The National Association of Artists Organizations (NAAO) is fiscal agent for the CAE Trial Fund and the CAE Defense Fund*

URGENT – CAE TRIAL FUND NEEDS YOUR HELP!

We must raise at least $60,000 in the next 6 months to defeat the DoJ’s abuse of power in this precedent-setting case!

Without the efforts of thousands of people who raised the money to pay the legal bills and created the media surrounding this case, Dr. Steven Kurtz would probably be in jail today awaiting trial.

Currently the CAE Defense Committee, in consultation with the defense attorneys, estimates we are at least $60,000 short of being able to pay Professor Kurtz’s legal fees through trial.

Estimated costs of the trial include hiring an attorney who specializes in biosecurity and safety to serve as an advisor to Dr. Kurtz’s attorneys, and covering the travel costs of expert witnesses in the fields of molecular biology and microbiology who will testify in court about laboratory safety procedures, and of art historians, curators and critics who will testify to the cultural legitimacy of CAE’s work.

These expert witnesses and attorneys are critical to Professor Kurtz’s defense – therefore, please consider contributing to the CAE Trial Fund!

To donate to this critical fund:

By PayPal:

By check:

Please make checks payable to "CAE Trial Fund" and send them to:
CAE Trial Fund
c/o Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
341 Delaware Ave
Buffalo, NY 14202

*The CAE Defense Fund was the first fund set up in 2004 exclusively to pay the defense lawyers of Drs. Kurtz and Ferrell, as well as those of colleagues and associates subpoenaed by the grand jury in connection with this case. As we near trial, however, we have been advised to establish a second fund: The CAE TRIAL FUND will be used to cover future attorneys fees, as well as the other legal expenses necessary to mounting a vigorous defense. These include covering the travel costs of expert witnesses in the arts and sciences who will testify in court.