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When it comes to the sexual expoitation of children, actions speak much more loudly than words. Will the adult industry take ACTION, and blackball this attorney who defends the sexual exploitation of children?




Whom an attorney takes or doesnt take on as a client is a personal/business decision, not a political one, absent a legal conflict of interest.

I would never fault Mr. Sirkin for choosing to defend anyone, even an accused producer of CP. And in no way should anyone blackball him or refuse to hire him. Lou Sirkin is one of this century's foremost First Amendment constitutional attorneys. He should be afforded the utmost respect. He has earned it.

I chose not to take the case based upon the fear of exactly what you are doing now -- villifying a member of the Bar for a difficult choice he made in defending someone that for the most part society abhors.

The case that was presented to me already made national news. I was about to cast my firm, on a national level, in its first high profile case, as one that defends CP. That was a business decision that did not make sense.

It was not a personal one. I will never moralize my clients.

Sorry I cannot support your position.






Points well taken, thank you for your insight.
As I pointed out earlier, Mr. Sirkins decision to defend this case will, in my opinion, cast as shadow over future cases. There are some things that are just wrong and CP and the sexual expoitation of children is one of them.

Mr. Sirkin is a great attorney, but as any attorney knows you have to ;ick your battles. I do not think this is a battle for one of the most noted ADULT biz attorneys. I think it will lessen his effectiveness, especially in the court of public opinion, which as we all know is very powerful. Then next time he has a high profile ADULT industry case I can see the news reports about the attorney who defended CHILDSUPERMODELS. It does the industry no favors for him to have taken this case. It gives the anti-porn whackos a good piece of ammunition to use against the industry.

And i agree with you about it being a buisness decision regarding which clients to take. In my opinion, this was a bad buisiness decision, that will come back to haunt not only Mr. Sirkin, but the entire industry as well.

Thank you for your insight pornlaw.