13h 30min, may 15, 2019 y - MEDIA
Johnny Depp’s
Ex-Lawyers
Jacob Bloom
Alan Hergott
Retiring
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Attorneys Jake Bloom and Alan Hergott have announced they are retiring from their namesake law firm, while still embroiled in litigation with former client Johnny Depp.
Bloom has represented stars like Nicolas Cage, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jason Statham, among many others in a long career in Hollywood. Hergott represented Brad Pitt, Kathleen Kennedy, Russell Crowe.
The pair typically did their work without a lot of fanfare or press attention, but in the last year and a half they have been in a very public dispute with Depp. Depp has accused the firm of mishandling various matters, including his divorce from actress Amber Heard, and alleges that the firm improperly took millions of dollars in fees.
Depp was involved in a similar dispute with The Management Group, his former management company. But while that case ended in a settlement, the battle with Bloom’s firm has dragged on. In August 2018, an L.A. Superior Court judge handed Depp a significant victory, refusing to dismiss the case and chastising the firm for relying on an unwritten agreement with the star.
“Today, Bloom Hergott fulfilled their lawyers’ previous threat to evade their liability to Johnny Depp by shutting down the firm and reconstituting it. We will see whatever firm they want to bring to the court soon,” Depp’s attorney Adam Waldman said.
The case is currently set to go to trial in September, but the firm recently asked to postpone it until March 2020.
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