April 2, 2007

Larry Birkhead's Lawyer Bills Top $620,000


Is Larry Birkhead being taken to the cleaners by the lawyer he fired two weeks ago?

Yes, according to TMZ.com, who reports that Birkhead just received a bill from his former attorney Debra Opri for more than $620,000, which includes $25 from her husband’s laundry, $600 for a lobster dinner and 18 limo trips to and from court.

TMZ’s managing editor Harvey Levin told “Extra” that Birkhead even got a whopping bill for attending Anna Nicole’s funeral.

“She charged 10 hours for the funeral, and we know this. He had asked her not even to show up,” Levin dished. “There is going to be a big dispute over Debra Opri’s legal bill.”

However, Opri contends and insists all of the charges sent Birkhead’s way are “reasonable, necessary and appropriate.”



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On 13 Jul 2007, Ellen wrote:

It has so infuriated me the way XX-greedy
Debra Opri has done everything in her power to try and exploit Larry Birkhead.
She initially offered TO BE HIS LAWYER FOR
FREE…..just getting all the publicity
would be her payment. But we all know that
“hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.”
So when he terminated her services because
she was very controlling and manipulative,
and their personalities and goals were
hopelessly incompatible,
she tried to withdraw her offer of free
services by socking him with a whopping
$620,000. legal bill. I hope and pray that he doesn’t give this horrible, dishonorable woman one red cent! And yes, I agree with others that her
outrageously padded, fraudulent bill
should be grounds to get her disbarred.
It would make me feel a lot better if
both Larry and Debra Opri were to read
this…..Larry to be emotionally
supported and Debra Opri to search deep
within herself and feel thoroughly
ashamed. People like Debra Opri give
the legal profession in its entirety
a bad name. I’d even go so far as to say
that exploitative, greedy women like Opri give our female sex in
general the ugly blemish of dishonor.

 
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On 27 Apr 2007, summer wrote:

Lawyer’s get by with charging clients for way to much and doing so little. I think she could lower the bill since all she wanted was to be in the spot light. Just like Anna’s mother.

 
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On 7 Apr 2007, JoJo wrote:

That’s ok Larry, Just send the bill to HK$$$, since he has blocked every chance for you to have any relationship with your own child. As an attorney, he study the law of the land (Bahamian Law)and there they went. I had wish that Daniel was heard with all what he tried to do and say regarding his fear for his mother with HK$$$. But now even that evidence is try to be silenced. We’re all routing for you Larry, to get your little girl and go and heal out of the limelight.

 
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On 5 Apr 2007, Donni-Jay wrote:

It goes to show Larry doesn’t know how to handle money, and has already got himself into trouble. It seems it’s easy for people, to take him for a ride!

But, that said, this woman barrister should be disbarred for totally unethical behaviour, just as Anna’s doctor should be struck off!

 
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On 3 Apr 2007, VIKKI wrote:

I made a mistake i meant to say 90% of these people were never ever around or even heard of when anna was alive now anna died and now everyone is around saying they care and want this baby YOU ALL ARE SICK>>(not larry)

 
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On 3 Apr 2007, vikki wrote:

I am totally disgusted in this whole matter, most names coming up I never even heard of and i watch extra every night i have always admired anna just for being herself, it takes alot of guts to try and have a life (no matter her life its was hers) now she dies and the baby’s father is in question. All of a sudden people are acting like they truely care but yet they were not around when she died i am not naming names they know who they are. from day 1 larry said we was the father and for the safety and love for this child i really hope he is. He isnt looking at the money he is looking at the fact he is now a father to a beautiful little girl and he wants her and to raise her and to love her. Its not money for larry iw the love of a father to his child. Larry i wish you all the best and hope you get the results you deserve and go on in peace with your beautiful little girl. She not only needs true love but a safe environment. shw wasnt asked to be born, bu t now she is here and i wish more of these people were looking at the love of a new child instead of the money that chld will inherit this fiasco has to end ASAP and everyone once larry gets his liitle darling back LEAVE HIM AND HIS DAUGHTER ALONE AND LIVE IN PEACE. DONT HAVE THIS BABY FORCED IN THE EYES OF THE MEDIA HER WHOLE LIFE OR YOU MAY ALL END UP PUSHING HER AT A YOUNG AGE TO BE WITH HER MOTHER. WHO WOULD BE ALIVE IF HOWARD TRUELY LOVED HER AND GOT HER THE REAL HELP SHE NEEDED. YOU DISGUST ME HOWARD YOU ARE A VOLTURE AND NOW THAT YOU CANT PRAY FOR ANNA SHE IS GONE BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOU WERE FLYING OVER HER LIKE VOLTURES DO TILL
THERE PRAY DIE HOPE THIS HURTS YOU HOWARD BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO LIVE KNOWING YOU MENTALLY KILLED ANNA AND SEEMS NOW PHYSICALLY BY GIVING HER DRUGS. YOUR A MURDERER SCUM YOUR NOT EVEN WORTH BEING SHOT AND PISSED ON..THAT POOR BABY BEING WITH YOU SCARES THE CRAP OUT OF ME. I SEE HIM KILLING THE BABY AND HIMSELF CAUSE HE IS SELFISH..

 
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On 3 Apr 2007, for howard wrote:

i said these before and i say it again how are these greedy attorneys getting paid?this is no surprise to me !!!!opri is the kinda lawyer that wants her money now then later!!! was she assuming because larry just might be the father in blood that he would have a right to j howards money if he got dannylyn?NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ANNA AND HOWARD TOGETHER AFTER TEN YEARS STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED ONE RED CENT WAS OPRIY THINKING THATS HOW SHE WOULD GET PAYED FROM ANNA EX HUSBAND MONEY???how else would larry ever be able to pay this insane bill???oh but we never comment on poor sweet larry who email anna curse her from head to toe calling her a devil!!!!!!!!!!!!and now all the while trying to take dannylyn knowing dannylyn is the pot of gold!!!!!!!!!!!! come on people howard was all ready on the will he had nothing to gain by any of this nonsence!!!!! he lived off anna for ten years why would anything be aNY DIFFERENT WITH ANNA ALIVE HE WOULD RECEVE HIS COMMISION FOR LEGAL WORK HE DID FOR ANNA!!!he kept others away from anna and i dont blame him look at all the quacks coming out of the woodwork now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!larry is the only one to benifit money wise from this whole fiasco!!!!!!!and howard till the day he dies will follow anna wishes!!!!!!!!!!!!!and to bad if nobody likes it!!!getting someone pregnant on a one night stand doesnot give you the right to this baby!!!!!!!!!!it should go to howard anna left instructions for danny and it should also pertain to dannylyn!!

 
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On 3 Apr 2007, Carol wrote:

Aren’t there any laws that prohibit fraudulent fees from being charged by lawyers? Well, it was pretty obvious from the start that Ms. Opri was out to make a name for herself and get as much publicity as possible. When Birkhead closed the door on her 15 min of fame, she was most likely not a happy little lady lawyer—hence the over charging and the ridiculous bill.

 
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On 3 Apr 2007, Taylor wrote:

Sue her Larry, she’s a crook!!!

 
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On 3 Apr 2007, Chrystina Crawford wrote:

Ms. Opri you should be ashamed of yourself. You took a desperate situation and saw the dollar signs. I don’t see that you did Larry Birkhead any great justice. A limo, please, and what makes you so special?!? I hope that you are disbarred. As for anyone else that is making money off of this terrible tragedy, shame on you too. Oh and by the by, Larry I hope you are the father. What is most important in this whole fiasco, is the baby and that she be with her biological father, not the birth certificate father!

 
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On 2 Apr 2007, TERRI F wrote:

WHAT DID THIS LADY DO FOR LARRY I DON’T SEE ANYTHING. AND I BE D**M IF I WOULD PAY FOR HER HUSBANDS LAUNDRY!!!!!!! I COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB AND I’M NOT EVEN A LAWYER.

 
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On 2 Apr 2007, Anonymous wrote:

When is this whole Anna Nicole mess going to be over?
It’s exceedingly ANNOYING!

 
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On 2 Apr 2007, Sally Smith wrote:

Donna Cole, a sleezy X decorator in Lake Norman, NC did the same exact thing when she was found to be dishonest with additions to her bill after the project came to a halt. No matter what field you are in, false revenge is dishonest.

 
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On 2 Apr 2007, catherine mastracchio wrote:

I’ve heard of sleazy lawyers before, but this one takes the cake. How in this world does she justify charging him for her husbands laundry, $600 for a lobster dinner; and if he told her not to attend Nicole’s funeral she should not have gone. Oh, and excuse me, since when must an attorney ride in a limo for a a client. She’s just pissed off because he fired her. I don’t think he should have to pay a dime; and she should be brought up before the State’s Bar Association and “absoutely” punished most appropriately by being disbarred.

 
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