Lawyers in the News - Celebrity Edition
Celebrities Gone Wild - at Avvo we get lots of users looking up the lawyer details of the Britney/Kevin marriage breakup (Laura Wasser, Mark Kaplan, Anne Kiley).
This week the news has been replete with celebrities and the law.
1. I Feel (not so) Good - James Brown Enterprises has been shortchanged by $7 million according to the estate’s attorney, Louis Levenson.
2. Pour on the Juice - OJ Simpson’s (former) co-defendants have turned on him contradicting his implausible testimony that he didn’t know they were armed.
3. White collar Celebrities - Tyco’s CEO-cum-felon Dennis Kozlowski and former Enron Chairman Ken Lay were both in the news. Kozlowski’s conviction was upheld by the New York appellate division and Houston Judge, Ewing Werlein ruled that the feds could continue to go after the $13 million they are seeking from Lay’s estate. Samuel Buffone, the attorney for the estate insists that “once all the facts are known, the court will determine that the government has no valid claim.”
4. Pacman - Tennessee Titan’s cornerback, Adam Jones takes a plea deal in the triple shooting outside a Las Vegas strip club. Jones’ attorney, Manny Arora encouraged Jones to take the deal in order to get him back into the NFL as quickly as possible.
5. Bonds used Steriods?????? A San Francisco grand jury, suspects Bonds may not have been telling the truth when he insisted that he didn’t know that he was taking steroids in 2001.
6. Who wants a job in the AG’s Office? Mark Filip does. Mukasey appointed the 41 year old judge as his Deputy AG.
