Jeff Herman has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, Forbes, People, and New York magazine and is a contributor to The O'Reilly Factor, MSNBC, and CNN.
22 Facts About Jeff Herman
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Jeff Herman has represented clients against public figures, including financier Jeffrey Epstein, puppeteer Kevin Clash, and director Bryan Singer.
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In one case during this period, in 1995, Jeff Herman successfully represented Robin Elkins, a saxophonist who had patented a means of storing and retrieving bits of sound on a computer, a technology that led to electronic voice mail.
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Jeff Herman credited the shift to a search for meaning that has been fulfilled by seeking justice for victims of abuse.
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Jeff Herman was able to pull Guichard off of the brother just before police arrived on the scene.
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In 2006, Jeff Herman represented an alleged victim of Anthony Mercieca, the priest accused of molesting US congressman Mark Foley.
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That same year, Jeff Herman represented the victims of Rabbi Joel Kolko, who was accused of molesting multiple young students of his yeshiva.
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In 2007, Jeff Herman represented the alleged victim of Don Walk, the former Miami Dolphins team chaplain.
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In 2011, Jeff Herman won a $100 million verdict for a victim of Father Neil Doherty, a priest of the Archdiocese of Miami accused of drugging and raping church youths.
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Jeff Herman filed a civil suit alleging that the victims were as young as 14 years old when they were brought to Epstein's mansion to perform erotic massages.
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Jeff Herman filed lawsuits on behalf of two plaintiffs against X-Men director, Bryan Singer, the first in 2014, and the second in 2017.
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Jeff Herman withdrew from representing Egan, and he and another former attorney of Egan's, Mark Gallagher, wrote letters of apology to Ancier and Neuman.
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Jeff Herman's letter stated that he had learned that he had "participated in making what I now know to be untrue and proveably false allegations"; accompanying the letters were an undisclosed seven-figure sum.
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Advocates for various defendants sued by clients represented by Jeff Herman have complained that Jeff Herman has sought personal publicity through his cases.
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In 2015, Bryan Singer's attorney criticized Jeff Herman for holding a press conference regarding that case, accusing Jeff Herman of "seeking to get his 15 minutes of fame" and saying "Attorneys who try cases don't hold press conferences".
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Entertainment lawyer Jonathan Handel, who wrote a number of articles about Singer, wrote in a 2017 piece in The Hollywood Reporter that Jeff Herman was disciplined for two incidents of misconduct involving dishonesty, including a 1998 incident in which an Oregon District Court had reportedly barred Jeff Herman permanently from his courtroom following findings of alleged misrepresentations and dishonesty.
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Handel wrote that between 2014 and 2017, Jeff Herman was the debtor in four federal tax liens, and that two major banks had filed claims against the attorney for credit due and foreclosure.
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In 2013, Jeff Herman was named "Child Advocate of the Year" by KidSafe Foundation during their 4th Annual Fundraiser.
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Jeff Herman has been referred to in the media as the "Dark Knight", fighting for the most vulnerable victims.
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In 2008, the Miami Herald profiled Jeff Herman and reported on his greatest weakness: red meat.
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Jeff Herman has a favorite steakhouse in every city, never deviating from his order of a medium rare New York strip and a side salad.
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Jeff Herman is an avid collector of wine and single malt scotch.