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Birkhead to Opri -- I Hit the Bar

TMZ has learned Larry Birkhead has filed a formal complaint against Debra Opri with the State Bar of California.

We're told in his complaint, filed June 8, Birkhead claims Opri "misappropriated" hundreds of thousands of dollars he earned from a network TV deal and won't give it back. Birkhead asked the State Bar, "Please help me."

The complaint is pending.

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46. Good Luck Opri, finding work..... No one will ever trust you..... Stealing Larry money...... when he asked for it back..... you blackmailed him..... smeared his name with lies......

Posted at 7:11PM on Jun 28th 2007 by Disbar BIG MOUTH OPRI!

47. This is old news! Please Larry! The arbitration will resolve all matters. So wipe that toothy smile offf your face Larry. You are not sitting pretty in this Mr. Realtor!

Posted at 7:15PM on Jun 28th 2007 by Louise

48. Opri is now caught......stealing Larry's money........then lying about him.......

SHAME ON OPRI........ TOO late now the courts will decide and CA BAR will decide....

and your future clients or no clients will decide......

Posted at 7:14PM on Jun 28th 2007 by Opri is a Liar and Thief who is caught!

49. Oh, brother. This dumb, unemployed and lazy man should pay and get a job to provide for his baby. NO to free riders

Posted at 7:16PM on Jun 28th 2007 by Fair

50. Sooooo glad you didn't arbritrate with that thief and liar......

Besides what would you arbritrate about?

That abritration is only a WISH FROM THIEF OPRI......

Posted at 7:17PM on Jun 28th 2007 by Larry will never arbritrate with a thief!

51. If it was that easy to disbar a lawyer then a man who went on national television and confessed to sleeping with his client would have been disbarred.

Posted at 7:19PM on Jun 28th 2007 by Get Real

52. I don't know how much Debra Opri actually contributed to Larry gaining custody of his daughter. But I do know that she SPUN that man and made America believe he was just the best thing since sliced bread. And look at him now, peeking out of doors at awards shows, being followed (to some degree) by paparazzi, being "famous", being in magazines. She did an EXCELLENT job of getting his mug out in front of the American Public, and she did an outstanding job of making all the rubes (who now hate Larry because of his association with Howard), fawn all over him and fall all over themselves getting to their computers to sing his praises on message boards like these. The woman might not be pleasant, she might be loud, aggressive, abrasive, etc., but she certainly deserves to be PAID. She DID make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, she DID earn that money! Its not her fault if the purse turned back into the pig it came from!

Posted at 7:19PM on Jun 28th 2007 by diva

53. Is this "forum shopping" or what? He needs to realize that the CA court system will move at a snails pace and it may be YEARS before this gets settled. Who knows, however, as he seems to have fast-tracked everything else.

I once went to the CA Bar complaining about an attorney's repeated failure to return my calls in regard to the status of my case (months). I was laughed at. I later found out that the union representing those working in the agency was on strike and I was talking to a stupidvisor who was most likely angry about having to do grunt work.

Once again, you can always file. Filing means very little in the grand scheme of things. I was wondering why Larry was back on TV a couple of days ago. His appearances seem to coincide with his filings, don't you think?

I honestly hope he gets slammed for his failure to pay Opri. You cannot dump your lawyer in the fourth quarter and expect not to pay. And he had better watch out if he loses these allegations because damages to Opri's reputation will not be difficult to prove. I still think he is purposefully being given bad legal advice.


Posted at 8:49PM on Jun 30th 2007 by So what? Anyone can file a complaint...

54. Not only can't Opri find work..... but what kind of work does a LYING, CHEAT AND THIEF DOES..... usually becomes attornies..... but now all of your theft is out for the world to see....

Posted at 7:21PM on Jun 28th 2007 by Opri can't find work!

55.

TMZ, TMZ, TMZ ----- please keep this guy out of our faces. we dont like him and we are tired of seeing him for no reason at all. so he has a dispute with his lawyer bill. PLEASE FILE IT ON PAGE 31 IN SMALL PRINT.

when he files wrongful suit against howard, please bring him back. that's news we can use!

Posted at 7:33PM on Jun 28th 2007 by NO MORE LARRY NEWS..PLLLLEEEAAASSSEEE....PLEASE....PLEASE!

56. I see this like giving your bank account number to a collection agency, and then you get pi$#ed and want to sue when they actually take your money. He signed a CONTRACT. He is an ADULT. It would be the same result for ANY of us. I'd like to see any judicial person side with Larry on this one. Judges/Lawyers are like doctors. They all stick together.

Of course Howard is behind this. That man has a spiteful streak about him. It's payback time.

Posted at 7:22PM on Jun 28th 2007 by jmo

57. Stealing all that money from a man going through sooooo much. Shame on Opri..... then blackmailing him when caught......

Get Lost Opri.....

Posted at 7:24PM on Jun 28th 2007 by DISBAR OPRI!

58. Finally! Larry is getting good, sound legal advise!!!

Listen, Opri did what she could, while on the case, but at the end of the day she's a bully, she's disrespectful, and unethical. This can land her in huge trouble with the Bar. And her it is KARMA!

Larry signed the fee/retainer agreement, and she didn't followed it up with a Pro-Bono amendment. So he might be in the hook for a bill. None the less, she messed up again - she thought he would be the little lamb she could manipulate, and she feels entitled because she was in the middle of everything... Inapropriate, unethical - she's a scam artist with good words, and th eknowledge of the loopholes. Instead she milked the puuppy, inflated a bill, and here she is....

SHE WILL LOSE THIS ONE! Oh that's right ....she's been losing a lot of everything lately....

KARMA!

Good luck Larry, and stay vigilant - "Howard 'The Coward' K. $tern is NEXT!

Posted at 7:25PM on Jun 28th 2007 by Barbo Garbo

59. Yes Larry, just GO! Take care of your legal issues privately like most people do. It's none of anyone else's business.

Posted at 7:26PM on Jun 28th 2007 by anonymous

60. Look at the picture of Brickhead.....................................he's partying his life away................................................Shame, shame.......You beautiful millions of dollars baby won't have you around to long......KIN-TUCK-E
Hillbilly..................................................

Posted at 7:26PM on Jun 28th 2007 by Gracie

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