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
James Leo Ryan (actor) James Leo Ryan (actor) James Leo Ryan , also known as Jimmy or Jim, is an American stage, film, and television actor. He is one of three children and an alumnus of Loy Norrix High School and Denison University. He was recently interviewed for the Inside Acting Podcast. Ryan has appeared as Marlon in the short film "The Ropes", as Yosef in film "Species III", and as a dancer in the 2000 film "Psycho Beach Party". In 2006, he appeared as a paralyzed man in the Hallmark Channel movie "Though None Go with Me", in the short film "Haunted Prison",