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The lawyer's words don't pass the smell test. > “I don’t know with 100% certainty, ma’am, but I would guess that [Urbanovsky and the single seller] probably ar
by mediumdeviation 11y ago
The lawyer's words don't pass the smell test.
> “I don’t know with 100% certainty, ma’am, but I would guess that [Urbanovsky and the single seller] probably are [the same person],” her lawyer Steven Lefler told BuzzFeed News.
He just admitted on record that his client cost the payments company they used several million dollars.
> “This is a case that I didn’t charge enough money for,” Lefler told BuzzFeed News.
> “But of course, I’m her lawyer. So who gives a shit what I think.”
This is quite possibly the single least professional lawyer I've ever seen.
- jacquesm 11y agoThe only words he should have spoken were 'no comment' and hung up. If he were my lawyer he'd be out on his ass.
- URSpider94 11y agoI'm guessing he is figuring out that he's not getting paid for this gig ...
- jessaustin 11y agoHe just admitted... No he didn't. Since Square's filing didn't mention Urbanovsky by name, the reporter wanted to confirm that it referred to her. Urbanovsky's lawyer confirmed that, but he certainly didn't admit to any particular allegation made in the filing or anywhere else. I don't think the legal strategy is to deny that payments were received, anyway. Apparently they're hoping to blame this scheme on insufficiently-supervised employees, but that seems unlikely to succeed. Bankruptcy is likely, which means the lawyer is correct that he should have charged more up-front.