Category: Attorney

Manhattan DA asks judge to look into Trump attorney’s potential conflict of interest

Stormy Daniels once considered hiring current Trump attorney Joe Tacopina.Prosecutors in New York City on Monday asked the judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump to seek additional information from one of Trump’s attorneys whom they believe may have a potential conflict of interest in the case. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a $130,000 hush payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in the closing weeks of the 2016 campaign. Trump has denied all charges. Trump’s defense team includes Joe Tacopina, a lawyer Daniels once considered…Continue Reading

Gwyneth Paltrow’s expert witness endures scathing cross-examination by the plaintiff’s attorney

An expert witness in Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski collision trial claimed plaintiff Terry Sanderson’s health symptoms could be linked to dementia rather than the 2016 ski collision. Sanderson was suing Paltrow for $300,000, claiming he was severely injured when Paltrow rammed into him from behind during a day on the slopes at Utah’s Deer Valley Resort. Neuropsychologist Angela Eastvold endured a scathing cross-examination by Sanderson’s lawyers after she told the jury the retired optometrist’s decline in cognition could be connected to possible dementia or even anxiety. She noted that “anxiety was playing a big role in her perceived difficulties” when she…Continue Reading

JJ’s grandmother ‘gave herself’ title

Lori Vallow doesn’t want the grandparents of JJ Vallow in the courtroom Vallow’s attorney said that JJ’s grandmother ‘gave herself’ title Vallow’s trial is scheduled to begin April 3(NewsNation) — “Doomsday mom” Lori Vallow doesn’t want the grandparents of JJ Vallow, one of her kids she is accused of killing, to be present in the courtroom during her trial. A judge will make a ruling on the matter next week. Vallow’s defense team told Judge Steven Boyce that she doesn’t want Larry and Kay Woodcock in the courtroom. Her reasoning is that legally, they aren’t grandparents. They told Boyce…Continue Reading

Tureygua Inaru tried to hire other inmates to kill her family and Florida state attorney, the sheriff says

A woman incarcerated in Florida is accused of attempting to hire fellow inmates to kill her family members and an assistant state attorney, authorities said this week. Tureygua Inaru, 29, faces charges that include three counts of solicitation to commit murder and cyber stalking, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office. Inaru is currently detained at the Osceola County Department of Corrections, near Orlando, where she is being held without bond, the sheriff’s office announced in a Facebook post shared on Tuesday. Inaru allegedly threatened her family members and asked other inmates at the detention center if they knew anyone…Continue Reading

Florida plastic surgeon charged with murder after attorney goes missing: “Our greatest fears were realized”

Florida surgeon charged with murder in attorney’s disappearance Florida surgeon charged with murder in attorney’s disappearance 00:30A Tampa-area plastic surgeon has been charged with murder, accused of killing a lawyer missing since last week from a firm that represents former co-workers the doctor has been suing in a business dispute. Largo police arrested Dr. Tomasz Kosowski on a first-degree murder charge on Saturday in the disappearance of Steven Cozzi, who was last seen Tuesday at Blanchard Law, the firm where he worked. Steve Cozzi St. Petersburg Bar Association Police said Sunday that while Cozzi’s body has not been found,…Continue Reading

Police ‘were wrong about that’

Civil rights attorney Lee Merritt, arrested Sunday by McKinney police for obstructing a highway/passageway and carrying a gun during the commission of that crime, said after a conversation with an officer, he understood he could enter the road and therefore should not have been arrested or charged with a gun crime. Merritt said he was there in a legal capacity, walking on the sidewalk while some protesters obstructed traffic on US 380 in McKinney. He said he spoke with a nearby officer, then entered the road to inform the protest organizer, Lachay Batts, that the arrests were imminent. “The officer…Continue Reading

Local attorney appears on Netflix’s ‘Love is Blind’ | News

SEATTLE — A local attorney made an appearance as a contestant on the latest season of Netflix’s Love is Blind. Zack Goytowski, who worked for the Wenatchee law offices of Kottkamp, ​​Yedinak and Esworthy, went west to film the show in Seattle. Love is Blind features a dating experiment where single men and women who are looking for love get engaged before meeting in person. before the premiere, Goytowski wrote on Instagram that despite “the beauty of the valley, the limited dating pool and distance from major cities” had his “love life feeling hopeless.” “If I was going to find…Continue Reading

Jonathan Majors’ attorney provides purported texts from woman in alleged assault

CNN —An attorney for actor Jonathan Majors has shared text messages she says came from the woman her client allegedly assaulted last weekend.Majors, who recently starred in “Creed III” and “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” was arranged on Sunday on assault and harassment charges after a domestic dispute in New York, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.The complaint against Majors does not name the female accuser but states he struck “her about the face with an open hand, causing substantial pain and a laceration behind her ear.”It also claims he “put his hand on her…Continue Reading