Hiring a Lawyer
Through a local wildlife conservation group, Andrey found a lawyer to represent him and Anya. Penelope Cresswell was an environmental lawyer who worked in the small claims court on the side to help pay the bills.
Not only did she understand the ins and outs of the law, but she also could understand exactly what the felling of the tree meant in terms of habitat destruction. When Anya and Andrey showed her pictures of the old oak, Penelope gasped. She quickly identified something about the tree that not even the Petrovs had realized, something that was going to make things a whole lot more difficult for Mr. Thompson.