BREAKING -- Zimmerman's lawyers PUBLICLY DISCLAIM him

[nashville_brook]

I don't know what this means WRT to the Special Prosecutor's impending announcement -- but the Orlando Sentinel is reporting that GZ's lawyers are no longer in contact with him, that they don't agree with his personally contacting the Special Prosecutor and that they would not have counseled him to go on Hannity.

If it turns out that the SP intends to press charges, this would seem to me to be a pre-arrest meltdown.
If it turns out the the SP intends NOT to press charges, this would seem to me to be fix-is-in bout of cockiness. I'm hoping and betting on the first option.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-04-10/news/os-trayvon-martin-zimmerman-press-conference-20120410_1_press-conference-attorney-cnn

Trayvon Martin: Attorneys say Zimmerman contacted prosecutor, Sean Hannity
6:35 p.m. EST, April 10, 2012|

By Jeff Weiner, Orlando Sentinel

The two men who have been George Zimmerman's most outspoken defenders, attorneys Hal Uhrig and Craig Sonner, said today that they're off the case. "On Sunday, we lost track of George, in that he would not return our calls," attorney Uhrig said. Said attorney Craig Sonner, "I've lost contact with him at this point."

The lawyers had been publicly representing Zimmerman, the Neighborhood Watch volunteer who fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, in the media as calls for his arrest continue to grow. But they said Tuesday that Zimmerman — who, they say, has left the state — has stopped answering their phone calls, and has made a series of decisions that the two lawyers would not have advised.

The lawyers said Zimmerman called Sean Hannity of Fox News without consulting them. He also called the special prosecutor in the case, something the attorneys said they'd never have told him to do. "We were a bit astonished," Uhrig said. He praised Special Prosecutor Angela Corey's office for declining to speak with Zimmerman without legal counsel.

Asked about Hannity's interactions with Zimmerman, a Fox News Channel spokeswoman said the issue "will be addressed on Hannity's show tonight." The show, "Hannity," airs at 9 p.m.

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That the SP declined to speak to GZ without legal counsel indicates that they're leaning toward charging him (edit to say, "IMHO&quot .

[rocktivity]

1. TRANSLATION: Zimmerman's lawyers HAVEN'T BEEN PAID by him

rocktivity

[grasswire]

3. that part is apparently true, according to the lawyer

George did not deliver to them the agreement to retain counsel and the promise to pay the retainer when/if the case goes to trial. It was supposed to be in the mail today. It didn't come. Then the lawyers bailed.

George has played them.

I wonder if he has gone rogue from his daddy, too.

[nashville_brook]

5. if the lawyers "bailed" they sure did it in a weird way -- by saying they'd still work with him

they're not a star team. they need GZ or else it's back to whatever non-televised casework they may (or may not have had) prior to GZ.

[RebelOne]

10. One of the lawyers said that they were working pro bono

until charges have been filed. I watched the news conference.

[nashville_brook]

4. watching the coverage on Last Word -- this isn't about the lawyers wanting $$

something is seriously wrong. he's not been charged. he's likely not in the country. there is a definite possibility that if, somehow, the SP comes back with charges, that he won't show.

plus, if GZ's daddy has anything to do with it i'm sure he could afford a legal team with more poise than these guys.

[former9thward]

2. These guys were never his lawyers.

The stepped into the case for the publicity. They never met with their client. You can't be a lawyer for someone in a case like this and not meet with them. It was all BS.

[demgrrrll]

6. They were not telling everything they know that's for sure. It felt like GZ had turned into

kryptonite. I would love to know what is really going on. I wonder if he set up the donation website to get traveling money

[nashville_brook]

8. very odd b/c they also seemed to be hoping he'd reconsider and call them

[nashville_brook]

7. Casey Anthony lawyer, Jose Baez and others rip GZ ex-lawyer's presser -- "trainwreck"

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2012/04/jose-baez-others-rip-george-zimmermans-ex-attorneys.html

Jose Baez, others rip George Zimmerman’s ex-attorneys

George Zimmerman’s former attorneys were getting nasty reviews for their performance at a strange news conference Tuesday.

Even Jose Baez, who represented Casey Anthony, castigated lawyers Hal Uhrig and Craig Sonner.

“It’s unbelievable that you would get on television and talk about your client’s mental state,” Baez told CNN’s Anderson Cooper. “It’s reprehensible.”

Attorney Mark Geragos, another guest on “Anderson Cooper 360,” asked Baez: “Jose, what do they have in the water down there in Florida? I don’t understand what they’re doing. This is just absolutely the worst thing I think I can remember seeing any lawyer do in regards to their client. I thought some of the previous interviews were train wrecks. Those things were toy cars compared to what this is.”

[Festivito]

9. They quit, according to local news in Detroit.

No mention of them not getting phone calls returned.