Blind Justice

I missed an attorney, at least one – of that I am sure – in Zealous Legal Representation. I was reading an article written by Stephen Lendman and entitled Targeting Lawyers: The Case of Paul Bergrin, when I realized the horrific injustice that Mr. Bergrin is living at the hands of informant clients. It is the main reason that I passed on law school. Scary stuff in this case, and more so than in any that I have ever heard of.

I first heard Bergrin's name in relation to Jason Itzler of NY Confidential fame. For those that are unaware, Itzler claimed the throne and was known in the news as the king of escort services when he was arrested in 2005. He pleaded guilty to money laundering and attempting to promote prostitution in June 2006. He also referred to himself as the "king of all pimps" if you can imagine. In my opinion it is easy to run services illegally and flagrantly, and I do not understand all of the attention these people get with book and movie offers when they're busted and plead guilty. I consider them a dime a dozen. It is much more complicated to avoid illegalities and take the state or the feds to trial if arrested. Especially if you win like I did.


Which method of operation requires the use of your brain?

Back to the topic at hand – Itzler was a convicted felon when he was arrested in the escort service mess, so he had a lot to lose. Bergrin should never have stepped beyond the basic attorney-client relationship. I do not believe that Paul Bergrin was guilty of much except filing the articles of incorporation for Itzler's corporation. This is something that attorneys do all of the time. Prosecutors also claimed that he had a fringe benefit of spending time with some of the escorts. Being friendly with the client is far from running and owning his business though. I do not buy into that case for a NY minute.

Somehow this all led to the recent superseding indictment that includes drug conspiracy charges and allegations of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, drug trafficking, murder of a witness in a drug case, and attempt to hire a hitman in another drug case. In relation to the last charge, the hitman is the informant. Can you say set-up? No, that hitman would never lie, right? In the other drug case Bergrin is alleged to have given the name of a confidential witness/informant to someone involved in the drug case that then had the informant murdered. Read the DOJ news release in PDF here.

Let me paint a different picture for you here:

This naïve attorney, that possibly had a weakness for loose women, was lured by Itzler and his hookers and merely filed corporation documents and had some fun. Somehow he ended-up defending someone in a drug trafficking case, which is not unusual when one is a criminal defense attorney, and was talked out of a name by someone else in the case. Now he is charged in a racketeering conspiracy as a result of these mistakes. These dirtbags are his co-defendants, and each and every one of them will plead to charges and testify against him. These co-defendants are the feds new witnesses. Oh – and there's a woman involved in the drug trafficking case.

Paul Bergrin picked a huge fight with the feds when he defended unpopular clients, just as Lynne Stewart did. Does anyone really wonder why I never went to law school?

What in the hell is going on with this case?