More Bad News for Anna Nicole Smith
September 28, 2005
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco has once again rejected all claims made by former stripper Anna Nicole Smith against E. Pierce Marshall. In December 2004 a three-judge panel overturned an award of $88 million to Smith. This week the court rejected Smith’s appeal for a rehearing en banc by the full 9th Circuit.
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A Statement From E. Pierce Marshall
September 27, 2005
Today’s decision by the Supreme Court to hear this case is based on one issue, the probate exception. The Supreme Court’s decision to hear the case is not a reversal of the 9th Circuit’s opinion. We believe that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion is the correct interpretation of that law. We will pursue the case vigorously before the high court.
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Judge Reprimands Howard K. Stern for Violating Court Order
July 19, 2005
Jurors in the Houston Probate Court may have wondered why an attorney for Anna Nicole Smith suddenly began sitting in the audience in the rear of the courtroom instead of with his client and the other attorneys at counsels’ table trying the case. The reason is that Judge Mike Wood became enraged when Stern confessed to the blatantly unethical, fraudulent and unauthorized use of confidential financial documents which were protected by a known, legally binding confidentiality agreement and which Stern pilfered from the courtroom to use in another case.
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Judge Tells Anna ‘Stop Making Up Stories.’
June 15, 2005
On January 31, 2001, when Anna Nicole Smith (Ms. Marshall) began making up stories under oath and quoting the findings of a California Bankruptcy Court from the witness stand, Harris County Probate Judge Mike Wood took her to task and threatened her with perjury charges. The jury had been excused.
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Bringing A Lie to the Courthouse
March 15, 2005
J. Howard Marshall II (J. Howard) died with an estate plan in place that he and his attorneys carefully crafted over many years. When a Texas jury discovered attacks on the plan were based on a series of lies and false charges, they punished both plaintiffs in the case. J. Howard Marshall III (Howard, Jr.) was hit with penalties totaling more than $36 million and Anna Nicole Smith (who was protected from a larger penalty by the bankruptcy court) was hit with $541,000 in legal fees for as one defense attorney put it “bringing a lie to the courthouse.”
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The CNN Controversy
December 31, 2002

Businessman Says Forbes ‘Richest Listing’ Inaccurate
September 28, 2001
A Houston businessman says Forbes Magazine’s inaccurate portrayal of his father as a billionaire has cost his family millions of dollars in legal fees defending frivolous lawsuits in Texas and California. E. Pierce Marshall replaced his father on the Forbes 400 list after his father died in 1995.
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Anna Nicole Smith: Turn Out the Lights, The Party’s Over; Houston Judge Orders Former Stripper to Pay Attorneys’ Fees
September 18, 2001
Houston, Texas Anna Nicole Smith has something new to cry about. Jurors didn’t buy her story that she was promised half of her late husband’s wealth and didn’t buy her courtroom act, which frequently included crocodile tears.
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Trip to Court Costs Oilman’s Son Millions. He Wanted Millions Now Owes Millions
August 15, 2001

He Sued and Lost Big Time; California Businessman Out Millions
July 17, 2001
He was rich but wanted still more money. So J. Howard Marshall III (Howard Junior), of Pasadena, Ca., sued his younger brother, his family and his late father’s estate. The move backfired. Instead of getting the millions he demanded, Howard Junior has been ordered by Houston Probate Judge Mike Wood to pay his brother, his family and the estate more than $10 million. Judge Wood issued his final judgment today.
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Court to Anna Nicole Smith: Get Out Your Checkbook.
July 17, 2001
In a stinging rebuke to former stripper Vickie Lynn Marshall (stage name: Anna Nicole Smith), Houston Probate Judge Mike Wood issued a final judgment today ruling that she must pay more than $541,000 in attorneys fees to E. Pierce Marshall. In addition, Vickie also is jointly and severally liable for more than $1.2 million in temporary administrator’s fees paid by her late husband’s estate, as well as other expenses associated with the case.
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Marshall Family Attorneys Ask for $8 Million in Sanctions Against Anna Nicole Smith
May 29, 2001
Attorneys for E. Pierce Marshall and Finley Hilliard, the late J. Howard Marshall II’s (Howard Senior) long-time accountant, asked Judge Mike Wood to impose sanctions of more than $8 million against Vicki Lynn Marshall (stage name: Anna Nicole Smith) for filing a frivolous lawsuit that had no basis in fact.
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Anna Nicole and J. Howard III (Howard Junior) No Shows in Houston Courtroom; Both Could Face Millions in Sanctions
May 25, 2001
“People who start knife fights shouldn’t complain when they get cut.”
Lee Ware Marshall Family Defense Team
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Houston Judge Issues Injunction Against Anna Nicole Smith; Smith Called “Desperate” in Court Pleadings
May 14, 2001
Judge Mike Wood of Houston has ordered Anna Nicole Smith (aka Vickie Marshall) to stop her efforts to have E. Pierce Marshall held in contempt of court in California. In what Marshall’s attorneys have termed an “act of desperation,” Vickie has asked the bankruptcy court to hold E. Pierce Marshall in contempt and fine him $475,000,000 as well as $1,000,000 a day.
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Defendants Seek Substantial Financial Sanctions
May 11, 2001
Two accountants for the late J. Howard Marshall II have filed a motion seeking substantial financial sanctions from Anna Nicole Smith (aka Vickie Marshall).
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Marshall Family Defendants to Move Forward With Collection Efforts in $35.3 Million Judgment Against J. Howard Marshall, III
March 21, 2001
The Marshall Family Defendants today firmly rejected a proposal by an attorney for J. Howard Marshall, III who suggested that they give up efforts to collect $35.3 million in attorneys’ fees, damages and punitive damages leveled against Howard, III by a Houston jury. “If anything, recent statements by Attorney Avi Peretz have strengthened our resolve to move the collection efforts forward,” said E. Pierce Marshall.
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