March 29, 2005Johnnie Cochran / Date of death
Christopher Allen Darden (born April 7, 1956) is an American lawyer, author, actor, and lecturer....Christopher DardenYears active1980–presentSpouse(s)Marcia Carter ​ ( m. 1997)​Children34 more rows
June 3, 2021F. Lee Bailey / Date of death
Cochran, Jr., (born Oct. 2, 1937, Shreveport, La., U.S.—died March 29, 2005, Los Angeles, Calif.), American trial lawyer who gained international prominence with his skillful and controversial defense of O.J. Simpson, a football player and celebrity who was charged with a double murder in 1994.
Christopher Darden When the case ended, Darden became a college professor before starting his own law firm. He is now 65 and still practicing law.
In the two decades since the trial, several members of the Dream Team have passed away, while other key lawyers have left the legal profession entirely. Some, like Alan Dershowitz, remain fixtures in the political scene. Simpson himself later did jail time for armed robbery.
“He took money that was rightfully going to the government and that would have benefited his client.” The government produced a damning paper trail: Bailey had agreed that any fee he took would first be approved by the presiding judge, and early on he agreed to share a fee of $3 million, split among himself, Shapiro, ...
Robert George Kardashian (February 22, 1944 – September 30, 2003) was an American attorney and businessman. He gained recognition as O. J. Simpson's friend and defense attorney during Simpson's 1995 murder trial.
It was during the Simpson case that the two men severed their friendship, with Mr. Shapiro accusing Mr. Bailey of trying to enhance his own role in the case by planting stories denigrating Mr. Shapiro's legal abilities and his loyalty to their client.
Johnnie Cochran, the lead defense attorney of the so-called “Dream Team,” earned up to $5 million from helping to win Simpson's acquittal on double murder charges and went on to defend other high-profile defendants until he died of a brain tumor in 2005.
He personally supervised the removal of photos that show Simpson and his white friends, and the redecoration of the home with African art and photos of the former pro footballer with other African-Americans.
June 16, 1994Nicole Brown Simpson / Date of burial
Marcia CarterChristopher Darden / Spouse (m. 1997)
Gordon Clarkm. 1980–1995Gabriel Horowitzm. 1976–1980Marcia Clark/Husband
Marcia CarterChristopher Darden / Wife (m. 1997)
Simpson prosecutors Darden and Marcia Clark actually have romantic relationship, as seen in the multiple Emmy-winning FX series? “We were more than friends,” Darden recently told ET. “We were inseparable back then.”