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	Marvin Mitchelson, 76; was divorce attorney for the stars - The Boston Globe
		Mitchelson began practicing law in 1957 and first gained national attention in 1963, when he won a landmark US Supreme Court decision guaranteeing attorneys for indigent people appealing previous court rulings.
		Mitchelson won her right to bring the lawsuit and would say later that the day she was allowed into court was the day marriage and family law changed forever.
		Mitchelson was the youngest of three children and the only son of a Ukrainian immigrant mother and Polish immigrant father who was a painter and paperhanger.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/09/20/marvin_mitchelson_76_was_divorce_attorney_for_the_stars (757 words)

	Go For Law - Legal Article: Palimony
		Marvin, celebrity divorce attorney Marvin Mitchelson argued that his client, plaintiff Michelle Marvin and her ex-boyfriend, actor Lee Marvin, had orally agreed to pool their earnings together and share equally any and all property accumulated during their relationship, in exchange for Michelle render[ing] her services as a companion, homemaker, housekeeper and cook.
		These Marvin claims, as they are often called, require that one party has given valid consideration (e.g., rendering domestic services or something of value other than mere sex), which shows that the agreement between the couple was legally valid and therefore enforceable.
		A Marvin claim must be filed in a separate civil action from the divorce proceedings, although the two may later be consolidated.
	www.goforlaw.com /Legal_Article-Palimony.htm (930 words)

	Divorce Lawyer Marvin Mitchelson Dies - MSNBC Wire Services - MSNBC.com
		In that case, Mitchelson won a $104,000 award for Michelle Triola Marvin, the live-in lover of actor Lee Marvin.
		Mitchelson fought for and won her right to bring the lawsuit and would say later that the day she was allowed into court was the day marriage and family law changed forever.
		Mitchelson's life and career, however, took a dive in 1993, when he was convicted and jailed for evading taxes on some $2 million in income.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6048751 (533 words)

	Marvin Mitchelson
		Mitchelson is, however, much more known for being "divorce lawyer for the stars", among them Zsa Zsa Gabor, Tony Curtis, Marlon Brando's ex, Robert De Niro, Mick Jagger, Carl Sagan, Andrew Dice Clay's ex, Mike Tyson, and Hugh Hefner.
		In a very prominent case he represented Michelle Triola, Lee Marvin's live-in, who sued him for palimony after cohabiting with the actor for six years, in Marvin v.
		While famous for divorce cases, Mitchelson was married 45 years until his death from cancer in September 2004.
	www.nndb.com /people/269/000023200 (180 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Marvin Mitchelson Dies; Pioneered 'Palimony'
		Mitchelson filed Triola Marvin's breach-of-contract lawsuit, a Superior Court judge rejected the case in 1973, and 19 months later a California appeals court affirmed the dismissal.
		Mitchelson successfully argued a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that, along with another case, led to landmark decisions guaranteeing indigents the right to counsel at the trial court level and for appeals.
		Mitchelson's life and career took a dive in 1993, when he was convicted and jailed for evading taxes on $2 million in income.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A37139-2004Sep20?language=printer (624 words)

	CNNSI.com - Inside Game - Lester Munson - Holding Court - SI's Lester Munson: Justice's woes extend off the ...
		For her palimony action, Foster hired Marvin Mitchelson, the 73-year-old L.A. lawyer who is credited with having invented palimony in the celebrated 1976 case involving the since deceased actor Lee Marvin and his longtime girlfriend, Michelle Triola.
		Mitchelson spent two years in federal prison in the mid-90s and was readmitted to the bar in May of 2000.
		Mitchelson then filed an identical claim in federal court in Los Angeles; the federal judge presiding over the case has also ordered him to "show cause" as to why the case should not be heard back in Ohio.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /inside_game/lester_munson/news/2001/11/02/holding_court (823 words)

	Blog of Death: Marvin M. Mitchelson
		Marvin Morris Mitchelson, a divorce lawyer for the rich and famous, died on Sept. 18 of cancer.
		Marvin case led to the coining of the phrase "palimony." Triola eventually won a judgment for $104,000, but the state appeals court later overturned it.
		Mitchelson was married to the same woman for 45 years.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/001164.html (397 words)

	Marvin Harris - Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Terry Harris, Kevin McGilton and Marvin Baden, all of Stuttgart, were part of a delegation of U.S. rice industry members led by the USA Rice Federation that met with officials of the Iraqi Grain Board to re-establish trade.(Business Briefs)(Brief Article)
		Marvin Andrews is the preacher man whose faith told him to spurn the Premiership and join lowly Raith.
		This is Marvin Harrison: the Colts' wide receiver lacks flash but no one better combines talent, hard work, remarkable concentration and an uncanny ability to be at the right place at the right time.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Harris-M.html (572 words)

	Divorce Lawyer Marvin Mitchelson Dies - General - RedOrbit
		In the 1980s, Mitchelson represented actor Lee Marvin's live-in girlfriend, Michelle Triola, who sued Marvin for palimony, which Mitchelson often quipped was "a commitment with no rings attached," Presten said.
		Mitchelson first gained national attention in 1963 when he won a U.S. Supreme Court decision guaranteeing attorneys for indigent people appealing previous court rulings.
		Mitchelson is survived by his wife, a son and a sister.
	www.redorbit.com /news/general/87331/divorce_lawyer_marvin_mitchelson_dies/index.html (410 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| Obituary: Marvin Mitchelson
		Mitchelson's lifestyle was a glamorous as that of his famous clients, but he spectacularly fell to earth in 1996 when he was jailed for tax evasion.
		Strangely enough for Marvin Mitchelson it was Marvin vs Marvin: a case brought against the film actor, Lee Marvin, by his former live-in lover, Michelle Triola Marvin.
		Marvin Mitchelson's own domestic arrangements, unlike those of many of his clients, were happy and settled.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/3676038.stm (565 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Marvin Mitchelson, divorce attorney to the stars, dies at 76
		LOS ANGELES – Marvin M. Mitchelson, a divorce attorney to the stars, often joked that he was a poor example for his clients: He was happily married for 45 years.
		Mitchelson fought for and won her right to bring the lawsuit and would say later that the day she was allowed into court was the day marriage and family law changed forever.
		Mitchelson's life and career, however, took a dive in 1993, when he was convicted and jailed for evading taxes on some $2 million in income.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20040920-0254-obit-mitchelson.html (514 words)

	bardachreports
		Mitchelson says he subpoenaed 43 witnesses and, according to a source familiar with the case, told Mason's lawyers that he was prepared to disclose in the courtroom and in depositions available to the media private sexual matters that might embarrass James Mason.
		MITCHELSON SAYS that in his 31 year legal career "only recently, and I mean recently, are these people (his critics and accusers) coming out of the woodwork." However, interviews with some former clients, friends and associates of Mitchelson reveal a pattern of questionable financial and ethical behavior by Mitchelson.
		However, Mitchelson felt that because he had been successful in breaking "an irrevocable trust" held by her husband, he was entitled to an additional fee of $750,000, according to a complaint Grant filed in L.A. Superior Court in October, 1974.
	www.bardachreports.com /articles/la_19881009.html (5273 words)

	Palimony Law, Cary Goldstein, California Attorney at Law \| About Palimony
		Marvin, celebrity divorce attorney Marvin Mitchelson argued that his client, plaintiff Michelle Marvin and her ex-boyfriend, actor Lee Marvin, had orally agreed to pool their earnings together and share equally any and all property accumulated during their relationship, in exchange for Michelle render[ing] her services as a companion, homemaker, housekeeper and cook.
		These Marvin claims, as they are often called, require that one party has given valid consideration (e.g., rendering domestic services or something of value other than mere sex), which shows that the agreement between the couple was legally valid and therefore enforceable.
		A Marvin claim must be filed in a separate civil action from the divorce proceedings, although the two may later be consolidated.
	www.palimony90210.net /AboutPalimony.shtml (679 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: News :: No Return
		Mitchelson's forte, in other words, is legal derring-do, and he recently sounded his call to arms again in an eyebrow-raising sex case involving a female Harvard professor.
		Mitchelson's client is Lee Perry '64, an assistant professor of Education who has been teaching psychology and counseling at the Graduate School of Education for five years.
		In Mitchelson's words, her million-dollar suit says, in effect: "I lost a baby because you deceived me, you lied to me." At 38, Perry may well be too old to bear her first child, according to her attorney, who says having her own child has always been one of the psychologist's major desires.
	www.thecrimson.com /printerfriendly.aspx?ref=233888 (628 words)

	Marvin Mitchelson - Independent Online Edition > Obituaries
		By 1963 Mitchelson had gained national fame when he went to Washington to argue before the US Supreme Court in an appeal that led to a historic judgment granting needy defendants the right to paid legal counsel at their trials and subsequent appeals.
		Mitchelson had agreed to represent the talk-show hostess Pamela Mason, then seeking a divorce from James Mason, who was at the height of his career.
		But in 1976 Mitchelson won the war, as California's Supreme Court acknowledged the concept of "palimony" settlements for spouses in what Mitchelson used to joke were "marriages with no rings attached".
	news.independent.co.uk /people/obituaries/article39272.ece (925 words)

	Marvin Mitchelson Wins Suit Involving Accusation of Rape - New York Times (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A Superior Court jury has returned a verdict in favor of the well-known divorce lawyer Marvin Mitchelson in a $7 million civil suit filed by a woman who accused him of raping her.
		Mitchelson, 61, had raped her three times at his Los Angeles office in 1981 while she was a client.
		Mitchelson when she made a complaint to them years later.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE3DC133AF930A35755C0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print (198 words)

	USATODAY.com - Marvin Mitchelson, divorce attorney to the stars, dies at 76
		Mitchelson prepared 28 prenuptial agreements for the family of John McCone, head of the Central Intelligence Agency in the early 1970s.
		Mitchelson first gained national attention in 1963 when he won a U.S. Supreme Court decision guaranteeing attorneys for indigent people appealing previous court rulings.
		Mitchelson is survived by his wife, a son and a sister.
	www.usatoday.com /life/people/2004-09-19-mitchelson_x.htm (483 words)

	Marvin Mitchelson
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		Marvin Mitchelson (May 7, 1928 - September 18, 2004 in Beverly Hills, California) was a celebrity lawyer who pioneered the concept of palimony, calling it "marriage with no rings attached." Mitchelson earned a B.A. from UCLA and his J.D. from Southwestern University, and was admitted to the California Bar on June 4, 1957.
	www.spock.com /Marvin-Mitchelson (133 words)

	Attorney Marvin Mitchelson
		Marvin Mitchelson, the Hollywood divorce lawyer who parlayed the concept of "palimony" settlements for unmarried partners into a successful career representing celebrities, becoming a celebrity himself, died Saturday night in Los Angeles.
		Mitchelson won large settlements, successfully argued a case before the California Supreme Court and spent time in prison for tax evasion.
		Mitchelson found fame and later fortune when he represented Michelle Triola Marvin, the longtime girlfriend of the actor Lee Marvin, who sued for part of Marvin's $3.6 million fortune after the couple split up.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/09/21/BAG2I8S5PB1.DTL (409 words)

	Palimony Lawyer for "Palimony" Disputes
		The most famous "palimony" lawyer of all time was the late Marvin Mitchelson (the lawyer who actually coined the word "palimony").
		Laskin had the privilege of litigating two different palimony cases against Mr.
		Having experience in both bringing and defending Marvin cases gives his clients the advantage of his valuable insight into what the "other side" is likely thinking and what strategy and tactics will likely be encountered.
	www.jlaskin.com /palimony.htm (170 words)

	Alimony - News - Times Topics - The New York Times
		Marvin Mitchelson, Father Of Palimony, Is Dead at 76
		A successful divorce lawyer, Marvin M. Mitchelson represented scores of Hollywood clients in high-profile, big-money marital disputes.
		Sam Margulies, a professional mediator, explains how men can have kinder, gentler divorces.
	topics.nytimes.com /top/reference/timestopics/subjects/a/alimony (573 words)

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