Keith Fink
Keith Allen Fink is a victim's rights attorney in Los Angeles. He has been involved in several high profile cases involving Ellen DeGeneres (Iggygate)[1] and American Apparel.[2]
[edit] Biography
Keith Fink attended the University of California, Los Angeles and received his law degree from Southwestern Law School.[2] He is a debate coach and before practicing law was the debate coach for the Harvard School.[2] He is currently the principal partner at Keith A. Fink and Associates.[3]
[edit] Legal cases
Fink's high profile legal cases have at times been controversial.[4] He was the legal counsel in the civil case against Rodney King in a dispute of the legal fees in the landmark judgment for his beating by Los Angeles police.[5] He represented cases against Marilyn Manson, and Johnny Rotten as well as on behalf of Dita Von Teese.
Fink has been sued multiple times for legal malpractice, defamation and malicious prosecution.[6] He has stated the lawsuits are the natural result of his aggressive style and tendency to "roll up [his] sleeves and fight."[4][7]
In a case against American Apparel, the company accused him of admitting his client's allegations of sexual harassment were "bogus" and attempting to settle for $2 million dollars.[4] The company also ran an advertisement criticizing his legal tactics.[8][9]
In a Wall Street Journal report, it was reported that informational ads had been run in the UCLA Bruin student newspaper that revealed that "...Local Attorney Keith Fink has been sued 5 times for malpractice, extortion and defamation. He has been accused of illegal wiretapping and investigated by the California state bar." [4][10]
In January 2011, Fink filed a lawsuit on behalf of Jewish minor league ice hockey player Jason Bailey, alleging that his client faced "a barrage of anti-Semitic, offensive and degrading verbal attacks regarding his Jewish faith" from head coach Marty Raymond and assistant coach Mark Pederson of the Bakersfield Condors, at the time an affiliate of the Anaheim Ducks.[11][12]
[edit] References
- ^ Tresniowski, Alex (November 5), "A Dog Gone Shame", People 68 (19), http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20160737,00.html
- ^ a b c Fink Law Firm Keith Fink Bio
- ^ Keith A Fink and Associates Official Website
- ^ a b c d Hyland, Alexa (December 8), "Fink V Charney: Combative lawyer rumbles with flamboyant CEO", Los Angeles Business Journal, http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-191214336.html
- ^ "Court Denies King His Legal Fees", Los Angeles Times, http://server.finklawfirm.com/archive/king3.pdf
- ^ Scrib'd Case Files (*note, this was the only link available to the actual files but the fines and lawsuits are mentioned in several articles *) Archived: April, 2009
- ^ We Lov Dov, Part II: 'Meet Keith' - Law Blog - WSJ
- ^ http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h04RxmLywJM/Sa21LjrNiaI/AAAAAAAAABQ/gLVv9-SZ-LM/s1600-h/keith-fink.jpg
- ^ Neil, Martha (January 27), "Lawyer Who Sued Company CEO is Target of Claimed Cyber-Attack Campaign", ABA Journal, http://www.abajournal.com/news/lawyer_who_sued_company_ceo_is_target_of_claimed_cyber-attack_campaign/
- ^ We Lov Dov, Part II: 'Meet Keith' - Law Blog - WSJ
- ^ "US Jewish ice hockey player sues club for anti-Semitism". BBC News. 26 January 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12294350. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ Burnside, Scott (28 January 2011). "Details emerge of Jason Bailey's suit". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nhl/news/story?id=6065644&campaign=rss&source=NHLHeadlines. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
