Byrnes works in the department's lands division, Howard is special counsel for personnel and Christina is a deputy in the Office of Legal Policy.
"It was a hotly sought-after position," says Pat Byrnes, a copywriter at Bayer Bess Vanderwarker, the cereal's ad agency.
"He apparently had vomited and became asphyxiated on his own vomit," Byrnes said.
Last month, Mr. Byrnes wrote a commentary in which he alleged the Philippines was the most corrupt country in Asia.
Byrnes, who has done this sort of work for four years, charges $250 or more for a session.
Tokos has about 20,000 patients; Medical Resource Management has about 1,000 patients and annual revenue of more than $5 million, Tokos Chairman Robert F. Byrnes said.