Bloomberg Law
Feb. 23, 2017, 3:01 PM UTC

Shkreli’s ‘Tornado of Chaos’ Has His Ex-Lawyer Running for Cover

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By Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg News

What’s almost as bad being dubbed the “Most Hated Man in America?” How about being the guy who has to go on trial with him?

Martin Shkreli’s former lawyer, Evan Greebel, is doing all he can to distance himself from the brash former pharmaceutical executive, most recently begging a judge to try him separately on a securities-fraud charge.

Shkreli’s notorious antics have created “a bizarre one-of- a-kind spectacle” — designed to win an acquittal like O.J. Simpson — but might ultimately sink Greebel, his lawyer said.

“His conduct creates an unacceptable risk of irreversible prejudice and harm ...

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