was just looking for it....I'll wait til you post it....You're just tooo gooooddd...

During the Indigency Hearing back on March 18, LKB said she had rescinded her retainer agreement.... she was now working pro bono.... and she had not been paid anything anyway.

Lawyer stepping down from Casey Anthony's defense team

Last Updated: Friday, October 22, 2010 6:31 PM

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The defense filed a motion in Orange County Court Friday, notifying the court that Linda Kenney-Baden will be withdrawing from the case.

Court documents said Kenney-Baden is stepping down not because of any issues with the case, but because because the work she's been brought on board to do is done.

"As out of state counsel I have been traveling to Florida and elsewhere to properly represent Ms. Anthony," she wrote in her motion.

She added, it is her "understanding that the JAC prohibits payment of such costs to out of state attorneys even though they have rendered and are rendering their services free of charge."

Kenney-Baden will remain as a consultant and appear periodically throughout the trial.

Read more: http://www.cfnews13.com/article/news/2010/october/164821/Lawyer-stepping-down-from-Casey-Anthonys-defense-team

Casey Anthony attorney Linda Kenney Baden leaves defense team

By Anthony Colarossi, Orlando Sentinel
5:38 p.m. EDT, October 22, 2010

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The New York City based attorney cited financial reasons for her departure and state rules surrounding Casey Anthony being declared indigent for costs in the murder case.

She noted that the defense team must comply with Justice Administration Commission rules in this case.

"As out of state counsel I have been traveling to Florida and elsewhere to properly represent Ms. Anthony," she wrote in her motion. But, she added, it is her "understanding that the JAC prohibits payment of such costs to out of state attorneys even though they have rendered and are rendering their services free of charge."

Kenney Baden goes on to say she cannot continue representing Casey Anthony "in the absence of substantial funds to cover the costs of travel and reimbursement for expenses, which she anticipates will increase as trial approaches…"

Read more: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-casey-anthony-lawyer-leaves-20101022,0,558773.story

Another selfless dedicated defense attorney fighting for troof and justice bites the dust because the media coverage and residual checks just ain't workin out like they thought it would. Tsk tsk.

Jose's next emergency motion will be to demand that The State cease and desist from prosecuting Casey Anthony for anything because she just can't afford any of the 'good lawyers' and she'll be stuck with just him.

Some days it sucks to be Jose.

kh

Color-coded chart... courtesy of BChand from WS....

Maybe BChand can lend this to Jose....

LOL...Way to go, Snaz...

Who is next? I'm predicting Mason.

I don't think any of these people really believe Casey is innocent. They milked this case for all the publicity they could get, and now it looks like they would rather be pro gono than pro bono.

khintx wrote:Another selfless dedicated defense attorney fighting for troof and justice bites the dust because the media coverage and residual checks just ain't workin out like they thought it would. Tsk tsk.

Jose's next emergency motion will be to demand that The State cease and desist from prosecuting Casey Anthony for anything because she just can't afford any of the 'good lawyers' and she'll be stuck with just him.

Some days it sucks to be Jose.

kh

And every day it sux to be Casey Anthony.

Estee wrote:Another one bites the dust!!! I've got to go back now and read her motion to withdraw...I guess she's had enough Circus to last her a lifetime and with that Ocala/Gainesville attorney on board now perhaps she feels like she just isn't needed...I take that back...We all know it is probably The Money Factor...I'm sure she got hers while the getting was good...

Does LBK have any restrictions about writing a book about the Caylee Murder (and Caylee's murderous mother)? Does this now mean LBK can make blood money now? Soon? Ever?

Can we add in who bailed on Cindy and George too? Pweeze?

Justice4all wrote:Who is next? I'm predicting Mason.

I don't think any of these people really believe Casey is innocent. They milked this case for all the publicity they could get, and now it looks like they would rather be pro gono than pro bono.

Haha, J4A... Be pro gono rather than pro bono......

I'm predicting, however, that if the judge does not grant Ann Finnell her requested travel expenses, that she will withdraw in short order. And that will leave, I believe, Cheney Mason as the only DP qualified attorney. And if that's the case.... JP isn't letting Mason go anywhere...

Here's the thing.... these attorneys that leave spouting lack of substantial expenses, etc., but always throw in the garbage about their support of the client... well, I look at it this way: If they TRULY believed in their client, if they TRULY believed she was innocent of the charges, why wouldn't they spend a little of their own money??? It's not like none of them can afford it....

Better yet, Baez can pay them out of the $90K he pocketed before they flittered away all the rest of the blood money.

LKB got out of this case what she intended to get..... exposure for her new book.

And I'd really like to know if Mason is having "fun" yet.....

LottieM wrote:Can we add in who bailed on Cindy and George too? Pweeze?

Lottie, that's a riot, isn't it??? What is it with these people that they can't hang onto an attorney?! The A's are currently on numbers 3 and 4. I will give them this.... they seemed to have accomplished what none of the others could do.... SHUT UP THE ANTHONYS! At least for the time being.....

What will Linda Kenney Baden’s departure mean?

posted by halboedeker on October, 23 2010 9:44 AM

Central Florida News 13 saw it as “a major shakeup for Casey Anthony’s legal team.”

It was Linda Kenney Baden’s resignation from the team. “This is the most significant departure we’ve seen thus far,” WFTV-Ch. 9 legal analyst Bill Sheaffer said.

Do you agree?

Sheaffer predicted that the other attorneys — including “very, very experienced and good” Cheney Mason — would have trouble making up for Kenney Baden’s forensic expertise.

Read more: http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2010/10/casey-anthony-what-will-linda-kenney-badens-departure-mean.html/comment-page-1

eva wrote:

Estee wrote:Another one bites the dust!!! I've got to go back now and read her motion to withdraw...I guess she's had enough Circus to last her a lifetime and with that Ocala/Gainesville attorney on board now perhaps she feels like she just isn't needed...I take that back...We all know it is probably The Money Factor...I'm sure she got hers while the getting was good...

Does LBK have any restrictions about writing a book about the Caylee Murder (and Caylee's murderous mother)? Does this now mean LBK can make blood money now? Soon? Ever?

Eva, I believe anyone who thinks they have anything to say about the case that someone wants to read can write a book if they so choose (assuming they can get someone to publish it). I'm convinced at some point we will see a book written by George and Cindy Anthony.... or Cindy anyway.

Now as far as what someone who has inside information (like the defense attorneys) can reveal..... that's a different story. There is still the issue of attorney/client privilege, AFAIK.

awaiting justice wrote:Wow... this must be a big hit for them...

Even though she has resigned.. wudnt she leave her material that someone else can use in her absence.. In other wirds.. wud she have set the stage and done the leg work whoever takes over ???

If this is the case, I wud imagine that she has left them exactly what she wud have done and left behind her arguements....?

Possibly, AJ.... but I'm not sure any of the others have the same level of expertise that LKB does. Even WITH her material....

JMO

Exactly, AJ... I said the same thing in an earlier post....

Where is the conviction for justice if these people REALLY think poor little KC is innocent? I don't believe any of them really believe she is innocent.... they just used the notoriety of this case to promote their own agendas.....

I find that disgusting.

I am actually starting to worry about more delays or even, I hate to say it, a mistrial. All these attorneys who have left, and I think more will leave, did not take $ from Casey so they are free to leave the team. But Jose took her $ and Fla State Law says an attorney can't dump his client just cuz they run outta money. So where will that leave this trial? It makes me mad, all the time, money and manpower wasted on all these shannagins. HUGE WASTE. And now, there are issues with TES docs being altered and witnesses being tampered with............ I have a really, really bad feeling about this........ kh

I understand what you are saying, kh... but remember that Judge Perry has the ability to DENY these motions to withdraw...... I just really don't think he is going to let anything happen that will cause appeal issues or even to delay this trial. He is WAY too experienced and professional for that to happen.

JMO

I sure hope he's up to it. What a mess! kh

Thanks to J4A for finding this piece.... Bold is mine.

Casey Anthony: Another Attorney Quits

Saturday, October 23, 2010
Seamus O'Riley

As statement analysis continues to show (and predict) that the Casey Anthony defense team continues to implode due to ego, folly, laziness, and... ego:

Linda Kenny-Baden has now quit.
Update: see article below on Baez.

A month prior to her departure, Angel of Death Row, Andrea Lyon, spoke in Casey's defense regarding the death penalty and her sentence structure revealed her true feelings about Casey. We had told readers, based upon Statement Analysis, to expect her to quit the team due to her personal feelings about Casey Anthony as a human being.

http://seamusoriley.blogspot.com/2010/05/angel-of-death-row.html

She did just that. She had fought to keep many off death row in her home state, and her words revealed that she was personally impacted by each one of those cases, but with Casey Anthony, she chose words in her defense of Casey, that revealed how she personally felt about the accused baby killer.

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note the sensitivity associated with Sheaffer's words regarding Mason. Note also that it is questionable if it will have any impact on the case. Had Baden had real forensic evidence in Casey's favor, she would likely still be on the case.

Read more: http://seamusoriley.blogspot.com/2010/10/another-one-bites-dust.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+StatementAnalysis+%28Statement+Analysis%29

khintx wrote:I sure hope he's up to it. What a mess! kh

I have faith if ANY judge is up to it.... Judge Perry is the one....

P.S..... kh, which of those two in your new avatar is you????

LKB's statement regarding withdrawing from the case made on her FB page:

Saturday at 5:15pm

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=118739614853098&id=627975757

Wwhhoooopppeeeee!! All theze ratz dezerting the sinking shit ship!!

Greased Pig Ditches Anthony A$$ Clown Rodeo

Posted October 27, 2010 by eggtreenews

-Orlando, FL

Someone get me a valium, because my head is spinning trying to count all the slick, porky, amoral attorneys who have ditched homicidal harlot Casey Anthony to waddle on to more lucrative pastures. This time around, it’s Miss Piggy impersonator Linda Kenny Baden who gave Our Damsel of Doritos the shaft, in search of mo money, mo money, mo money!

Baden, who specializes in tampering with forensic evidence and distracting courtroom spectators with her cheap snap-on hair extensions and unflattering wardrobe of hog-casing dresses and miniskirts, announced last week that she’s got serious problems with the cash-flow situation. Specifically, that the state won’t foot the bill for her to travel in the manner she’s accustomed.

Read more: http://eggtreenews.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/greased-pig-ditches-anthony-a-clown-rodeo/

Sure can't blame a girl for wanting to make money...or at least travel expenses...Florida visits aren't that much fun to want to pay for them out of one's own pocket...Why, don't you know I'd travel just about anywhere if I thought I could get a free ride...

Why Did Casey Anthony Lose Another Attorney?

October 26, 2010
By Bull Stopper

Although Bull Stopper does not have a Facebook account and cannot access Facebook pages, long-time reader nums24 was kind enough to provide Linda Kenney Baden’s Facebook-posted comments concerning her withdrawal from the defense team of Casey Anthony. Nums24′s comment with Ms. Baden’s statement may be found at the following link.

http://bullstopper.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/is-jose-baez-frightened-of-spicy-peanuts/

Due to the length of her statement, this article will focus only upon the first paragraph. Future articles will concentrate on additional bite-size pieces.

“On Friday, October 22, 2010 I filed a motion to withdraw from representation of Casey Anthony in her Florida indictment for death penalty murder. As a result of my involvement with these types of cases, it is my viewpoint that a nationwide overhaul of the system must occur involving both expenses for out of state pro bono lawyers in death penalty cases and multi-state credit for out of state pro bono time to fulfill a lawyer’s public service obligations.”

Read more: http://bullstopper.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/why-did-casey-anthony-lose-another-attorney/

How Many Weeks Does Linda Kenney Baden Believe Are In a Year?

October 27, 2010
By Bull Stopper

This article is our second look at the Facebook statement of Linda Kenney Baden regarding her recent withdrawal from the defense team of Casey Anthony.

Ms. Baden’s statement may be found in the comments of this linked article.

http://bullstopper.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/is-jose-baez-frightened-of-spicy-peanuts/

“After nearly two years of representing Casey Anthony in the forensic area, the forensic discovery is about to end. This year alone I took nearly a week’s worth of depositions of FBI laboratory criminalists in Washington, D.C. in person and just recently in September several days of depositions of the Oak Ridge National Laboratories by Skype.”

“After nearly two years of representing Casey Anthony in the forensic area” – Ms. Baden limits her representation of Casey Anthony to only the “forensic area”. Ms. Baden does not take responsibility for the defense as a whole, she does not take responsibility for any of the actions of Jose Baez, Cheney Mason, or Andrea Lyon. Ms. Baden represented Ms. Anthony only “in the forensic area” and wants to be sure we understand her limited role. Ms. Baden has not represented Ms. Anthony for two years, but “nearly two years”. Ms. Baden wishes to increase in the minds of her readers the amount of time she has invested in this case.

Read more: http://bullstopper.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/how-many-weeks-does-linda-kenney-baden-believe-are-in-a-year/

How Many Investigators Does Linda Kenney Baden Believe are Employed to Convict Casey Anthony?

October 28, 2010
By Bull Stopper

This article is the third in our series examining the Facebook statement of Linda Kenney Baden regarding her recent withdrawal from the defense team of Casey Anthony.

Ms. Baden’s statement may be found in the comments of the following linked article.

http://bullstopper.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/is-jose-baez-frightened-of-spicy-peanuts/

“As you know The State’s Attorney has hundreds of attorneys and investigators, millions of dollars and unlimited access to untold State and Federal resources: all trying to find evidence to convict Casey Anthony. They have also employed dozens of investigators and many different forensic labs to try and find what they call ‘scientific evidence’ against Casey.”

“As you know” – Ms. Baden begins this paragraph with an attempt to convince the reader they already “know” and, therefore, accept her upcoming statement as true.

Read more: http://bullstopper.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/how-many-investigators-does-linda-kenney-baden-believe-are-employed-to-convict-casey-anthony/

Legal Analyst Bill Sheaffer on Casey Anthony Case
QUITTERS, OPPORTUNISTS AND LAGGARDS

October 29, 2010

As predicted, yet another of Casey Anthony’s defense lawyers is jumping ship. Linda Kenny Baden recently announced, with considerably less fanfare then when she entered the case, her notice of intent to withdraw from the now, somewhat beleaguered defense team. Although Ms. Baden cited financial hardship as the reason for filing her motion to withdraw, one could certainly question whether it was for perhaps a more ignoble reason, like, say, having exhausted the opportunity for self-promotion and publicity. She and other quitters, who likewise climbed aboard to take complete and utter advantage of the local, state, national, and international media coverage of the Casey case, have abandoned Miss Anthony now that the real case work has finally commenced.

I am curious as to why Ms. Baden and the book promoting law professor, Andrea Lyon, did not express their travel and expense reimbursement concerns way back when they each made their splashy entries into the Casey case. Could it be because that was prior to the time the Florida taxpayers were on the hook to pay the costs for Casey’s defense? What else has changed from that time until now?

Read more: http://billsheaffer.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/quitters-opportunists-and-laggards/

Did Linda Kenney Baden Ever Intend to Defend Casey Anthony in Trial?

November 1, 2010
By Bull Stopper

In our fourth study of the Facebook statement of Linda Kenney Baden, we will explore her statements concerning her commitment to the trial of Casey Anthony.

Ms. Baden’s full statement may be found in the comments of the following linked article.

http://bullstopper.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/is-jose-baez-frightened-of-spicy-peanuts/

“It was important to help the trial lawyers understand and identify the real science and distinguish it from the kind of unvalidated science that the National Academies of Science (NAS) report addressed last year. Even with the nearly two years of pro bono time I have volunteered, and my funding this year of my own travel expenses because it was in the best interest of the client that I fulfill my commitment review the forensic science during discovery, Florida rules prevent the funding of a pro bono out of state lawyer’s expenses even in a death penalty case.”

“It was important to help the trial lawyers” – Helping the “trial lawyers” “was important”, but no longer is important. Why is it no longer important? Because Ms. Baden accomplished this task and the trial lawyers have been helped? Or because Ms. Baden is withdrawing from representation, so this is no longer important to her? Ms. Baden distinguishes “trial lawyers” from herself. She is not one of the “trial lawyers”. Even when it was important to help them, she was not a trial lawyer. Ms. Baden never intended to be a trial lawyer in this case.

“understand and identify” – This is what it was important to help the trial lawyers do before Ms. Baden withdrew. Order is important. The understanding of the trial lawyers is more important than their ability to identify.

Read more: http://bullstopper.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/did-linda-kenney-baden-ever-intend-to-defend-casey-anthony-in-trial/

Does Linda Kenney Baden Believe Casey Anthony Will Be Sentenced to Death?

November 2, 2010
By Bull Stopper

This article is our fifth and final examination of the Facebook statement made by Linda Kenney Baden after filing her motion to withdraw from the defense of Casey Anthony.

Ms. Baden’s full statement may be found in the comments of the following linked article.

http://bullstopper.wordpress.com/2010/10/23/is-jose-baez-frightened-of-spicy-peanuts/

“As trial approaches, and critical decisions must be made with the client input, it is important for the trial lawyers to have substantial, direct, and constant contact with the client in order to engage in constitutionally effective representation and give appropriate life-saving advice, something not as important during discovery, but which I cannot do from afar.”

“As trial approaches” – Ms. Baden’s next remarks are limited to the time frame in which “trial approaches”. Ms. Baden and the defense do not approach the “trial”, it approaches them. Ms. Baden is passive with no control over the looming specter of the approaching trial. The “trial” is an independent entity which actively “approaches” Ms. Baden.

“and critical decisions must be made with the client input” – Ms. Baden further limits her statements to “critical decisions” which is further limited by “with the client input”. “The client” is not her “client”. “Must be made” indicates a situation of an imperative nature, this is not an option. “Critical decisions” indicates previous “decisions” may not have been “critical”. There is also a hint “critical decisions” have previously been made without “the client input”. The approaching “trial” forces the “critical decisions”, the trial has power to make the defense do things. “The client” does not make the “critical decisions”, the “trial lawyers” do.

Read more: http://bullstopper.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/does-linda-kenney-baden-believe-casey-anthony-will-be-sentenced-to-death/

Thanx snaz. I'm gonna chech that out! kh