Trials & Litigation
Sexism alleged in skirmish between legal professionals representing Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie
A 2007 picture of actress Angelina Jolie and actor Brad Pitt. The previous couple are at present concerned in a authorized battle over a vineyard that they personal. (Photograph by Kevin Winter/Getty Photographs)
A Los Angeles lawyer seems to have had sufficient of male opposing counsels telling her that they’ve by no means seen something like her advocacy actions of their whole careers.
Julia B. Cherlow represents actor Brad Pitt in an actual property dispute along with his ex-wife, actress Angelina Jolie, involving a vineyard that the celebrities personal. Cherlow requested for extra monetary documentation from Jolie at a Tuesday listening to within the Los Angeles Superior Court docket, Law360 reports.
“I’ve to say this: In my whole profession, I’ve by no means had folks ask for extra each single time,” Paul D. Murphy, Jolie’s lawyer, advised the court docket, in keeping with Law360.
The story additionally claims that the associate at Murphy Rosen criticized the opposing counsels’ authorized techniques.
“II need to say, sadly, as a feminine advocate, I get most of the time, ‘By no means in my profession have I ever seen this.’ As to Mr. Murphy’s description of what occurred in the middle of the dispute, we clearly dispute these allegations,” stated Cherlow, a associate at Chook, Marella, Rhow, Lincenberg, Drooks & Nessim.
Shortly afterward, Murphy advised Los Angeles Superior Court docket Choose Cindy Pánuco that he was “just a little dissatisfied” that Cherlow stated that, and he did “not respect” her suggestion.
In the end, Pánuco denied the documentation request on the premise of privateness pursuits and stated Pitt might get Jolie on the report about monetary arguments by way of an interrogatory response, in keeping with Law360.
Cherlow advised the ABA Journal she couldn’t touch upon the matter. Murphy didn’t instantly responded to an ABA Journal interview request.
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