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 L. Laughlin a charitable organization that provides aid to the widows and children of police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty. Laughlin married Mary E. Galligan they had five children. His first cousin, James M. Quigley, was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania and Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. While working in Boston, Laughlin resided in Winchester, Massachusetts, across the street from John A. Volpe. In 1978, Laughlin retired to Kennebunk, Maine and Belleair, Florida He died in Belleair, Florida on April 13, 1997. Leo L. Laughlin Leo L. Laughlin (September 10, 1910 – April 13, 1997)