Fired lawyer bills Larry Birkhead $620,492.84 -- but there's no word on what cost 84 cents.

[LiberalHeart]

Man oh man, that's the bill *without* a resolution in the paternity battle?!?!? I'd hate to think what she'd be charging if she'd won the case for him.

I haven't had to pay many lawyer bills in my life, but this one appears to be a tad over the top. Maybe Birkhead should bill her for all publicity she got for her career.

http://newsgrinder.blogspot.com/2007/03/fired-lawyer-bills-larry-birkhead.html

[LiberalHeart]

1. Out of the goodness of her heart, she offered to discount the bill to $511,365.09

...but only if he agrees to pay up without further discussion.

Could her charges be why she got canned?

[magellan]

2. This isn't the lawyer who's been representing him all along, is it?

I just saw her on tv this morning. What happened?? I've been out...

[LiberalHeart]

4. The dark-haired female who was there at the beginning ... he fired her a week or so ago.

[magellan]

5. I didn't know that

Just goes to show how much I watch the schmooze that passes for news.

Why did he fire her? I mean apart from her extortionate fees?

[LiberalHeart]

7. Neither one said -- I thought Opri tried to make it look like it was her choice.

She indicated she wanted out because Larry was talking to Howard and it was getting in the way of settling the case, but it looked like an attempt to save face. Other reports (most) said he dumped her.

I keep MSNBC on most of the day so I'm saturated with this stuff. Hate to admit it, but I'm actually interested in it. Shame on me.

[magellan]

11. Don't be ashamed, I'm pulling for Larry

Even though I don't usually give a hang about info-tainment, I listened to his testimony and was convinced 100% by him. He said all the right things. If he was acting, and I don't think he was, he's a pro. I believe he truly is the little girl's dad, and if he isn't he should be.

[LiberalHeart]

13. And Howard's appeal could toss this into limbo....

It might never be resolved, if the judge(s) side with him.

[aquaman]

3. Who is Larry Birkhead? nt

[nealmhughes]

6. I think he busted Brittany or Lindsay or Paris out of rehab and shaved their head.

Or is a potential Babydaddy.

[aquaman]

12. Oh yeah.....

I thought that was who that was, now that is news.

[EdwardM]

8. Good, now the media has another story to concentrate on instead of the Iran Crisis or Darfur.

[rwenos]

9. So Let's Do the Math

The bill was $620,492.84. Anna Nicole's been dead since February 8th -- i.e., 51 days. There are 24 hours in a day, but let's face it, even an attorney has to sleep. So let's make it 12 hours a day for 51 straight days. That's 612 hours.

It all becomes clear. That lawyer was billing $1,000 per hour, making the hourly fees $612,000. The remaining $8,492.84 -- airfare and hotel?

I wonder what this clown's bar association will say about that bill.

[LiberalHeart]

10. Here's the link...

I should have put it in my original post (I've added it now):

http://newsgrinder.blogspot.com/2007/03/fired-lawyer-bills-larry-birkhead.html

Her hourly rate is there plus some of the stuff she included in the bill.

How many photos would Larry have to sell to cover this bill? Plus he has other lawyers.

[Truthiness Inspector]

15. Brutal

She is scooping him left and right. Billing him for time to attend Anna Nicole's funeral even though he asked her not to go?

Talk about no shame. He should report her to the BAR and then maybe sue her ass off for inflating her bill.

What a horrible, unethical sheister she is.

[Left Is Write]

17. Did he hire her before Anna's death? He'd been pressing for a DNA test

for quite a while before she died.

[LiberalHeart]

14. Story updated: Opri's lawyers says Birkhead "stiffed" Opri; not paying.

[Maineiac]

16. $0.84 . . .2 stamps?

One to mail the bill. The other to mail the threatening letter when he doesn't pay the bill.