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Nurmi's book, which he titled "Trapped with Ms. Arias" in part because Arias hated being called "Ms. Arias," has already led to Nurmi's disbarment.

Last November, Nurmi surrendered his license to practice law after a Bar complaint was filed by attorney Karen Clark on Arias' behalf because of the book. Clark also has filed a complaint for Arias against the case prosecutor, Juan Martinez, in which she alleges Martinez fed information about the Arias trial and a holdout juror to a blogger with whom he was rumored to have a romantic entanglement.

That complaint is still pending with the State Bar of Arizona. Martinez has fended off five Bar complaints since the Arias trials, the last as recently as last month. One of the dismissed complaints related to a book Martinez published about the case. The current lawsuit against Nurmi was filed by Clark and Ralph Adams, Clark's husband and law partner.

It claims Nurmi violated attorney-client privilege by revealing details about Arias and her trial against her wishes. It also pinpoints passages in the book that it claims are personally disparaging to Arias or in violation of the rules of ethical conduct for attorneys. Get the latest updates in news, food, music and culture, and receive special offers direct to your inbox. Support Us Phoenix's independent source of local news and culture.

Laurence "Kirk" Nurmi, the former lead defense attorney in the Jodi Arias murder trial, has lost his law license for writing a tell-all book about Arias that broke the wall of attorney-client privilege.

As writer Shanna Hogan covered in a New Times feature story about Nurmi in February , the long-running Arias case massively screwed up the Arizona lawyer's life. When the televised courtroom drama became a worldwide sensation, Nurmi became a target of public hate for defending her. Support the independent voice of Phoenix and help keep the future of New Times free.

Support Us. The use of cameras and equipment was restricted. According to court records, the lower court continuously asked jurors about the media and responded to their concerns about the noise of cameras.

Campbell wrote that the court did not find any evidence that suggested the jury was prejudiced by the media coverage. Arias' lawyers also accused Martinez of courting the media, and cited that as one of the examples of prosecutorial misconduct.

According to court records, Martinez told the lower court judge that "[w]hat happens outside the courtroom is not misconduct. Campbell wrote in the opinion that a prosecutor's ethical obligation doesn't stop outside the courtroom and that a person in the role must protect the integrity of the trial. Arias' attorneys claimed Martinez committed several other instances of prosecutorial misconduct, which denied her a fair trial.

They included his aggressive behavior when cross examining witnesses, calling defense experts "unethical liars" and insinuating that "jurors would be deemed complicit if they failed to convict," according to the court filings. The Court of Appeals agreed that prosecutorial misconduct was present, stating that Martinez's "belligerent conduct" began before opening statements.

The court reviewed several legal principles on how lawyers should act, including that "a prosecutor should not engage in abusive, argumentative, and harassing conduct. According to court records, a witness asked Martinez while he was cross-examining her, "Are you angry at me?

Arias' attorneys during the trial requested a mistrial several times due to Martinez's treatment and tone toward witnesses. Instead of fighting it, Nurmi requested to be voluntarily disbarred. And as the five year anniversary of the final trial looms, Nurmi said he realized he still feels stained by the whole thing so he felt it was time to finish the series and write the third and final installment.

Nurmi hopes the final book gives his readers a better sense of who he was and why he was a part of that trial. After meeting other infamous lawyers through the years, Nurmi said he realized their most notorious cases have also stayed with them as well.

He added that with people knee-deep in social distancing, what better time for a good true crime quarantine read?