However, I only watched about 4 – 6 minutes just the introduction by Allred and a few comments by Allred about her client Sharon Bialek when across the bottom of the screen came the announcement that the Dr. Conrad Murray verdict was in regarding the death of Michael Jackson. Once again bad timing for Allred, seems there was another crises like this that was bad timing once before for her, but I don’t remember that now, or who it was.

I remember that GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain had scheduled a news conference for his denial and I had better things to do…. but then the Google alerts began to come in…. and with those the name L. Lin Wood Jr. I perked up and for those of you who are behind in the world of politics he said, she said, he said, and piling on candidates, often eating their own; I wanted to know what was going on to pull in two attorneys not normally found in any cases together.

Here is L. Lin Wood’s prelude to Hermain Cain’s press conference:

Well the confidence exuded from Wood for those five minutes. And for legal junkies like myself that was worth taking note about.

Of all of the articles out there the one I like the best was from the Catholic Online by By Keith A Fournier.

Fournier summed it up perfectly:

As a Constitutional Lawyer, it was the first part of the Conference which sent the signal I was watching for. Herman Cain is going to aggressively fight these allegations. In fact, he is very, very serious about it. Let me explain the story behind the story which few in the media are covering adequately.

When I saw high Profile Lawyer, L. Lin Wood Jr. step out on the platform – and then step up confidently to the podium – I knew what was going to follow. Not only in the ensuing Press Conference but in this entire matter as it continues to unfold over the coming weeks. This is a war, and Herman Cain has just recruited a General..

L. Lin Woods is a powerhouse Libel and defamation lawyer with an earned expertise in the intersection between the First Amendment to the Constitution and the right of all citizens to protect their reputation. He is no stranger to representing high profile clients – it has made him a wealthy man and earned him the reputation of being a “lawyer’s lawyer”. He is highly respected in the legal community because of his track record. He is very good at what he does.

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“Wood’s appearance speaks loudly for those who can read the legal tea leaves. He gave a strong and clear defense of Herman Cain before the microphone revealing his advocacy skills. He told the reporters, “I have represented people who were victims of false accusation, on trial in the Court of Public opinion.”

Indeed he has; he is the expert in this field. He told an interviewer in 2005 “I believe that courts, since the 1964 decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, have steadily eroded the ability of individuals and entities to redress false attacks on reputation by overemphasizing the need to safeguard First Amendment rights.”

Wood’s appearance speaks loudly for those who can read the legal tea leaves. He gave a strong and clear defense of Herman Cain before the microphone revealing his advocacy skills. He told the reporters, “I have represented people who were victims of false accusation, on trial in the Court of Public opinion.”

L. Lin Wood, Esq. is a heavyweight fighter who boxes with words. He understands the necessary balance between the First Amendment’s protection of a Free Press and the right of even public figures to protect their reputations from false accusations. He is the kind of lawyer we in the profession call a “dog with a bone.” He is competent, persistent, aggressive and willing to do battle. He is the real story behind the story in this Herman Cain Press Conference.

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However, the story behind the story is that Herman Cain intends to fight these allegations aggressively and continue his candidacy for the Republican nomination. He has hired one of the best libel and defamation lawyers in the Nation. Watch as L Lin Woods steps into the ring. This entire event is far from over, the bell has just sounded for round one.

So it is over, up steps Lin Wood and the four women fold???? Not on your life, Gloria Allred is not to be deter by Wood. She was back on this morning with her client Bialek “suggesting today, Wednesday, that the presidential contender was lying yesterday when he said he doesn’t remember Bialek.”

So now we have the first real shot across the bow and a declaration of perhaps a war in words or actions soon to follow.

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