In case you're still on the fence about whether Nick Sandmann's attorney is competent...

The attorney representing Covington Catholic high school student Nick Sandmann said Thursday that he is also "looking very carefully" at HBO's Bill Maher for making "defamatory" statements against the 16-year-old in January.

  The Hill

We've already got reason to be concerned about this guy's competence right there. Bill Maher is a comedian ffs, which allows him to say a lot of shit about pretty much anyone, as long as it's opinion and jokes.

"Well, certainly CNN and Bill Maher did things that we consider to have crossed the line. We think the statements they made are defamatory. They're not humorous," Wood said. "So certainly Bill Maher is somebody that we're looking at very carefully, and HBO, for allowing him to make those defamatory statements."

Maher says a lot of things that aren't humorous. If that were cause for lawsuits, Maher would be broke and without a show.   Ditto for crossing the line.  Whose line?

Attorney Lin Wood told Fox News that in addition to the Post, his legal team is also looking at other outlets, including CNN and HBO.

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"We have not decided who we will sue next. However, we are discussing that and these lawsuits will continue to roll out over the next 30 to 60 days," Wood said.

Scouring the planet for people to sue. That's the mark of a super genious attorney. (Not to mention, he's not going after people who can't afford a lawsuit.) Somebody is aching for attention, or if he really plans to do that, I hope he's prepared to be counter-sued for filing frivolous lawsuits.

Also, he has a team?

Let's see how Bill Maher supposedly defamed little Nick.

On Jan. 27, Maher referred to Sandmann as "a little prick" on his weekly HBO political program "Real Time."

"I don't blame the kid, the smirk-face kid. I blame lead poisoning and bad parenting. And, oh yeah, I blame the f---ing kid, what a little prick," Maher said.

"Smirk face, like that's not a dick move at any age to stick your face in this elderly man," the host continued.

"You know, I don't spend a lot of time, I must tell you, around Catholic school children, but I do not get what Catholic priests see in these kids," Maher said.

Now I have another notice for Mr. Wood aside from the comedian/opinion thing: Even if the things Maher said were not on his show and not for jokes, it's not defamation if it's true.  (Also, Bill Maher knows smirk-face.  He's the poster boy for smirk-face.)

The lawsuit, which calls for The Washington Post to pay $250 million in damages, alleges the paper published "a series of false and defamatory print and online articles" about Sandmann's encounter.

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos paid $250 million for the newspaper in 2013. The paper said it will mount a vigorous defense against the suit.

Yeah, I don't think that's gonna be hard to do.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE 7/28:  The lawsuit has rightly been thrown out of court.