KLAAS FOUNDATION MUSKETEERS

By Joe Klaas

As three Musketeers of France served their queen so long ago, three Musketeers of Law today serve children everywhere with legal assistance provided pro bonO (at no charge) to the Klaas Foundation for Children.

The legal lions serving this most noble cause are Carl Stoney, David Alexander, and Robert White of the distinguished San Francisco law firm, Jackson Tufts Cole & Black, which occupies three floors at 650 California Street in San Francisco, CA.

Foundation is Firm's Charity Project

"Our firm chose the Klaas Foundation for Children as its charity project," said Carl Stoney, Jr., who earned his University of California B.S. degree in 1967, and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from the Boalt Hall School of Law (1970) and the Haas School of Business in 1971. "We could find no more rewarding cause than being the lawyers for Marc Klaas in his amazingly successful national crusade for children''s rights."

Stoney, a Phi Beta Kappa, has lectured and written on various tax and corporate issues, and served on the Executive Committee of the Taxation Section of the State Bar of California from 1980-1983. Currently he is a member of the Taxation and Business Law Sections of the America Bar Association, and a certified specialist in Taxation Law by the California Board of Legal Specialization. He set up the Internal Revenue Service 501(c)(3) nonprofit tax status that makes all contributions to the Klaas Foundation for Children fully deductible.

Doing All We Can for Child Safety

"We want to do all we can for child safety," said litigator David T. Alexander, who earned a B.A. with distinction in 1968 and a T.D. in 1971 from the University of Michigan. He became a trial attorney for the United States Department of Justice in 1971-72 and a law school instructor from 1972-73. He is a member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association and serves with the Antitrust Law Section of the American Bar Association.

"We are glad to help Marc's efforts in Polly's memory," said Robert G. White, who attended Morehouse College, where he received his B.A. in 1983 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was a Marshall Scholar at the University of Kent at Canterbury, United Kingdom, receiving a B.A. with honors. He won his J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1989.

Donations Go Straight to Kids' Rights

"The expertise and counsel of these fine gentlemen is awesome," said Marc Klaas. "With them aboard, not one penny of our supporters' contributions has ever had to be spent for legal services, but can go straight to financing the fight for our children's safety, health, and happiness. We are all truly grateful for their outstanding assistance."

Jackson Tufts Cole & Black also has offices at 50 Market Street in San Jose, where the Polly Klaas murder trial recently found its way to justice at last.