The firm is best known for being church staff and attorneys for the Church of Scientology, working for the
Religious Technology Center, which controls the trademarks of Scientology and the
copyright of the works of
L. Ron Hubbard.
According to the Phoenix New Times, Moxon has stated that "he didn't knowingly supply false handwriting samples and that the stipulation of evidence was something signed by church officials but written by FBI agents. He says the matter was thoroughly investigated by two
bar associations – in D.C. and in California – before they admitted him as an attorney. Moxon is in good standing with the bar associations in both jurisdictions."[5]
In 2013, private investigator Dwayne Powell was arrested on obstruction and prowling charges related to following
Ron Miscavige.[7][8] During the arrest, police found firearms and a homemade silencer. After his arrest, Powell claimed to have been paid $10,000 per week by Scientology through an intermediary. Moxon and Kobrin paid Powell $16,000 and kept him on the payroll two years after his arrest.[9]
Helena Kempner Kobrin (born April 27, 1948) received her
B.A. at
Hofstra University and her
J.D. at
Seton Hall University. She was admitted to the bar in 1978, and at the California bar in 1991.[citation needed] She caused controversy on
usenet in the mid-1990s when she tried to get the
newsgroupalt.religion.scientology shut down,[10] and later e-mailed legal warnings to participants who had quoted as few as six lines of Scientology texts.[11]
Notable cases
Frank Oliver, a former member of the Office of Special Affairs, alleged that he worked with Kendrick Moxon and others in a campaign against the
Cult Awareness Network (CAN). Plaintiffs were recruited to participate in litigation which ultimately forced the CAN into bankruptcy.[5]
In 2002 Moxon & Kobrin served notice to search engine
Google, demanding that
Operation Clambake be removed from their search listings. They alleged that the site "contains literally hundreds of our clients' copyrighted works and federally registered trademarks."[12] Among the specific Church documents they objected to
xenu.net's coverage of were those dealing with
dead agenting,
fair game,
security checking of children,
Xenu,
Helatrobus, and various other Scientology
space opera doctrines of ancient alien civilizations.[13] Google temporarily complied but eventually restored most of xenu.net's pages back to their results.
^"
Case No. BS 116340 Case No. BS 116339." Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles. Retrieved on January 19, 2011. "3055 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 900 Los Angeles, CA 90010"
^"Both sides agreed in the 'Stipulation of Evidence' that ... he [Moxon] had stated that ... the nine pages of appended handwriting were those of Mr. Meisner. However ... Mr. Moxon had been directed to supply the government with fake handwriting samples in lieu of Mr. Meisner's true handwriting exemplars." United States of America [USA] v. Mary Sue Hubbard, et al. 1979b. "Stipulation of Evidence." United States District Court: District of Columbia . Criminal No. 78-401. October 25. p. 212-214. As cited in
Kent, Stephen A.; Krebs, Theresa (1988).
"When Scholars Know Sin: Alternative Religions and Their Academic Supporters". Skeptic. 6 (3): 36–44. Archived from
the original on March 3, 2006. Retrieved March 4, 2007.