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  Yesterday it was almost like old times at the Roybal Federal building in Los Angeles, after the weeks that I spent covering the Pellicano Trial.  As I walked in who should I run into but Leslie Abramson, lawyer extraordinaire.  Too bad for all of you bad guys in need of a good attorney to […]

  Had enough of the Century City/Beverly Hills rat race?   I have found “Valhalla” for lawyers: Santa Barbara, California.  Not a question in my mind, after spending a week it would appear there is little wrong with this town and surrounding area (including Montecito), right on the water.  It is just plain nice.
It is sophisticated […]

While away on a long term assignment, I was contacted by the lawyer for Sherri Shepherd, one of the talking heads on “The View.”  Fred Silberberg was kind enough to contact DesperateExes.com with an update and asked if I would, in the spirit of fairness, publish it.  Of course! You see when lawyers contact us […]

What a day it was at the Stanley Mosk the other day.  My good friend Peter Lauzon from the offices of Phillips, Lerner, Lauzon and Amazing Grace was in court with one of his many celebrity clients and was ready for battle.
A few feet down the hall was Cary Goldstein in all of his […]

The earth shook in Los Angeles last night while I was seated at my favorite table at Club Cicada in downtown. Then I was tossed out of bed this morning and I could not understand why….was I dreaming? There were legal papers by the thousands flying out of windows of a high rise in Century […]

After a rather hectic day of bullshit, I ended with a great dinner at the Bel-Air Bar & Grill with my good friend, Michael Trope,  of the legal firm of Trope & DeCarolis.  Over the years, I and I am sure hundreds of you have driven right by the place.  Michael has […]

Lawrence Leone, lawyer has opened his own practice after many many years as a partner of Trope & Trope.  Mr. Leone has been a player in the world of divorce for what must seem forever, 31 years and counting.  Lawrence has the ability to make opposing counsel  wish that they had either never gotten out […]

Whenever I need to have a good chuckle and maybe even a good laugh, I can always depend on my friend Ira Friedman of Friedman & Friedman.  The only problem I have is this, if I want to speak to Ira on May 15, 2009 I will have to call and leave […]

Well, I was wrong again, I was contacted by a former client last night and she was asking what I thought the chances would be of the court making her EX pay more than $200,000 in legal fees.  After a little thought, very little, I thought maybe $50,000, and the rest the lawyers would have […]

With a blink of an eye things can change!  My good friend and confidant Ron Rale has been back as a partner with Trope & Trope for quite some time.  Ron had taken some time off in 2008…and returned in 2008, and his presence was missed.
As I reported back a couple of years ago, they […]

You know I am learning, and fast, that not all the calls I get are crazy people’s ramblings, and perhaps in the future I will take certain calls more seriously.  Ever heard the expression  “when will the other shoe drop?”…funny right? Yeah, well stand by people, the whole F’n closet is getting […]

“Why do I have trouble finding someone to say nice things about you” and of course with a question like that here came the answer, “Because I beat them. “  Welcome to the offices of J. Michael Kelly, former United States Marine Corps aviator and the Marine Corps mug on his desk was all I […]

The Petersen Automotive Museum on Wilshire Boulevard was the place to be the other evening! My good friends Harland and Adam Braun invited me to attend the 56th Annual Criminal Courts Bar Association’s installation dinner.  There are two places I love when it comes to museums, one is this one and the other The Getty, […]

Debbie Matenopoulos does not want to lose her home, and why should she?   Years ago I wrote  “never surrender the fort.”  This is her home, come on!  And in time it could very well be worth more than it is now.  That too is a problem, for those who bought homes in the last couple […]

What was that sweet sound of music coming from Hancock Park?  Oh! no!  Tell me that Chris Brown did not try and eat Rihanna. These two did not make it to perform on the Grammys this evening, reportedly due to a fight. Chris Brown was arrested by the L.A.P.D. and charged with “criminal threats” — […]

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