Attorney Mark O'Mara drops George Zimmerman

[Divine Discontent]

Source: CNN

Mark O'Mara, the attorney who successfully defended George Zimmerman in his second-degree murder trial this year, will no longer represent his notorious client.

"I am not representing George Zimmerman in his recent domestic altercation case or his impending divorce case," O'Mara told CNN.

Although Zimmerman's murder trial is over, his legal battles are far from over.

On Monday, Zimmerman was briefly detained after a dispute involving his estranged wife, Shellie, and her father, David Bryant Dean.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/10/justice/zimmerman-lawyer/

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[VanillaRhapsody]

1. Cause Georgie is now broke...

and whatever he does have left...Shellie is going to get half of that...

[gopiscrap]

9. Nope I'd lay odds that it is about the CNN contract

[Bay Boy]

2. It could just be that O'mara

doesn't do divorce or DV cases.

[tavalon]

3. Or it could be that he realized a bad egg finally

You'd think the stench would have clued him in.

[Bay Boy]

5. True that...

....

[VanillaRhapsody]

12. Mark O'Mara has his own stench...he cannot smell Georges...

[NickB79]

40. If Zimmerman had the money

O'mara would hold his nose to any stench coming off of him and dive right in.

[hopemountain]

54. he does have that perpetual

pinched nez look - but, i thought it was genetics.

[JDPriestly]

44. Most likely.

[onehandle]

4. Asswipe Shyster Uses Scumbag To Further Career. Abandons Him. nt

[Little Star]

6. +1

[Divine Discontent]

7. nuff said

[gopiscrap]

10. Yup they sort of deserve each other

[JDPriestly]

46. Please! Everyone is entitled to a defense attorney. Even George Zimmerman.

Maybe I should say especially George Zimmerman.

The idea of our justice system is that each side in a case gets the most vigorous representation possible within the law and the facts. The goal is for the court -- the judge and jury -- to determine the truth and the legal outcome of the case after weighing both sides. It only works if the attorneys on both sides vigorously represent their client and their case. I'm not sure that the prosecutors did their job well in the Zimmerman/Martin case. Seems to me they should have made a greater effort to try to keep Zimmerman's self-serving statements to the police out of the evidence and also tried to prevent the jury from viewing the case as a Stand Your Ground case. I don't think the facts presented a Stand Your Ground case at all. But that is my opinion, and I was not in the courtroom. I seriously doubt that Zimmerman's stories would have held up under serious cross-examination.

But Zimmerman will seek out his own punishment. That's how these things work very often. Not always, but very often.

[tofuandbeer]

51. +1

[gopiscrap]

8. Yeah so he can keep his lucrative CNN contract

can't be a legal analyst and be taken seriously discussing a case your representing, now can we? What a fucking douche bag! Not because he dropped Zimmy but because he defended him in the first place.

[Jackpine Radical]

18. I really gotta take exception to that.

Even scumbags are entitled to representation in court.

If you want to be pissed at someone over the outcome of that trial, why not focus on the prosecutors who threw it?

[wild bird]

20. That's exactly who we should be pissed at,

the prosecutors who didn't even put on a good case, not O'Mara, who did what he was supposed to do, provide the best defense possible for his client.

Thank you for a reasonable voice in this thread.

[gopiscrap]

25. Yes I agree and I thought about that before I wrote it...

but if I was an attorney (and I went to law school and worked on all sorts of legal stuff) the only way I would represent a guy like Zimmy is if the court ordered me to do so.

[Jackpine Radical]

27. Like they say,

"It's a dirty job but…"


I interact a lot with lawyers & understand something of their situation, but I couldn't do what they do. As a frequent expert witness, I see it as my job to provide the best information I can to the court so it can make better decisions. Lawyers engage me to give opinions I then use me if they think what I have to say will advance their case, and don't use me if they think otherwise. I'm free to turn down cases if they don't suit me, and to give opinions that don't advance the case of the lawyer's clients. This results in 2 things--First, I preserve my credibility & personal integrity, and second, lawyers with really shitty cases go somewhere else if they want to buy an expert opinion.

[gopiscrap]

28. Yeah but I know a ton of attorneys who

would have run from that case no matter how lucrative!

[Jackpine Radical]

29. That's true. However, I often work for public defenders.

They don't always have much choice.

[gopiscrap]

31. That's what I mean if you're a PD then yes you that you wil

have to accept those kinds of cases going into the job...O'Mara on the other hand is a private attorney and IMHO an opportunistic scumbag, he didn't have to accept the case.

[gopiscrap]

32. BTW I have spent a ton of time in WI and have loved it.

Been all over (up Lake MI, central and western WI) and found the folks to be warm and friendly.

[JDPriestly]

47. Here are the duties of an attorney in California:

https://www.calbarxap.com/applications/CalBar/PDFs/code_section_6068.pdf

Note (c) and (h).

[Blue_Tires]

30. CNN gave him a contract??

Well, it's not like I've even watched CNN since the 90s, anyway...

[Little Star]

11. I hope Karma catches up with O'Mara for getting a murder off. Screw O'Mara!

[Loki]

13. Mr. O'Mara

the blood still stains your hands, and it won't wash away.

[Sunlei]

14. smart Lawyer.

[wild bird]

17. Very smart lawyer.

And everyone here, despite the foul attitudes and words towards O'Mara, would want him or a lawyer just like him if they were in the same predicament, for whatever reason.

He did exactly what a defense lawyer is supposed to do, give his client the best defense possible, if he hadn't, he would have faced a review before the Bar Association and possibly had his license suspended or revoked.

I guess that old saying applies, everyone hates lawyers, that is, until they need one, and if I needed one, I would hope I got one just like O'Mara.

[hamsterjill]

37. Thank you for the sense.

Some of the postings I'm reading here are almost unbelieveable.

O'Mara did exactly what he was supposed to do, and George Zimmerman was entitled to a defense. Like it or not, that's the way the system works, and (as you indicate) any one here would expect, dare I say DEMAND, the same thing were they in such a predicament.

It is ludicrous to blame O'Mara for doing his job well. It is also ludicrous to blame the jurors, who ruled on the evidence presented NOT necessarily what was played on television.

O'Mara has probably realized that he's no longer able to control the actions of his client, and is trying to distance himself from Zimmerman. When clients do not take the advise given them by their attorneys, it becomes harder and harder for the attorney to do his/her job.

[robinlynne]

15. I dont think murder attorneys also do divorces......different set of laws

[Jefferson23]

19. I though the same, yet in an interview on CNN last night, he claimed to have

worked on divorce cases. He was not asked nor did he clarify if that was in the past or not.

[Jackpine Radical]

22. Well, in my neck of the woods there aren't any "murder attorneys."

Fortunately, there just aren't enough murders to support them as a class. Instead, you have these general-purpose attorneys who do whatever cases come their way. True, some specialize in "family law" (divorces) and others in criminal law and still others in tort law, but there are still a lot of generalists who pretty much do it all.

[msanthrope]

35. Well, you hope you never have a case that combines the two. nt

[shenmue]

16. Wow

I wonder who he'll hire next. It isn't going to be an easy ride for the next person.

[SoapBox]

21. ROFL!

Because Georgie, The KILLER, is a stoopid-fuck-trash-scumbag?

Maybe?

Oh...where is that Juror Number ?, that was just gushing over Georgie? Let's get a statement!

[Duer 157099]

23. I know just the man for the job!!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

24. O'Mara is a disgrace! He was disgusting, not only to Trayvon but to his parents as well.

Despicable man. Racist and disgusting!!!

[gopiscrap]

26. I fully agree

[wild bird]

34. Why? Because he did what the law demands he do?

Provide the best possible defense possible for his client.
I watched the whole trial, from opening arguments to the verdict being read, I didn't see any racism from either side, what I saw was a DA's team that seemed to be way out of their league and a defense that had their shit together.

And I'm no apologist for GZ, he's a man who got away with murder and will self destruct in the future, hopefully without taking anyone with him.

If you were in the same position as GZ was, whether your were innocent or guilty, you would want a lawyer exactly like O'Mara, despite what you may think of him.

The old saying applies, everyone hates lawyers, until you need one.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

36. Yes, he gave a good performance for his client. Yes, he represented his client well. And yes...

he is a scum bucket. He can be all those things at the same time.

[wild bird]

38. Why is he a scum bucket?

Because he got GZ off? Does that make every lawyer who gets their clients off, even if it's obvious that their guilty, scum buckets?

So if you were in the same predicament as GZ was, whether you were innocent or guilty, wouldn't you want a lawyer like O'Mara?
I know I damn sure would.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

39. He is a scum bucket because even after he successfully won his case, he shamelessly paraded himself

in front of the media and damned the Martin family, demonized Trayvon, dismissed the influence of race, painted his client as the victim, didn't even acknowledge the fact that a child was murdered; refused to even acknowledge these parents. Instead, he suggested that somehow the parents were responsible for turning the entire case into a political fiasco, etc.

That's what scum buckets do.

We can agree to disagree, but in my view, Mark O'Mara is a scum bucket. He's a disgusting person.

[wild bird]

41. Then I misunderstood you, I thought you were slamming him for his defense

of GZ.

By the way, he can't acknowledge the fact that a child was murdered, that would be admitting that his client was guilty of murder and would probably land him in front of the Bar Association for a hearing.

[erpowers]

33. Still His Lawyer

Mark O' Mara is still Zimmerman's lawyer. He is just not representing him in his case against his wife. O' Mara is still representing Zimmerman in numerous cases.

[gvstn]

42. Thank you.

O'Mara said he spent a year getting to know the Zimmermann's as a family. It would be a bad idea for him now to represent George against his wife, since they were all on the same side up until a month ago. He will still represent George on any civil cases (assumming he gets paid).

[treestar]

45. That actually does make the most sense

If you are involved with a family, stay away from any divorce. By that time you have loyalty to both parties.

There are plenty of lawyers. Let them get someone else rather than have a conflict of interest. That's the ethical thing to do.

[TeamPooka]

43. Headline chasing lawyer doesn't want headlines anymore.

That's cute.

[dawn frenzy adams]

48. BOYCOTT CNN!!!!!

Please email CNN and complain about the hiring of O'mara. This is a man that used slander in a revolting way, to vilify a 17 year-old.

[dmr]

49. Looks like he will still have ties to Zim whether he likes it or not -

From the article:

O'Mara, now a legal analyst for CNN, continues to be the attorney of record in the impending defamation lawsuit against NBC; Pennsylvania attorney Jim Beasley will be the lead attorney on the case.

He will also still be involved with outstanding sanction motions and recovery of costs from the state of Florida for expenses related to Zimmerman's murder trial.

It does look like he's washed his hands of Zimmerman as best as he can.

Guess he's hanging on for a hopeful payout from NBC; and the sanctions are just housekeeping issues he'll assign to someone in his office.

[JustAnotherGen]

53. Ahh

For the rest of his life and my life - he is connected to Zimmerman. His behavior after the verdict well .. . There ain't no takesy backsey.

[tofuandbeer]

50. I can't help but think, that this will not be the last we see Zimmerman's name in the news...

in a bad way.
Keep safe, anyone who lives near this guy.

[Skittles]

52. he made sure an armed paranoid gun humping racist killer is free

and NOW he runs away because he doesn't want to see the results - he is as big a lying coward as his client

[CTyankee]

55. what goes around, comes around and birds of feather, flock together...

this lawyer just figures the show is over and Zim can't gin up the money to pay his fee, so it's bye bye to him...I LOVE IT!

It's all crap. They got nothin'.