Lester L. (Terry) Cooper 1111 Timber Trail Drive Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 (434) 202-8065 * terry@cooperresearch.us March 3, 2016 Timothy C. Bailey, Esq. Bailey, Javins & Carter 213 Hale Street Charleston, West Virginia 25337 Dear Mr. Bailey: My research shows that you and your colleagues have represented coal miners and their survivors and widows on numerous black-lung claims and deliberate-intention lawsuits against coal companies owned by Jim Justice. As I'm sure you're aware, Mr. Justice is seeking the Democratic nomination for Governor of West Virginia. gather you're a Democrat for your itemized campaign contributions, which are publicly available at http://www. followthemoney. org for contributions to state campaigns and at http://www.fec.govifinance/disclosure/norindsea shtml for contributions to federal campaigns, show that you have been a significant contributor to a number of Democratic campaigns. But you also side professionally with coal miners so, although we're adherents of different parties, | hope we can make common cause. lam part of the team assembled by the Republican Governors Association to prevent Mr. Justice from being elected by exposing to the public how unfairly he has treated his companies’ miners by, for example, deliberately taking unrepresentative coal-dust samples, engaging in other unsafe practices and using the unethical Jackson Kelly law firm, a firm that has repeatedly withheld relevant medical information from black-lung claimants and Department of Labor Administrative Law Judges (see "Coal industry's go-to law firm withheld evidence of black lung, at expense of sick miners," Public Integrity, Oct. 29, 2013, http:/mww.publicintegrity.org/2013/10/29/13585/coal-industrys-go-law-firm-withheld-evidence-black-lung-expense-sick-miners), to defend black-lung claims filed against his companies. We are looking for individuals with first-hand knowledge of Justice's companies’ deceptive and unsafe practices who are willing to go on the record and tell what they know for films that would be shown on television. I'm writing to seek your help in identifying such people. The first film crew will be on site shooting on March 29-31, so time is a factor. You have clearly stood up for ill coal miners. Helping to deny Jim Justice the governorship of West Virginia would be another major step in that direction. 1 hope you'll help us. Sincerely, Deny bere Lester L. (Terry) Cooper