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Famous lawyer, represents Robert Downey Jr., Susan McDougal, Roger Clinton (Bill's brother), Harry Sassounian, and now Winona Ryder (arrested for shoplifting, illegal drug possession). Frequently on Larry King Live.

 

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  • 1 year later...
just for you Bruin since you think he is SOOOOO cute.

 

Read about some Armenian heroes who will put all of you to shame.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/09/19/ctv.gera...ient/index.html

 

not all thaaaaaaat cute! ;)

i remember that incident! that kind of shit is an embarrasment for our entire community!! bet if they were still back in their old country those disturbed kids wouldn't be involved in this kind of madness!!

i totally blame the ignorant parents!!

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Stuff like that you really cant blame people those kids were dumb and stupid. That stupid Mexican kid wasnt a heroe and never will be. I mean yes they did take a life that they should be punished for but life isnt the right solution. Also I know of many of the people Geragos is protecting for murder which you have to understand not all are guilty of. That crap you read in the news-press is nothing but that. Takes this from a person who knows.
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i prefer not to get too much into this nonesense--because these gang things and so on really piss me off- and so does the media--its sad how when a member of anther ethi=nic group--mexican/black/chines commits such a crime they dont publicize it as much as when armenians do it--i dunno if its just me--but i haveheard alotta things like--a couple of my cousins friends who are in high school and are good kids-smart, hard working and obedient--while walking home from school get stopped by mexican gang members one gets stabbed to death and the other is paralyzed and in a coma unti now--how come i dont hear that in the news? but when an armenian gang member kills a mexican/or other race--it gets publicized more???very mind boggling!!
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angel ya it is really really sad...about a year ago my cousin died and he was killed by a drive by...they were hispanic guys from a gang it makes me so sad and i can't get over it everytime i think about him i ether cry or get depressed...life is so short...and like i wish i can still be there with ma cuz but now he's not here anymore :( :( :(
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Mr Marg Giragos is on top :)

 

 

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Shortly after Jackson's arrival, Mark Geragos, his lead attorney, made a statement to the media saying Jackson considered the charges "a big lie."

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and to think there are SICK!!!! women out there writing love letters to this monster!! he looks nasty!! really! smacking his lips in the court!! uhhhh!!!---i think laci was too beautiful for him!!

--he looks kind of hollow inside! almost like the blood in his veins is a couple o' degrees cooler than most other mammals!! ---guy gives me the creeps!!!

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  • 3 years later...

Attorney Geragos draws a crowd

 

 

By MICHAEL HINKELMAN

 

One legal journal calls him one of the country's "marquee" lawyers.

And Los Angeles attorney Mark Geragos has the client list to back up the lofty description.

 

He's defended pop star Michael Jackson, Academy Award-winning actress Winona Ryder, ex-California Congressman Gary Condit and convicted wife-killer Scott Peterson.

 

Just last week, a federal judge in California removed him from the case of a defense contractor charged with fraud because he refused to submit to a background check that would have allowed him to see classified information.

 

Now, Geragos is in federal court here, defending a man who is charged with traveling overseas to have sex with young boys.

 

During the trial's opening yesterday, the courtroom was packed with spectators.

 

Most of them - some aspiring lawyers - were there to see Geragos.

 

One of Geragos' first major cases, in 1992, was defending Susan McDougal, a former business partner of Bill Clinton in the Whitewater land deal.

 

He won back-to-back state and federal-court jury-trial acquittals for McDougal after she had been convicted and imprisoned before Geragos represented her.

 

Geragos, 49, a lanky man with a taste for fine clothes, is no stranger to Philadelphia.

 

He is a graduate of Haverford College.

 

He was also one of the lead lawyers in a pair of federal class-action lawsuits against two life-insurance companies for not paying out on policies issued to Armenians that had been written before and during the purported genocide committed by the Turks against Armenians during World War I.

 

The two cases settled for over $37.5 million. A plaintiff in one of the cases was a Philadelphian, George Yacoubian. *

 

 

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TIGER MAULING SURVIVORS' LAWYER IS AT HOME IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Kevin Fagan, kfagan@sfchronicle.com.

 

San Francisco Chronicle, CA

Jan 7 2008

 

Pit bull. Hollywood. Showboat.

 

All of these have been used to describe Mark Geragos, the attorney

who jetted up from Los Angeles last week to represent the two brothers

who were mauled in the Christmas Day tiger attack at the San Francisco

Zoo. And does that bother Geragos?

 

Hardly.

 

"It's all about the client," he said. "So if they want to say I do

everything I can for my client, fine."

 

Indeed, in between the showboating jibes, they do say that - meaning

everyone from other lawyers to the galaxy of cable-show talking heads

who book him to fill the airwaves with opinion, from Larry King to

Geraldo Rivera.

 

"Like they say, any publicity is good publicity, and Mark has certainly

had a lot," said Gary Bostwick, another Los Angeles attorney who

draws from the same sort of client pool, having represented baseball

great Steve Garvey and the infamous "Fatal Vision" killer, Jeffrey

MacDonald. "But that's not the only thing he is about. Defense lawyers

like Mark who do these kinds of unpopular cases are on a mission that

is like tilting at windmills, like it's a duty to find justice. He

works very hard."

 

Before Geragos, 50, rose to national celebrity status in 1998 with

his successful fight to win acquittal for Clinton Whitewater figure

Susan McDougal, he was known mostly as a Los Angeles workaholic who

was good at keeping accused murderers and swindlers out of prison.

 

A parade of stars, from actress Winona Ryder and singer Michael Jackson

to Laci Peterson's convicted husband, Scott, followed McDougal's case,

and with each case - win or lose - Geragos' star ascended further.

 

The San Francisco Zoo's tiger case, which has grabbed international

headlines for more than a week, was a natural fit.

 

Multimillion-dollar lawsuits are almost certain to be filed against

the zoo for not properly enclosing the tiger.

 

Geragos said he signed on to represent Paul Dhaliwal, 19, and his

23-year-old brother, Kulbir, because they were being smeared in the

press and by the zoo when what happened to them was "mind-boggling."

 

The most important fact in the entire affair, Geragos said, is that

zoo enclosures are supposed to be so secure that animals can't escape,

no matter how provoked they are.

 

"Trust me, when the zoo goes on the stand to defend itself about what

happened, it's going to look pretty bad," he said.

 

Practically from the moment the two were taken to San Francisco

General Hospital after the evening attack that left their friend

Carlos Sousa Jr. dead and the brothers clawed and bitten, accusations

and implications have swirled that they taunted the tiger Tatiana

into launching her rampage. If true, the pair could be guilty of a

misdemeanor under San Francisco law that prohibits disturbing zoo

animals. It didn't help, image-wise, that the Dhaliwals have had

allegedly drunken scraps with the police and are despised as noisy

boors by several of their neighbors.

 

"The bottom line is that these boys were doing no taunting,

and the fact that they are being attacked (with allegations) is

unconscionable," Geragos said. "I wouldn't accept anything coming

out of the mouth of anyone associated with the zoo."

 

No zoo officials have openly accused the brothers of taunting the

tiger, but high-profile crisis consultant Sam Singer of San Francisco

has carefully treaded toward that edge, saying leadingly that "all

of the facts still aren't out" about the incident. Because of this,

Geragos takes special aim at Singer, calling him a "so-called crisis

manager who has been peddling rumors."

 

Singer fires back that "anything that a defense attorney says has to

be taken with not a pinch of salt, but a ton of salt."

 

It's all par for the course for Geragos, say those who know him.

 

"Mark was born to be a lawyer," said Loyola Law School Professor

Laurie Levenson, who has known Geragos for years and had him talk to

her classes. "It's all he ever wanted to do. Doing a personal injury

case like (the tiger attack) is a little unusual for him, but he's

a smart guy, so you can bet he won't miss any details. And he likes

the high-profile cases - the higher the better."

 

In his national spotlight cases, he's had a mixed scorecard.

 

Ryder was convicted of shoplifting, Peterson went to Death Row and

baseball slugger Barry Bonds' trainer Greg Anderson was unable to

avoid jail for contempt. But then again, U.S. Rep. Gary Condit was

never charged in connection with the death of his mistress and intern

Chandra Levy. Geragos also helped win $37.5 million for victims in the

century-old Turkish genocide of 1.5 million Armenians, and prostitution

charges were dismissed against James Bond film director Lee Tamahori.

 

Sympathetic client, famous client, seemingly dirtbag client - they're

all the same to Geragos. The only important thing, he has consistently

said for years, is that he believes the client has a case. And if

that's so, he's in it to flat-out win.

 

"Every case has a life of its own," Geragos said. "You take them one

at a time."

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