ABOUT THE AUTHORS
 

ANTON J. S. KEATING has been a practicing attorney in Baltimore since 1969.  He served as a Chief Prosecutor in the State’s Attorney’s Office of Baltimore City and as an Assistant Public Defender in Baltimore City for five years.  He has been counsel in over 150 murder cases throughout Maryland.  Mr. Keating has been qualified by the Circuit Courts of Maryland as an expert in the prosecution and defense of criminal cases and has been described as “defense counsel par excellence” and a “prosecutor extraordinaire.” (City Paper).  Early in his career, he was called a “boy wonder Chief Prosecutor who may know more about the criminal justice system than anyone else.” (City Paper)  On two occasions, Mr. Keating ran for State’s Attorney for Baltimore City and received the endorsements of all major local newspapers. It has been said of him that “if courtrooms were boxing rings, Anton Keating would be the champ.” (The Sun)  (E-mail Anton at antonkeating@mindspring.com)

ERIN KEATING is a consultant to BBC America, covering scripts under consideration for co-production and U.S. broadcast, in addition to her work on Devils' Angels. She also develops projects with independent film and television production company Dahooma Productions, where she is co-writing a screenplay based on the work of Criminologist George Kelling.   

Erin recently Associate Produced both "Rise of the Geeks!," a half-hour special for E! Entertainment with Idiot Box Productions, and quot;The A/V Club," an independent pilot written and Executive Produced by Rebecca Feldman, creator of Broadway’s "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee."   

Erin has worked under producer Lisa Leingang at NBC, where she coordinated New York's live comedy development space PSNBC, and with EVP and General Manager Bill Hilary at Comedy Central.  She has produced countless downtown comedy shows, and served as the artistic director of the comedy group "Faulty Logic." Her one woman show, "Ravenous," received raves in the 2001 New York International Fringe Festival.  She holds a B.A. in Theatre from Oberlin College.   

DARCY ROOD MASSOF has been a practicing attorney in Baltimore since 1984.  A large part of her practice has been involved with the child welfare/juvenile court system.  She has represented all parties in child abuse/neglect cases: as the Chief Counsel of the Baltimore City Department of Social Services where her staff handled more than 17,000 child abuse/neglect hearings per year; through the Office of the Public Defender representing parents in cases in which the Department of Social Services has placed their children in foster and adoptive homes due to the parents’ abuse or neglect; and as the attorney for the abused and neglected children.  Through the Office of the Public Defender, she also has represented children/teens in delinquency proceedings.