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Houston excessive fees case focuses on allegations of lawyer's self promotion

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

In an article posted in the last hour on the Houston Chronicle's website, an excessive attorney's fees issue has turned into its own case against the lawyer: Attorney: Clara Harris paid too much for her murder defense. It is also on ABAJournal.com. The lawyer is accused of self-promotion through media deals, but the defense is that the client consented, apparently for her own benefit: Criminal defense attorney George Parnham focused on promoting himself more than concentrating on his representation of Clara Harris during her well-publicized murder trial, an attorney said today in court. During opening statements before State District Judge Sharolyn Wood, attorney Dean Blumrosen also told jurors that on the day Harris' fate was decided on Feb...continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on February 20, 2008 (boomark / email).