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Music producer Phil Spector, who has cycled through defense attorneys since he was accused of murdering actress Lana Clarkson in his Alhambra mansion in 2003, is trying for the second time to get a refund of the $1 million he paid his first attorney. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Spector alleges that attorney Robert L. Shapiro "took unfair and unscrupulous advantage of his friendship and position of trust with Mr. Spector, and decided to use Mr.

Music producer Phil Spector, who has cycled through defense attorneys since he was accused of murdering actress Lana Clarkson in his Alhambra mansion in 2003, is trying for the second time to get a refund of the $1 million he paid his first attorney. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Spector alleges that attorney Robert L. Shapiro "took unfair and unscrupulous advantage of his friendship and position of trust with Mr. Spector, and decided to use Mr.

Defense attorney Robert L. Shapiro was fined $500 Thursday for violating a court order that prohibits lawyers in the O.J. Simpson double-murder trial from giving interviews in the hallway outside Judge Lance A. Ito's courtroom. Shapiro could have gotten away with half that amount, according to a ruling by Supervising Judge James Bascue, had he not at first sought to fight the constitutionality of the order, issued last September shortly before jury selection began in the Simpson case.

Attorney Robert L. Shapiro, who has represented O.J. Simpson, Christian Brando and other celebrity clients, settled Tuesday with an attorney who had sued him for allegedly siphoning $6 million from the proceeds of a $90-million death futures scam. Terms of the settlement, which was reached as jury selection was about to start in the civil case, were confidential. But attorney Barry A. Fisher had been seeking at least $3.5 million.

Robert L. Shapiro, one of the few lawyers in the murder trial of O.J. Simpson who has avoided the fines that have mounted for months against his colleagues and counterparts, went toe to toe with the criminal court's presiding judge Monday and chose to fight rather than pay.

Despite their mutual success in securing not guilty verdicts for O.J. Simpson, "Dream Team" defense attorney Robert L. Shapiro traded barbs with co-counsels Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. and F. Lee Bailey on Tuesday night in separate televised interviews. Saying that he disagreed strongly with Cochran's decision to "play a race card" in the Simpson murder trial, Shapiro said he will never work with Cochran again.

Lawyers for defense attorney Robert L. Shapiro and New Yorker magazine on Monday filed motions seeking the dismissal of a $50-million libel suit filed by Los Angeles Police Detective Mark Fuhrman. In separate filings, attorneys representing Shapiro and the New Yorker contended that their clients did not defame Fuhrman in an article that appeared in the July 25, 1994, issue of the magazine.

The verdict's in on at least one aspect of the upcoming O.J. Simpson trial. Defense attorney Robert L. Shapiro's wardrobe has been ruled, well, indefensible by picky fashion watchers. While many courtroom warriors spell integrity with snow-white shirts, rep ties and American-shouldered navy suits, Shapiro's look is strictly Hollywood peacock. Count on the perennially tan, handsome attorney to appear in mind-numbing print ties and a succession of unvented, European-style double-breasted suits.

In the latest exercise in questionable judgment to hit the O.J. Simpson case, defense attorney Robert L. Shapiro handed out fortune cookies to two writers at the courthouse, allegedly telling them: "These are from Hang Fung Restaurant." At the time Shapiro handed out the cookies Thursday, senior police criminalist Dennis Fung, who is Asian American, was in the midst of a bruising cross-examination by Shapiro's colleague Barry Scheck.

At least one legal expert has decided to stop doing TV commentary about the O.J. Simpson civil trial. In what was described as an amicable parting, CBS News and Robert L. Shapiro agreed Monday to end the controversial arrangement that called for the lawyer, one of Simpson's lead attorneys in his murder trial, to offer commentary on the current trial involving lawsuits brought by the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman.

A legal secretary who was fired after she accused well-known Los Angeles attorney Robert Shapiro of overbilling clients can sue his law firm for wrongful termination, a state appeals court has ruled. In its 3-0 decision, a panel of the 2nd Appellate District concluded that Pauletta James was entitled to move forward with a claim that she was dismissed from the firm of Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro because she reported Shapiro's alleged misdeeds.

The Los Angeles County coroner's office is investigating the death of Brent Edward Shapiro, the 24-year-old son of attorney and author Robert Shapiro, authorities said Wednesday. Brent Shapiro, a recent USC graduate who had just enrolled in law school, died Monday after becoming ill over the weekend. A coroner's official said the agency was investigating the possible role of drugs in Shapiro's death. "It's being considered an accidental death," said Lt.

Legendary record producer Phil Spector wants his money back. He claims in a lawsuit that his former attorney, Robert L. Shapiro, owes him at least a portion of the $1-million retainer he paid for legal counsel in his murder case. But Shapiro says Spector actually owes him $500,000, according to the lawsuit. The two men parted ways in February, when Spector brought in a new legal team, led by Leslie Abramson, to defend him against charges that, on Feb.

Days after O.J. Simpson's ex-wife and her friend were stabbed to death, the football star underwent a polygraph test that F. Lee Bailey says he stopped because it was not going well. Bailey said Friday during testimony in a Florida courtroom where his license to practice law is being challenged, that shortly after the June 12, 1994, killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman, he received a telephone call from Los Angeles defense attorney Robert Shapiro.

At least one legal expert has decided to stop doing TV commentary about the O.J. Simpson civil trial. In what was described as an amicable parting, CBS News and Robert L. Shapiro agreed Monday to end the controversial arrangement that called for the lawyer, one of Simpson's lead attorneys in his murder trial, to offer commentary on the current trial involving lawsuits brought by the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman.

F. Lee Bailey blamed the nation's bias against O.J. Simpson for keeping him in a Florida jail 44 days for contempt of court. He also accused Simpson co-counsel Robert Shapiro of lying in his testimony against him. Bailey was freed after surrendering stock and posting cash that authorities said belonged to the government.

Los Angeles police detectives have completed a brief investigation of a deputy medical examiner in the O.J. Simpson case and concluded that he broke no laws in an outburst after his testimony during last month's preliminary hearing, law enforcement officials and other sources close to the case said Wednesday. The medical examiner, Dr. Irwin Golden, was subjected to intense cross-examination duringthe preliminary hearing. Defense attorney Robert L.

Attorney Robert L. Shapiro, who has represented O.J. Simpson, Christian Brando and other celebrity clients, settled Tuesday with an attorney who had sued him for allegedly siphoning $6 million from the proceeds of a $90-million death futures scam. Terms of the settlement, which was reached as jury selection was about to start in the civil case, were confidential. But attorney Barry A. Fisher had been seeking at least $3.5 million.

The O.J. Simpson murder case, an aberration in virtually every respect from what happens in the nation's criminal courtrooms every day, has now brought us a commodity almost as rare as a well-financed defense--the sore winner. Robert Shapiro and his colleagues gained an acquittal in the most watched trial in history. Yet, he's not satisfied with legal victory.

Robert Shapiro, the lawyer who assembled O.J. Simpson's defense team, says he believes prosecutors committed two major errors when they built much of their case on controversial detective Mark Fuhrman's testimony and "bored" the jury with "an endless defense" of DNA tests.