Apr 08, 2021 · Michael Jackson, O.J. Attorney Dead at 81. 563. 4/8/2021 8:58 AM PT. TMZ.com. Howard Weitzman, an influential and wildly successful attorney who represented some of the biggest names in Hollywood ...
Apr 08, 2021 · American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958-2009) Howard Weitzman, the high-powered Hollywood lawyer with an A-list clientele that included O.J. Simpson and Michael Jackson, died Wednesday ...
Apr 08, 2021 · View All. April 7, 2021 8:34pm. AP. (UPDATED WITH STATEMENT FROM FIRM) Attorney Howard Weitzman, who had a client list including Michael Jackson, O.J. Simpson, Marlon Brando, Morgan Freeman ...
Mar 08, 2022 · From the beginning of his career, Weitzman taught trial advocacy at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law for 12 years. Then he was a Certified Specialist in Criminal Law (the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization) .
Born in Los Angeles in 1939, he passed the California bar exam in 1966. He became a managing partner at Weitzman Wyman Bautzer in 1986 and co-founded Katten Muchin Zavis & Weitzman in 1991. He left to become executive vice president for corporate operations at Universal Studios from 1995 and left in 1998 to resume private practice.
After Michael Jackson's death in 2009, Weitzman combined forces with John Branca and recording executive John McClain to help free the late pop singer's estate from debt. A few years later, the estate was flourishing courtesy the sale of Jackson's 50% stake in Sony/ATV Music Publishing to Sony Corp which was arranged by Weitzman.
After representing the who's who of Hollywood, Weitzman also served as an adviser to film productions and it was also during this time that he started acting on camera. He appeared onscreen in the films 'Thank You for Smoking' and 'Corky Romano' and served as a legal adviser for the TV series 'Murder in the First' among other credits.
He died this week in Pacific Palisades, CA after battling cancer ... according to his family.
Howard Weitzman Michael Jackson, O.J. Attorney Dead at 81. Michael Jackson, O.J. Attorney Dead at 81. Howard Weitzman, an influential and wildly successful attorney who represented some of the biggest names in Hollywood has died. He died this week in Pacific Palisades, CA after battling cancer ... according to his family.
Howard famously repped O.J. Simpson in the murder case, but only for a day. The video above was shot when Weitzman and Simpson left LAPD headquarters after O.J. was interviewed the day after the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Howard quit the case the next day ... the story goes his wife, Margaret, urged him to withdraw.
Weitzman had been married twice — first to Stacey Weitzman from 1969-1976, and to Margaret Weitzman until his death.
Simpson and Michael Jackson, died Wednesday following a battle with cancer , a representative of his firm, Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert, told TheWrap. He was 81.
After becoming a managing partner at the firm Weitzman Wyman Bautzer in 1986, he co-founded Katten Muchin Zavis & Weitzman in 1991.
Weitzman, a founding partner Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump, represented some of the biggest names in entertainment. He was the Michael Jackson estate’s attorney during its battle with the IRS, and successfully defended automaker John DeLorean during his infamous drug trafficking trial in the 1980s.
Weitzman was also an adviser to film productions and an occasional actor. He appeared on screen in the 2001 film “Corky Romano” and 2005’s “Thank You for Smoking,” and served as a legal adviser for the 2014-16 TV series “Murder in the First,” among other credits.
After becoming a managing partner at the firm Weitzman Wyman Bautzer in 1986, he co-founded Katten Muchin Zavis & Weitzman in 1991. Weitzman left to become executive vice president for corporate operations at Universal Studios from 1995 to 1998 before returning to private practice.
Howard Weitzman was born on 21 September 1939. As of 2019, he turned 80 years old. Howard holds American citizenship and belongs to the white ethnic group.
Talking about his married life, Howard married two times in his lifetime. First of all, he married Stacey Weitzman in the year 1969. The couple first met in 1968 and they started dating shortly after their first meeting. Moreover, they continued their affair for around two years before getting married.
After attending Los Angeles City College, he abandoned the idea of a career in the majors and applied to USC Gould School of Law, from which he graduated in 1965. Weitzman taught trial advocacy at USC’s law school for 12 years. He also lectured at Harvard University, the Georgetown University Law Center and UCLA.
Howard Weitzman, the Hollywood power lawyer perhaps best known for defending Michael Jackson and his estate, has died. The attorney, whose client list included almost every studio, plus CAA, William Morris and other major agencies, as well as a long list of stars such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Britney Spears and Sean Combs, ...
It was California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal that overturned the verdict. The story also misidentified the law firm where Weitzman worked in the 1980s when he successfully defended auto executive John DeLorean against federal drug charges.
A prominent trial lawyer and dealmaker for half a century, Weitzman deftly defended some of Hollywood’s biggest names, including Hugh Grant and O.J. Simpson. Advertisement.