In criminal trials, expert witnesses for the defense are commonly thought of and refered to as, “hired guns”- who would say anything for the right amount of money- while prosecution witnesses are generally considered to be objective professionals doing a public service.
“Hired Gunn” is architected as a character-driven procedural mystery focusing on the motivation of the criminal, as revealed by Livia's interrogations and other information, rather than the facts of the crime. The drama respins the well-worn television courtroom by dramaticizing the battle of the expert witnesses, with Livia's intelligence, wit, charm, and beauty helping her to pursuade judge, jury, and audience to her morally-tenuous position.
While attempting to conceal bipolar disorder from everyone in her life, including her husband, Livia must cope with the lure of rekindled romance with her new boss, the District Attorney, and reconcile the erosion of her marriage, home life, and private counseling practice due to neglect.

Porn Again (Semi-Finalist, The Movie Deal 2009) begins with our heroine, Sable Steele, as she walks off the set of an adult feature.  Refusing to say her line, “Let's turn those fronds upside down,” but rather favoring to improv her own version of Richard III, we learn early on that there is more to Sable than her looks.  Soon she's picked up as a host for a television magazine program, but having concealed her past, the show isn't sure they want to continue with her.  Meanwhile things are terrible and hectic with her love interest, Kevin, a single doctor and a swell guy.  Finally the show agrees to give Sable a chance, but only if she'll be interviewed on her own show about her life choices.  Sable spills it on the air, and her reasons make too much sense to hold her past against her.  While coming to terms with her deceased Mother's memory, Sable's brother Clay learns that their long-lost father is still alive and a family reunion heals old emotional wounds.  Her career launched, Sable soon lands a role in a feature film alongside other famous stars and wins a best supporting actress award- but goes into labor during her acceptance speech.

Deter Lesias is a man with very little left to lose.  He lost his two year old daughter to cancer- he lost his marriage-  he lost his brother, his job- all he has left is alcoholic cynicism.  Until a Nun asks for his help and kicks events into motion- events that bring him face-to-face with the Archangel Natan'el.  Lucifer is hiding on Earth, the Archangel tells him- the cowardly Seraphim shattered his essence into 100 shards and hid them in the souls of humans, knowing God wouldn't destroy Humanity to get at Lucifer.  Enlisting his aid, the Archangel plans to force Lucifer to manifest, and to destroy him when he does.  In return for Deter's help, the Archangel promises to bring Deter's daughter's soul to Heaven from Purgatory.  Deter and the Nun travel to Jerusalem to extract the final shard from a priest- not knowing the whole time that they two have the final Lucifer shards within them.  First in dreams, then in visions, Deter begins to hear Lucifer, who tells a different story- one of self-sacrifice and overwhelming love for Humanity that drove Lucifer to his actions- actions in direct oppositon to the will of God: that Humanity be “rebooted.”  In the end, the terminally-ill Deter must decide which supernatural force to believe- and ultimately- to discover his own faith.