Let's meet the contenders:
Randolph Goldberg
Randy recently got into a bit of a pickle with bankruptcy judge Bruce A. Markell, getting himself sanctioned. One such sanction forced Goldberg to provide clients with copies of BAM's opinion about his ethical shortcomings.
There is no doubt, however, that Goldberg is a "commercial personality." Any television viewer sans Tivo can attest to that. What is more fascinating about Goldberg is the fact that he doesn't have a website, instead choosing to have his firm listed on various "Yellow Page" type websites (see here here here) where readers and past clients can leave comments about his quality of service. Even better, Goldberg responds to the comments personally. Here's one of our favorites:
Response from this business:Now THAT'S how to treat a client! The original comment posted by the client would actually be libel, not slander, but he's a bankruptcy attorney so we'll give him a pass. Goldberg is certainly feisty, but will it be enough to overcome the man who never ages ...
LIAR Posted at: 06/26/09
MS. [REDACTED] IS A LIAR AND SHE IS SLANDERING ME. I HAVE HER SIGNATURES AND SHE KNEW EXACTLY ALL FEES. SHE HAS A GAMBLING PROBLEM AND DOESNT WANNA PY BACK HER DEBTS DESPITE HER EXCESSIVE INCOME. SHE IS A CROOK WHO DOESN'T PAY HER BILLS
Frank Sorrentino
Anyone who has lived in Vegas for a while is familiar with the name "Attorney Frank Sorrentino." Not because of his reputation for being a good attorney, but because of his reputation for producing the most god-awful commercial to ever run on local television.
Sorrentino's "forever 1985" style advertisement has been going strong since, well, the 1980's. The commercial itself has remained unchanged.
We've been meaning to pay his office a visit to see what he actually looks like 20 years later. We just can't seem to find a recent photograph of the man (besides the screen-capture from his commercial that he posts on his website). Maybe he can't be photographed ... like a vampire!
We're not real familiar with his reputation in legal circles, so you readers will have to enlighten us in the comments. We would be very interested in hearing any background information regarding those commercials. Did he pay so much for them that he is still recouping his costs? Does he not know they look dated? Was he hideously disfigured in the early 1990's? Inquiring minds want to know!
So there you have it, feistiness vs. experience. What do you think, readers?
Sorrentino is essentially retired. I hear he shows up once a year to CLE's to make sure his attorneys are actually going. Other than that, the rap is his office is disorganized, but EVERY BK attorney's office is disorganized right now.
ReplyDeleteI was stuck in the emergency room for 6.2 hours (can you ever break billable mode?) and as I was forced to watch As The World Turns, Sorrentino's commercial came on and it was bliss. He's got my vote on this one, although I have to give points for Sassy to Goldberg.
ReplyDeleteThe best part about Danielle's comment, above, is that I read "6.2 hours" and it didn't even occur to me that that was a weird way to comment on time until I read her parenthetical. Being an associate is AWESOME! *Sigh*
ReplyDeleteI vote for Goldberg, if only because his face is so red in his commercials that it looks like he's going to have a heart attack soon.
ReplyDeleteA tough loss for Goldberg on this one. But it just does to show the power of the undead and unaging in the legal world.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to the man who never ages for his victory over bankruptcy legend Goldberg:
ReplyDeleteGoldberg (31 votes; 31%)
Sorrentino (66 votes; 68%)