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DESPITE SHOWBIZ COUPLE BREAKING UP, KIMMEL & SILVERMAN, THE LEMON LAW FIRM, IS STILL GOING STRONG

 July 15, 2008– As headlines continue to roll in about the demise of the
relationship between late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel and
comedienne Sarah Silverman, the calls are coming in at 1-800-LEMON-LAW,
the law firm of Kimmel & Silverman.

Clients of the largest automotive lemon law firm in the Northeast are
relieved to hear, after reading headlines which read “Kimmel & Silverman Split,”  that the Firm is still going strong.

The relationship between Craig Kimmel and Bob Silverman has lasted quite
a bit longer than Jimmy & Sarah’s-18 years to be exact. The attorneys,
who started out working for the same defense law firm, carved out a
niche in lemon law, using the fee-shifting provisions in State and
Federal Laws to provide cost-free legal assistance to consumers.  Since
its inception, the Firm has helped more than 45,000 consumers throughout
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio,
Washington D.C., Rhode Island, Vermont and New Hampshire. Their website,
www.lemonlaw.com, receives over one million visits a year from
distressed drivers looking for legal assistance, and they have been
honored for their efforts by numerous organizations, including the
American Bar Association.

“I was quite shocked when the headline popped up on cnn.com,” deadpanned
lemon law attorney Craig Kimmel. “I thought my relationship with Bob was
going well. There were no warning signs. Then I found out about Matt
Damon, and turned to my good buddy Ben Affleck for advice.”

Craig and Bob do offer their best wishes to Jimmy and Sarah.
“Relationships are like cars; sometimes they go the distance, and
sometimes they don’t. At least cars have a warranty and when they are no
good, you have the lemon law and someone to go after.” says Kimmel.
“But, no doubt like our clients, we know that both of them will soon
find themselves on the road to recovery.”

EDITOR’S NOTE:  We love when people get our humor. This press release was picked up by numerous wire services, blogs and even the ABA Journal, whose headline reads “Law Partners Kimmel and Silverman are Still Happily Married!”

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As a long-running lemon law firm, you can imagine that we have received some crazy inquiries over the years, but this one takes the cake….Special thanks to the author for giving us permission to share it with you:

Dear Attorney Kimmel:

As a retired podiatric physician and tenured professor at Temple University’s School of Podiatric Medicine, I now have time to view the television more than I did in the past 35 years.  I observed oftentimes on NBC’s Channel 10 (WCAU) 1-800 LEMON LAW’s commercial regarding the Lemon Law.  Your declared willingness to aid the Delaware Valley viewers per the statement “Your car belongs on the road and not in the shop,” causes me to write.

My direct question of you concerns whether your services are limited to cars or wives  as well! My inquiry is based upon the following facts that are relevant to your advertisement.

1.  I acquired my wife, Nancy, over 38 years ago, and presumably her warranty as issued by her parents is still valid and in effect to this time.

2. My wife belongs in the house and not in the shop; well she spends a considerable amount of time in the shop, i.e. The Malls, Retail Outlets or the Shopping Centers.

3. The rising costs in maintaining her upkeep also extends to the times she spends at the medical shops of doctors’ offices, out-patient clinics, radiology centers, etc.

I may add that she has extended the privilege of her driver’s license to driving me crazy and her marriage license to clean the car rather than taking it to a car wash, as well as to clean the house and maintain the lawn. In addition, my contract with the parental dealership and the good Lord was to keep her until “death do us part,” but more recently, she has threatened to be with me through eternity.  The “for richer or poorer” phrase in the contract is also being taken seriously, most especially the second term, and the phrase “in sickness and in health” is also extended to the limits, more the recently the first term!

I would appreciate your kind response as to the extent that you can apply the Lemon Law.

Sincerely,

Dr. K (I have decided to protect the author for obvious reasons.)

Alas, we can’t help Dr. K but he is not the first one to make such an inquiry (there are many lemon sons-in-law out there as well apparently), but we have enjoyed conversing on-line with the Good Doctor who shared the following addendum:

Regretfully, I thought of the following statement after forwarding the aforementioned e-mail, and that is: Her rear wheels are out of alignment necessitating my podiatric care, and her roof keeps fading resulting in visits to the beauty shop every six weeks for re-colorization.

:)  Thanks Doc –they always say laughter is the best medicine!

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