Avvo’s Lawyers in the News.
1. Uma Thurmans lawyer, George Vomvolakis said “Do you see how this could have scared her?” in court this week. He was referring to a strange card the actress received from a stalker. “I was completely freaked out,” Thurman said of the drawing, which was on a religious confirmation card. One of the pictures in the card was of a bride with her head torn off. Jackson William Leslie Jordan was charged with stalking and aggravated harassment, and faces up to a year in jail, if convicted. He claimed that “in a misguided way I was trying to give her an opportunity to meet me and give myself an opportunity to meet her.” Maybe he should have just tried myspace.
2. Lawyer Blair Berk has her hands full with client Lindsay Lohan. A full page ad in USA Today from interlockfacts.com used Lohan’s mug shot to promote drinking and driving responsibly without the help of interlock ignition devices. Lindsay has her lawyers looking into whether or not the ad violates trademark laws. Berk had this to say, “Drunk, old, white businessmen, drunk cougars out for girls night out, and drunk wedding parties should be kept off the roads of America. Lindsay Lohan fully endorses ignition interlock devices that have been well-proven to save lives”.
3. Judge Richard Berman thew out a case against Jennifer Lopez this week. Jack Bunick, a television writer, claimed J-Lo stole his idea for a TV series. The show “South Beach”, which aired in 2006, was too similar to a series pilot he wrote in 1999 called “South Beach Miami”. Berman said there was inadequate evidence to take the case to trial. The lawsuit named UPN and CBS Television as well as Jenny from the block.
4. A shocking video was released this week of a courtroom attack in which defendant Victor Wright lunges at attorney Carolyn Pokorney. Apparently Wright, who was on trial for drug dealing, hid a razor blade in a body cavity. In the video you can see how all the other lawyers and law professionals jump to pull Wright off Pokorney. Except for the judge who simply gets up and exits the Brooklyn courtroom.