Larry H. Parker — the well-known auto accident and private harm legal professional recognized for his iconic commercials within the ’80s and ’90s — has died … TMZ has discovered.
The famed legal professional’s longtime regulation agency associate, Ron Beck, confirmed to us Friday that Larry had handed away … however would not elaborate on particulars — together with the place, when or beneath what circumstances.
Larry’s daughter-in-law, Alissa, additionally informed us the unhappy information was true — however she would not reveal extra both … telling us the household is contemplating their subsequent steps.
We’re listening to he could have died as just lately as this week, though it isn’t 100% clear. In any case, it is an enormous blow to the authorized neighborhood … as LHP was a titan within the trade.
Folks in and round Los Angeles — and even within the higher Southern California space — know Parker properly … if not for his TV adverts, then for his many billboards all around the area. When you’ve been on the 405 in L.A., you have very probably handed by and seen Larry’s face.
He is the founding father of the Regulation Workplaces of Larry H. Parker — which largely makes a speciality of taking circumstances for individuals who’ve been in automotive accidents, however which takes quite a lot of injury-related circumstances. His agency has been up and operating for a minimum of 50 years … so he is an L.A. staple.
Larry opened his regulation workplace within the ’70s, and it is gone on to change into one of many largest in America — which now employs over 150 legal professionals, all of whom work beneath Larry’s model.
His method to selling his providers pierced popular culture and arguably served because the blueprint for a lot of different attorneys (and spoofs) looking for to achieve an viewers. You possibly can say that the spirit of his simple authorized adverts has gone on to encourage a number of iterations … each fictional and actual. The ‘SNL’ Inexperienced & Fazio sketch appears to have been impressed by Larry’s work, and ditto for ‘Higher Name Saul.’
After all, there are numerous different real-life legal professionals who’ve adopted in his footprints all around the nation … shopping for up billboards, advert house and airtime to let folks know they’re able to take a case and go to court docket for the general public.
His slogan was “We’ll Fight for You!” … and protected to say, it is burned into the American psyche.
Larry was 75.
RIP