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Chapter 21: " Representing the Celebrity Client", from the best-selling book by renowned attorney and author, Charles Jerome Ware : UNDERSTANDING THE LAW: A PRIMER, http://amzn.com/1440111456.
"... When it comes to celebrities and the justice system, both civil and criminal, the differences
between the advantages of fame and the disadvantages of fame can be stark ... I have had the fortune and misfortune, pleasure and agony, opportunity and experience of representing several celebrities during my more than 30 years in the business ( including actors, icons, athletes, officials, et al.) ...
All of them have blessed me with wonderful legal challenges to deal with...."
One potential advantage of being a celebrity plaintiff or defendant is access to the media or press.
A so-called regular or ordinary person in an unspectacular case will usually not have the option of doing a favorable media interview, if allowed or permitted to do so by legal counsel, that could sway the jury.
There are disadvantages to being a celebrity plaintiff or defendant, as well. For example, celebrities never really escape the fact that they have a public image. This image can be easily tarnished.
All too often, repugnant false charges brought to extort money out of a celebrity may be more likely to be filed when similar charges have been previously filed against the celebrity.
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