10/25/99
- Sunday, October 31st, Geoff and his clients the Shoels family, were on
the cover and featured in the New York Times Sunday Magazine. Read
the article here
On
Sunday, November 7th, Geoff was be interviewed on the 60 Minutes television
show along with Nate Abraham and others regarding the Michigan
vs. Abraham case which is on trial right now.
10/27/99 - Michael Schwartz,
one of Geoff's partners, wrote this letter to the editor of the Michigan
Lawyers Weekly in Geoff's defense - Using
Bar Dues To Limit Free Speech 'Despicable'
10/5/99 - Monday, the parents
of another slain student asked Attorney General Janet Reno for a federal
investigation of their son's killing. Vonda and Michael Shoels
presented a letter to Reno in Denver saying they believe Isaiah Shoels
was the victim of a hate crime conspiracy.
Students said they heard
one of the gunmen yell ``there's a nigger over here'' after spotting Isaiah
Shoels hiding under a table. The gunman shot the black senior
in the head.
The Shoels family also filed
court papers defending their right to hire Michigan attorney Geoffrey Fieger,
who has defended Dr. Jack Kevorkian, to sue the gunmen's parents.
The parents had objected to Fieger's hiring.
9/24/99 - AP Newswire
/ Gunman's parents want to keep Fieger out of Columbine shooting case
The parents of Columbine
High School gunman Eric Harris are trying to stop high-profile Michigan
lawyer Geoffrey Fieger from handling the wrongful-death lawsuit against
them. The family of slain student Isaiah Shoels lodged the
suit in Denver District Court in May.
In a motion filed Thursday,
the Harrises claimed Fieger should be kept out of the case because, they
said, he and local counsel Jack Beam tried to prejudice a future jury by
distorting facts of the case and making accusations of racism.
The motion also says Fieger
should not have told reporters he is seeking $250 million, 1,000 times
the $250,000 maximum set by Colorado state law.
A separate motion seeks to
put the lawsuit on hold until 90 days after authorities finish their criminal
investigation of the April 20 massacre. Investigators say that
could happen in November.
Earlier this week, the Harrises
filed papers to move the case from Denver to Jefferson County, where Harris
and Dylan Klebold attacked their school on April 20, killing 12 students
and a teacher before committing suicide.
9/24/99 -
Fieger angrily called Thursday's court motion by Eric Harris' parents a
"beyond offensive" bid to manipulate the judicial system. "These
parents are accused of negligence with regard to the slaughter of my clients'
child, and now they're trying to take away their attorney.
It would be laughable if it wasn't so reprehensible. How could
any of my statements be compared to the avalanche of coverage" the mass
killing generated. "Even if (the Harrises' claim) is true,
you can't fire me from being the attorney" for the Shoelses, he said.
9/13/99 - Detroit News
/ Fieger may skip Senate bid for TV
Fieger is preparing to sign
a contract with Big Ticket Television, a Los Angeles-based syndicator that
produces Judge Judy and Judge Joe Brown, for a nationally syndicated lawyer
talk show, Fieger said. "They haven't written it, so we don't
know the details of the format, but essentially it would be me just ranting,"
Fieger said. A pilot is to be filmed in Spring 2000.
If all goes according to plan, the show would begin airing next June.
If it makes it to the air,
Fieger added, he would have to abandon his lucrative law practice in Southfield
for three months a year. It would also mean, he said, that "I probably
could not run" against incumbent Republican Senator Spencer Abraham next
year." Fieger said he was cooling on the race, anyhow. "I don't
want to be one of 100," he said. "And if I'm convinced that (Lansing Congresswoman)
Debbie Stabenow can beat Spencer Abraham, I'm out of it. Actually,
I'm leaning more to running for governor in the year 2002."
9/16/99 - A book deal
is being negotiated. Reportedly the book would be about various
court cases, and how he picks them.
Appeal reverses malpractice
award... Fieger fights back - Aug. 1999
The Court of Appeals dismissed
a $15 million judgment against an Oakland County hospital for failure to
properly treat a Sterling Heights man who ended up losing his fingers,
thumbs and legs below the knees. The three-judge panel also lambasted Fieger
who convinced an Oakland County jury in 1997 to award the $15 million to
his client. Judges blasted Fieger's courtroom conduct and dismissed
the judgment claiming that Fieger failed to present substantial, legally
sufficient evidence to establish that his client suffered from cardiogenic
shock, the sole claim on which defendant's negligence was predicted.
Fieger held a news conference
from his office and accused Gov. Engler of influencing the three appeals
court judges because Engler favors hospitals and doctors over people with
legitimate malpractice claims such as his client in the overturned case.
Fieger threatened to sue the three appellate judges and file complaints
against them with the state Judicial Tenure Commission. He
said he plans to appeal the ruling to the state Supreme Court.
The Board of Commissioners meets on Sept. 17, look for an update then.
Lansing Bureau reporters
- 7/5/99
"Wealthy attorney Geoffrey
Fieger wins multimillion dollar legal judgments, dropped more than $5 million
of his money on a spirited but unsuccessful 1998 gubernatorial campaign
and says he's prepared to spend even more if he runs for U.S. Senate.
But he came up $20 short on a bid for a collection of ex-Gov. William Milliken
political memorabilia at a recent silent auction to benefit the Leelanau
Historical Museum. Fieger bid $300 and let it be known he planned
to win. But he was either distracted, or left, and lost out
to a late bid of $320 by Gary Hoensheid, a local salesman.
