Who is Larry Friedman?

Larry Friedman is a powerful attorney. He is not someone to get on the wrong side. 

The events that caused Jeff to get on Friedman's wrong side are simple but frightful. 

• Judge Furgeson who had the case for less then 72 hours, threatened Jeff (see hearing transcripts below).  The threats from the judge frightened Jeff's legal team and they quickly withdrew.  

 " THE COURT: You realize that order is an order of the Court. So any failure to comply with that order is contempt, punishable by lots of dollars, punishable by possible jail, death .

MR BELL: And death

   THE COURT: They do and I have jurisdiction, too. So I'll tell you what.... You want to challenge the court order, I have the marshals behind me. I can come to your house, pick you up, put you in jail. I can seize your property, do anything I need to do to enforce my orders. I'm telling you don't screw with me. You are a fool, a fool, a fool, a fool to screw with a federal judge, and if you don't understand that, I can make you understand it. I have the force of the Navy, Army, Marines and Navy behind me. 

THE COURT:  This is going on and on and on until Mr. Baron has nothing. I mean actually everything is depleted.  I gather that Mr. Baron is worth lots of money. But it may be that we sell  all the domain names. We may sell all of his stock. We may cash in all of his CD's, and we may seize all of his bank accounts
 

• Jeff had 6 hours to find another attorney.  Not a simple task.
• Larry Friedman agreed to represent Jeff for a 75k retainer. Mr Friedman promised Jeff he would personally handle the case. Jeff explained to Mr Friedman that the attorney he would be up against was very aggressive and that a Jr lawyer could not handle the hearing scheduled for the next morning.  Once Jeff signed that retainer and paid the fee, Mr Friedman left the room and brought in a Jr attorney to handle the case. Mr Friedman never appeared at the hearing.   
• The Jr attorney was out of his league.  Instead of working for his client,he sat on his hands and did nothing He insisted Jeff agree with all of the demands of the other side.
• At a temporary injunction hearing, again Mr Friedman was no where to be found but instead his Jr team was there.  Again, they did not interfere with the proceedings or object when Judge Furgeson ordered all business moneys to be divided 50% to Friedman's firm and 50% to Jeff's business associate's attorney.  This left NO money to run the business.
• Ondova, Jeff's company had to choice but to file for bankruptcy. This move brought the wrath of Mr Friedman upon Baron.  He saw he was loosing his Golden Calf. 
• Judge Furgeson ordered Friedman to pay for all professional fees required to investigate the Ondova/Netshpere claims but he would not comply with the judge.  
• Mr Friedman threatened Jeff several times with a tirade about  going to the judge to encourage Judge Furgeson to hold Jeff in contempt if Jeff would not bend over to Friedman's demands..  Jeff was unhappy with the way things were going with Friedman at the helm but had no choice..
• A bankruptcy attorney was needed. Jeff hired council.  However, Mr Friedman threatened again with contempt if Jeff did not fire his bankruptcy attorney and hire Mr Friedman's friend, Mr Pronske.
• Larry Friedman is a very prominent attorney in Dallas and carries a lot of weight in his professional circles.  His office is complete with metal detectors, private security, etc,.  What a guy