Anna Nicole’s Lawyers Have Got Some ‘Splainin’ to Do

Sun   18 Feb 2007   11:52 by Kevin McGehee 39° and sunny in Coweta County, GA 2 comments [Our Times] [Courting Disaster] [Yippee-Ki-Yay!]

After the crazy business over James Brown’s estate, the future of Anna Nicole Smith’s millions, and her baby daughter, are in an even bigger mess. Apparently her will hasn’t been updated since before her nonagenarian husband died some years ago. You’d think her lawyers—and someone with that much money always has lawyers, or they don’t keep the money for very long—would have grabbed her in a headlock and forced her to sit down with them and update the blasted thing at some point. When the old man died, for example. Or after the big court fight over his estate. Or when the baby girl was born and the older son died. You know, those little family events. Justin Levine’s post and the comments appended thereunto (see what happens when I peruse lawyers’ blogs?) are fascinating reading even for those of us who aren’t remotely interested in Anna Nicole per se. Her talent for making headlines has survived her.

 

epador said: Do you not think her lawyers, being paid by the hour, are not making more money than if they had made her sign a new will? » Sun   18 Feb 2007   21:23 Kevin McGehee said: Undoubtedly—but there’s the small matter of representing their client’s best interest. There are certainly lawyers who will abandon that doctrine in the interest of bigger billable hours, but usually what we think of as a slimy shyster is someone bending the law in the interest of serving his client. » Sun   18 Feb 2007   21:41 You must be registered and logged in to comment.