The "Legal Expert"

A lawyer posts a well-written blog article about a certain celeb's impending custody battle, and discusses potential winning strategies and the judge's possible thought-processes. The blogger calls himself an "authoritative voice" and "legal expert." Okay, fine.

Just out of curiousity, since I've never heard of the guy, I do a little digging. I go to Google. The links to other blog posts. Then LinkedIn. Then to Lawyers.com. Then, the websites of the firm, actually firms, that his name is linked to. Finally, New York Office of Court Administration.

Who is this "legal expert," this "authoritative voice," pontificating on custody law?

Well, I can't confirm he actually got the Fulbright he says he got, but okay, I'll assume he did. Very impressive. And it appears the guy went to the Ivy League law school he says he went to. But his stint at DOJ? Less than one year's duration, before he even started law school. His extensive contributions to well-known media? Blog posts, for the most part. Four unexplained years between law school and NYS bar admission? Well, maybe he was a judicial clerk (most lawyers brag big-time about that, and he says nothing, so who knows) or did something non-law-related?

But this is where I get angry: His experience as a lawyer? Admitted for....FIVE years. At least two different firms already, in corporate law.

In my book, this guy shouldn't be posing as a legal expert in anything, let alone matrimonial law. Pay some dues, mister, before you pass yourself off to the unsuspecting public as one of the big boys.

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