'L.A. Law' Actor Corbin Bernsen Sues Legal Marketing Firm For Divorcing Him

Jemal Countess/Getty Images Corbin Bernsen isn't an attorney he basically performed one on television. But around the eighties drama, L.A. Law, Bernsen performed the role of divorce attorney, Arnie Becker, so well, that for any generation of up-and-coming legal talent, Bernsen's Emmy-nominated work grew to become a job type of sorts for that glamorous lifestyle of lawyers in la-la land. Which might explain why he was employed last year -- 15 years after L.A. Law finished its run of recent episodes -- to become the compensated representative for Innovative Legal Marketing, a Virginia-based company providing you with marketing services for lawyers and lawyers. This relationship isn't ending nicely. In June, the organization informed Bernsen it wanted from its relationship. Now, Bernsen is suing the organization in excess of $668,000 for allegedly breaking its sponsorship deal. Based on the complaint filed on Friday in Virginia federal court, Bernsenwas engaged as the organization's representative last year and signed a five-year agreement to record marketing bulletins, make marketing looks, and become readily available for still photography periods. Bernsen was useful in helping sell lawyers on marketing assistance. Innovative allegedly decided to pay him $a million, having a $50,000 fee at the outset of every year and eleven equal monthly obligations of $13,636.36 every year from the agreement. For nearly 2 yrs, all was good, however in June, the controlling director of Innovative is stated to possess informed Bernsen the agreement had been ended since the campaign wasn't effective -- except in NY in which the title of Arnie Becker still holds some luster and also the advertisements would still run. After June, no obligations were allegedly designed to Bernsen. Now the organization that's marketing advertising there's help being prosecuted for breaking a marketing agreement by having an actor who accustomed to play the divorce lawyer. (Got that?) Bernsen claims that Innovative taken care of using his title and likeness and it is nowunjustly enriching itself. Innovative was not available for comment. Bernsen has been symbolized by J. Douglas Baldridge at Venable. Meanwhile, in other Corbin Bernsen news, the actor once founded a business known as Public Media Works, which began out like a production company focusing on niche audiences before morphing right into a DVD-rental-kiosk company (like Redbox). That company just declared personal bankruptcy. Bernsen hasn't been associated with the organization shortly, however, and is a touch bit irked that his title originates up upon news from the Chapter 11. Bernsen is busy on the tour marketing 25 Hill, a soapbox derby designed film. E-mail: eriqgardner@yahoo.com Twitter: @eriqgardner