Leave home without them
Next time you’re thinking of taking your lawyer with you to a media interview, think of this item from TMZ on the legal bill facing Larry Birkhead, the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter:
TMZ has learned Larry Birkhead got a Fed Ex on Saturday, and it was not good news. It was a bill for legal services from Debri Opri, the lawyer he fired two weeks ago. The total: $620,492.84. Opri billed her services out at $475 an hour.
Among the items was a charge for travelling with Birkhead to the taping of TV interview for 20/20 in New York:
Opri and Birkhead went from L.A. to New York City on December 9, 2006, did the interview and returned the next day. Opri billed 10 hours travel time each way.
Posted: May 28th, 2007 under Fun Stuff, Tips for Interviewees.
Comment from Jill from Western Australia
Time May 29, 2007 at 3:04 am
OUCH!!! Lawyers fees are always high, but the hype gained by being on TV probably drives them!….Give Larry a chance to raise his daughter without all this despicable trauma!