TMZ has learned ... Oksana Grigorieva -- who has said she doesn't have the power to fight the Mel Gibson machine -- has hired a grand total of 39 (Thirty-nine) lawyers so far ... to wage legal war on her behalf. All 39 lawyers have been doing legal work for Oksana in her fight with Mel. Even more shocking, we know at least 18 of the 39 lawyers have submitted more than $1 million in legal bills to the court ... and they're...
- 10/16/2010
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Oksana -- Russian Immigrant with 39 Lawyers
TMZ has learned ... Oksana Grigorieva -- who has said she doesn't have the power to fight the Mel Gibson machine -- has hired a grand total of 39 (Thirty-nine) lawyers so far ... to wage legal war on her behalf.
All 39 lawyers have been doing legal work for Oksana in her fight with Mel. Even more shocking, we know at least 18 of the 39 lawyers have submitted more than $1 million in legal bills to the court ... and they're asking the judge to make Mel pay the tab.
As for the 39 lawyers who have jumped on board team Oksana, they include: Lisa Bloom, Martin Garbus, Daniel Horowitz, Eric George, Sonia Lee, Robin Sax, John Carlson, James Spertus, Ezra Landes, Mary Fulginiti, Amy Hinkley, Dan O'Malley, Suzie Obeda and Amanda Touchton.
But there's more ... the firm of Trope and Trope has put the following lawyers on Oksana's case: Sorrell Trope,...
TMZ has learned ... Oksana Grigorieva -- who has said she doesn't have the power to fight the Mel Gibson machine -- has hired a grand total of 39 (Thirty-nine) lawyers so far ... to wage legal war on her behalf.
All 39 lawyers have been doing legal work for Oksana in her fight with Mel. Even more shocking, we know at least 18 of the 39 lawyers have submitted more than $1 million in legal bills to the court ... and they're asking the judge to make Mel pay the tab.
As for the 39 lawyers who have jumped on board team Oksana, they include: Lisa Bloom, Martin Garbus, Daniel Horowitz, Eric George, Sonia Lee, Robin Sax, John Carlson, James Spertus, Ezra Landes, Mary Fulginiti, Amy Hinkley, Dan O'Malley, Suzie Obeda and Amanda Touchton.
But there's more ... the firm of Trope and Trope has put the following lawyers on Oksana's case: Sorrell Trope,...
- 10/16/2010
- by tmz
- Gossipvita
Tiger Woods’ wife Elin Nordegren could get half the 337.5-million-pound fortune the sportstar has earned as she prepares to meet divorce lawyers, it has emerged. According to reports, the Swedish model has called in California’s top celebrity divorce lawyer. It is believed that the 29-year-old, who was recently seen without her wedding ring, will be meeting celebrity lawyer Sorrell Trope next week, reports The Mirror. Trope, 82, a partner in Californian law firm Trope and Trope, has represented A-listers including Cary Grant, Nicole Kidman, Nicolas Cage and Britney Spears. Sources have claimed that Elin is planning to file for divorce ...
- 12/16/2009
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
Britney Spears's father, Jamie Spears, is expected to join attorneys appearing before a Los Angeles family law judge on Monday, to complain that the lawyer for her ex, Kevin Federline, has overcharged the pop star. Sources say Britney's new custody attorney, Stacy Phillips, will dispute a $500,000 tab from K-Fed attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan, as well as a $600,000 bill from Britney's previous custody attorney, Sorrell Trope. The main agenda item, however, will be the invoice from Kaplan, who, according to sources, was deposed on the matter last week, as was Kaplan's former spokesman. Elliot Mintz, a new spokesman for Kaplan,...
- 3/10/2008
- by Howard Breuer
- PEOPLE.com
The estate of the late Anna Nicole Smith has been hit with a new lawsuit by a Texas law firm over unpaid legal bills. Cunningham Darlow Llp filed a creditor's claim against the former model/actress' estate in Los Angeles Superior Court on November 16, claiming they had not received payment for representing Smith in her battle over the estate of her late husband, E. Pierce Marshall. The Houston-based company says a deal had been made with Smith in July 1996 and was revised in September 1999 regarding the court wrangle over the oil billionaire's fortune. Cunningham Darlow is seeking unspecified "fees and expenses" according to CelebTV.com. Smith, who died from an accidental drug overdose in February, married Marshall in 1994. He died, age 90, in August 1995. This is the second lawsuit filed against Smith's estate for outstanding lawyers' fees this month - Britney Spears' attorney Sorrel Trope sued for unpaid bills for his work in the paternity battle of Smith's baby daughter, Dannielynn, earlier this year. A DNA test proved photographer Larry Birkhead was the father of Smith's baby.
- 11/28/2007
- WENN
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