Joseph Blatchford another reason to be discouraged." In 1977 Blatchford founded his private law practice, Summit Communications, in the field of international trade. Blatchford has represented "flower growers in Costa Rica, cement and toy balloon producers in Mexico, leather handbag exporters in Colombia, school ring binder makers in Singapore, and petrochemicals firms in Argentina." Blatchford is also the co-founder of Caribbean/Latin American Action, a business advocacy group. In 1978 Blatchford represented 13 defectors from Reverend Jim Jones' cult who were with Congressman Leo Ryan when he was killed at the airstrip near Jonestown in Guyana. In 1989 Blatchford was the principal lawyer
Leo McKay Jr. $1,0000 in 30 days, and was chosen by Indiegogo.com as an example of how to run a successful online funding campaign. McKay's debut short story collection, "Like This", was short-listed for the Giller Prize in 1995 and received the Dartmouth Book Award for fiction in 1996. His first novel, "Twenty-Six", was published in 2003. It became a national bestseller, and won the 2004 Dartmouth Book Award. Leo McKay Jr. Leo McKay Jr. (born June 19, 1964) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer from Stellarton, Nova Scotia. He also is a periodic contributor to "The Globe and Mail". McKay