John Bolanovich and Bogin, Munns & Munns both offered some strange excuses for getting out of this case.

Bolanovich told the court he had moved on to another law firm, and his new job doesn't focus on this type of litigation. That seems kind of funny, since his bio at his new firm says that he does commercial litigation, and he even seems to note this case as one of his accomplishments! (although he doesn’t explicitly name it).

Rulon Munns said this week that his firm also asked to be released from the case because it doesn't have another attorney on staff that focuses on slander suits.

Indeed, you need a specialist to produce this masterpiece and this brilliance.

I spoke to Kevin Azzouz a few months ago, and he said that he would be firing his lawyers on this case. I believe Mr. Azzouz more than I believe his lawyers.

What I suspect really happened is that Veranda Partners finally realized that its lawyers made it look bad by filing this case, and they told them that they were all through. Now the challenge is for Veranda Partners to find a law firm willing to destroy its reputation by taking this suit.

Or they could just do the right thing and drop their claims against me.