This Just In From Trini

I can't find a link to the full article, here's a short version, so I decided to paste most of it here because it's that good. It should definitely make E-Spat's next installment.

For criminal defense attorney Ronald S. Miller, arguing in court is as invigorating as being the sole male in an adult film's ménage-a-trois.

Since 1998, under the moniker Don Hollywood, the 56-year-old Miller has appeared in more than 90 adult films with such titles as "Justice Your Ass" and "The Jerry Shag-Her Show."

"My whole life, I've been one of those people who sees the wet paint sign and has to go up and touch it to see if it's wet," Miller said. "I want to experience everything, try everything."

But he hasn't given up his legal career.

Despite run-ins with the State Bar over ethics violations, Miller has practiced law for 30 years, handling a mix of small civil and criminal cases out of his office in Santa Clarita.

But, a decade ago, with his legal career temporarily sidelined by what he describes as severe gastrointestinal problems, Miller went looking for something else to do.

Porn came to mind, but Miller insists he initially had no interest in acting. He wanted to get into the business side of the industry, and in 1997, he started an annual tradeshow called Erotica L.A.

Losing the trade show didn't drive Miller from the porn industry, however. Divorced and dating Brooke Hunter, whom he met on the swingers scene, Miller agreed to make his first foray behind the camera.

Hunter, a stage name, was separated from her husband and working as an accountant in the San Fernando Valley. She told Miller she'd always thought about having sex on camera. It didn't take much prodding for Miller to join her.

"I'm a precocious person and had always wanted to do just one scene," he said.

Being a porn star sounded "like fun," he said.

Miller admits he's a bit "oversexed" - "It isn't getting any better the older I get," he says - but he initially was "uptight" about appearing in porn films.

As a lawyer, he wondered, "Can I get in trouble?"

For the first scene, he decided to wear a mask. The scene called for a cat burglar who is caught by Hunter.

Here's his synopsis of the scene: "Don't call the cops. It'll be a third strike. And then sex ensued."

As the scene climaxed, the director walked in, snatched off the mask, and Don Hollywood was born.

Attorney Arthur Margolis, an ethics expert, said Miller isn't breaking any rules moonlighting as a porn actor.

"There isn't anything more unethical about that than being an actor or a novelist or somebody who sells frozen yogurt," Margolis said. "The only thing you have to be careful of, as you would in any other industry, is you don't do anything criminal or unethical in the sense of dishonesty."

After giving it a lot of thought, Miller said he decided to continue as a lawyer and a porn star as long as he informed his legal clients of his work in adult films.

"What effect does one have on the other?" he asked. "I think that, for the most part, clients don't care. They say, 'So why are you telling me this?' Or they think it's cool."

Margolis, the ethics expert, said, "Every time sex is involved in something, everyone goes nuts," he said. "People get hysterical about it and stop drawing distinctions."

A native Angelino born to Russian and Romanian immigrants, Miller said he became interested in the law in fifth grade.

At University High School, now Warren G. Harding High School, Miller got sidetracked, opting for a '57 Chevy and a pseudo gang called The Legends, whose identifier was wearing their jackets inside out.

"We would get in fist fights, garbage fights, but no one got hurt," he recalled.

Miller recently launched his latest Web site, DirtyOldLawyer.com, which proudly boasts "Don Hollywood Got Me Off 2.1 Times!" The line is a parody of the ubiquitous TV commercial "Larry H. Parker got me $2.1 million."