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One of America’s top defense attorneys was deemed too controversial to host an event for President Obama, according to newly surfaced emails, mainly because of one particular client – a jet-setting billionaire accused of trafficking underage girls, who also happens to be close friends with Bill Clinton. Famed attorney Roy Black, 71, represented Jeffrey Epstein, 63, a Palm Beach finance mogul accused of trafficking for himself and his powerful friends nearly three-dozen underage girls for sex. Black, and his co-counsel Alan Dershowitz, secured a remarkable deal in 2008 in which Epstein pleaded guilty to one count related to prostitution with...

MIAMI, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Roy Black, Rush Limbaugh's attorney, issued the following statement today in response to several inquiries by the media: While going through routine Customs inspection of luggage at Palm Beach International Airport upon his return from an international trip, Rush Limbaugh was detained by customs agents after they noticed a non-narcotic prescription drug, which had been prescribed by Mr. Limbaugh's treating physician but labeled as being issued to the physician rather than Mr. Limbaugh for privacy purposes. After a brief interview, Mr. Limbaugh was permitted to continue on his journey.

This just in, from Yahoo! NEWS: Press Release Source: Rush Limbaugh Reports Stating Rush Limbaugh Was Arrested Are Inaccurate; Limbaugh's Attorney Holds Press Conference at 8:00 pm TonightFriday April 28, 7:55 pm ET WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- A spokesman for Rush Limbaugh said some news reports that state Mr. Limbaugh was arrested are inaccurate. Separately, Rush Limbaugh's attorney, Roy Black will hold a press conference at 8:00 pm this evening at the Marriott Hotel at 1001 Okeechobbee Road in West Palm Beach, Florida. Mr. Black will discuss the agreement reached today with the State Attorney's Office...

Settlement Agreement Ends State Investigation of Rush Limbaugh April 28, 2006 Palm Beach, FL – April 28, 2006 – In response to media and other inquiries, Roy Black, Rush Limbaugh's attorney, released the following statement today concerning a settlement agreement with the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office to end the investigation of Mr. Limbaugh: "I am pleased to announce that the State Attorney's Office and Mr. Limbaugh have reached an agreement whereby a single count charge of doctor shopping filed today by the State Attorney will be dismissed in 18 months. As a primary condition of the dismissal, Mr....

<p>Rush Limbaugh's attorney has issued a statement announcing a settlement of the Florida prosecutor's investigation into alleged doctor shopping by Rush Limbaugh.</p> <p>Details have been read by Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh. Basically, the charge of doctor shopping is dismissed, with some conditions.</p>

As announced by Rush on his show, his attorney Roy Black will appear on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer on CNN tonight during the 7-8pm ET hour. He will explain the recent court decision. The decision was actually favorable to Rush, however, some folks in the media have attempted to diminish this.

As a conservative, and back in 1988, while working as a college professor at a college where conservatives were ignorant slime who should hide under rocks, I heard Rush Limbaugh for the first time, and realized I was not alone. Over the years, his has been the one voice that has always sustained me, and, once in a while, has moved me to tears as he eloquently championed the hope and spirit of America and of her true heroes. As his leftist, hate-America, critics tried to shut him up, first by demonizing him, then by subsidizing his radio competitors and...

MIAMI, Dec 12, 2005 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Roy Black, Rush Limbaugh's attorney, issued the following statement regarding Judge David F. Crow's decision today prohibiting prosecutors from asking the talk show host's doctors about his medical treatment and condition or information he shared with his doctors during his care and treatment. Judge Crow's ruling upholds our argument that the State cannot breach doctor-patient confidentiality just because it has obtained some medical records, and thus the state cannot ask the doctors its questions posed to the court during the hearing. Judge Crow's decision prohibits the State from questioning Mr. Limbaugh's physicians...

It has been more than two years since news first broke that Rush Limbaugh had an addiction to painkillers. That news led to a criminal investigation of Limbaugh by Palm Beach County State Attorney Barry Krischer, who in December 2003 leaked to the media that his office had uncovered evidence of 10 felony counts, including "doctor shopping," money laundering and drug trafficking. Despite the sensational allegations, no charges have been brought. Worse, in the latest round between the State Attorney's office and Limbaugh, Assistant State Attorney James Martz made a startling admission in open court on Tuesday as he sought...

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. - Producer David E. Kelley, creator of such shows as Boston Legal, Ally McBeal, Picket Fences and L.A. Law, has never made it a secret: He detests unscripted television. In a 2003 episode of The Practice, he wrote a story about a reality TV-obsessed woman who kidnaps CBS chief Leslie Moonves so she can get on the air. So it's a surprise to find him as one of the makers of The Law Firm (8 tonight, NBC/Channel 2). In The Law Firm, 12 young lawyers are divided into two teams. Half will be prosecutors, half will be...

Now, ladies and gentlemen, before we get into the sterling and wonderful debate analysis that I have for you, let me address a bit of news involving me today. About 10:30 morning, the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Florida ruled that my medical records were legally seized by the state attorney's office here in Palm Beach County by search warrant. As you know, we appealed that seizure on the basis that the Florida legislature and the Florida Constitution. The legislature's history and the constitution here's right to privacy forbad a seizure by search warrant of medical records that instead...

MIAMI, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Stating that Rush Limbaugh should not have to give up his rights to privacy to prove his innocence, attorney Roy Black said today that he would immediately appeal to overturn today's decision by a two-judge majority of a three-judge panel from the state's Fourth District Court of Appeal. "We strongly disagree with the decision of the Court majority because it does not recognize a patient's right to medical privacy that the U.S. Congress, the Florida Legislature and the citizens of Florida have granted to patients such as Mr. Limbaugh, who has not even been charged...

Rush's Attorney Roy Black to Appear on CNN's Wolf Blitzer Reports: Wednesday, 5PM ET

  State attorney rips Bar over ethics flap By John Pacenti, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Saturday, January 31, 2004 WEST PALM BEACH -- One day after taking on the Florida attorney general, State Attorney Barry Krischer blasted the Florida Bar on Friday for questioning his office's integrity. Krischer's ire was raised because of letters sent by the Bar and the attorney general's office regarding Krischer's release of plea negotiations in the Rush Limbaugh prescription drug fraud case. Attorney General Charlie Crist and Florida Bar President Miles McGrane III said this week Krischer's office misrepresented advice given to it. The...

  Krischer: Limbaugh probe hurt by state By John Pacenti, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Friday, January 30, 2004 WEST PALM BEACH -- State Attorney Barry Krischer on Thursday accused Attorney General Charlie Crist's office of trying to impede the Rush Limbaugh prescription fraud investigation for political reasons. Krischer expected Crist's office to file the state's response to Limbaugh's appeal of a decision to unseal the commentator's medical records in the prescription fraud case. Crist's office pulled out of the appeal one hour before a Jan. 12 deadline imposed by the appeals court, said Mike Edmondson, a spokesman for Krischer's...

Limbaugh's pill use not extraordinary, lawyer says BY DANIEL de VISE ddevise@herald.com Rush Limbaugh's attorney mounted an offensive Monday, accusing Palm Beach County prosecutors of smear tactics and likening his client to any ordinary American with chronic pain. ''This nation is full of people who take medication every day and will do so for the rest of their lives,'' said Roy Black, speaking in a news conference in Miami. Discussing the prescription-drug abuse allegations in unprecedented detail, Black reasoned that the quantity of medicine Limbaugh is accused of ingesting -- 1,800 pills in 210 days -- works out to roughly...

Pro, con Limbaugh e-mails released By Peter Franceschina Staff Writer Posted January 24 2004 Palm Beach County prosecutors have been flooded with a torrent of e-mails since their investigation into Rush Limbaugh's prescription drug use first became public in early October. Hundreds of impassioned viewpoints from all over the country were among documents prosecutors released Friday in response to a request made by a conservative public-interest law firm for all public records in the case.

Palm Beach State Attorney’s Office Dances Atop Their SUV, Releases Confidential Correspondence Roy Black Comments on the State's Release of Confidential Correspondence Miami, FL – January 23, 2004 – Roy Black, attorney for Rush Limbaugh, issued the following statement today regarding confidential correspondence that was released to the media by Palm Beach State Attorney Barry Krischer. “My letter to Mr. Krischer regarding Mr. Limbaugh’s case asked that Mr. Limbaugh be afforded the treatment anyone else would receive. The State's response was preposterous, but consistent with their double standard in this case. The facts are: Mr. Limbaugh went to these doctors...

"Scarborough Country" Thursday, 1-15-04, 10:00 to 10:30pm EDT. Transcribed by me from my personal audiotape: Host: Joe Scarborough: "[Garbled] Rush Limbaugh's attorney, Roy Black, joins us for his first primetime interview on Rush's legal battle. Roy is also an NBC analyst. Thanks for being here, Roy." Guest: Attorney, Roy Black: "That's my pleasure, Joe." Scarborough: "I want to begin, now we've heard over the last couple of months that Rush Limbaugh was involved in a drug ring, he was involved in laundering money, he's been doctor shopping, buying boxes of pills from his maid in a parking lot, and on...

If you missed the interview last night with Roy Black, attorney for Rush Limbaugh, go to Rush's website and listen. Mr.Black mentions that the State Attorney has continued to harass Rush due to volumns of email and letters they have received from "concerned" citizens who want something done about Rush! There is no there there. They are being urged to continue to try and find something to pin on Rush through the urging of the DNC! If you are so inclined, call, write, fax or email the office and let them know how you feel about the railroad job of...