While some key members of the trialâincluding Simpson's prone-to-theatrics "Dream Team" defense attorney Johnnie Cochran and fellow lawyer/Simpson family friend Robert Kardashian âhave since passed away, others have spent the last 20 years rehashing the events of the trial of the century.
The reality-TV star and businesswoman, 59, and her late ex-husband, Robert Kardashian, were close to O.J. Simpson, so much so that Simpson was even one of the groomsmen at their wedding in 1978.
Who were OJ Simpson's lawyers?
O.J.'s friend says he doubts Simpson's innocence October 10, 1996 Web posted at: 9:10 p.m. EDT. From Correspondent Art Harris LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- O.J. Simpson intimate Robert Kardashian says he ...
The attorneys representing O.J. Simpson included F. Lee Bailey, Robert Blasier, Shawn Chapman Holley, Robert Shapiro, and Alan Dershowitz. Johnnie Cochran later became the defense team's lead attorney.
âŚas the âDream Team,â included F. Lee Bailey, Robert Blasier, Shawn Chapman Holley, Robert Shapiro, and Alan Dershowitz; Johnnie Cochran later became the defense team's lead attorney.
Johnnie Cochran(/ËkÉkrÉn/; October 2, 1937 â March 29, 2005) was an American lawyer and civil activist best known for his leadership role in the defense and criminal acquittal of O. J. Simpson for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman....Johnnie Lee Cochran Jr.Johnnie CochranWebsitecochranfirm.com6 more rows
A well-known Los Angeles criminal defense attorney, Robert Shapiro loved being liked. Shapiro had successfully defended athletes such as Jose Canseco, Darryl Strawberry, and Vince Coleman. Despite his experience, Shapiro's cases were often ones decided without trial on undisputed facts.
After the former NFL player was arrested in connection to the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, in 1994, he enlisted Kardashian to become part of his legal team.
Robert George Kardashian (February 22, 1944 â 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....Robert KardashianFamilyKardashian11 more rows
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.
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Twenty-five years ago today, in his closing argument at the sensational O.J. Simpson double-murder trial in Los Angeles, lead defense lawyer Johnnie L. Cochran stood before the jurors and urged them to keep this in mind: âIf it doesn't fit, you must acquit.â
After representing Lohan, Shapiro went on to fire bankruptcy protection for Eva Longoria in 2011, after her Beso and Eve entertainment ventures went under. He's also defended resort mogul Steve Wynn of Wynn Resorts, and a man who allegedly sold unproven stem cell treatments to those with incurable conditions.
In addition to O.J. Simpson, Cochran's high profile clients have included Michael Jackson, Reginald Denny, Abner Louima, Geronimo Pratt (former Black Panther), Todd Bridges, James Brown, Angela Igwe, and Cynthia Wiggins. Cochran has been selected as one of the best trial lawyers in the country in 1994.
Last October, NBC News reported that Ito had presided over 500 cases since the Simpson trial before retiring in January 2015. He had few post-retirement plans aside from learning to play the guitar. The article also noted that Ito had recently celebrated his 34th wedding anniversary and resides in Pasadena, California.
The attorney was barred from practicing law in Florida in 2001 after transferring assets from a client into his own, personal bank account, according to TMZ.
Known for his theatrical style in the court room, Bailey defended the Boston Strangler but lost the case. The man tried in the case, Albert DeSalvo, had confessed to Bailey separately about being the strangler who was sought in the killing of 13 people in the 1960s, ...
However, he dropped out of the Cambridge school to join the U.S. Marine Corps. He eventually graduated from Boston University law school in 1960. Before his work with Simpson, Bailey faced some tough defeats in the court room.
The case was eventually reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court and a second trial was held, at the end of which Sheppard was acquitted.
To the millennial people, Robert Kardashian is now famous as the father of celebrities and global heartthrobs Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian. But the 90âs saw him as a celebrity on his own right. He began his career in the late 1960s as a lawyer.
It was around 1973 that he met O.J. Simpson, a football star of that time, and developed a friendship. The friendship soon turned into a professional relationship, with the two setting up a music video company and a frozen yogurt shop and hiring criminal defense attorney.
Following Simpsonâs acquittal, the relationship between the two once-close friends soured. In 1996, Robert Kardashian mentioned to ABC News that he was suspicious of the innocence of Simpson. He clearly said that he had doubts with the blood evidence.
F Lee Bailey at the OJ Simpson murder trial in 1995. Bailey was the most valuable member of his defense team, Simpson said. Photograph: Reed Saxon/AP. F Lee Bailey, the celebrity attorney who defended OJ Simpson, Patricia Hearst and the alleged Boston Strangler, but whose legal career halted when he was disbarred in two states, has died, ...
Bailey, an avid pilot, bestselling author and television show host, was a member of the legal âdream teamâ that defended Simpson, the NFL star acquitted on charges that he killed his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, in 1995. Bailey was the most valuable member of the team, Simpson said in a 1996 story in ...
At trial, Bailey claimed she was coerced into participating because she feared for her life. She was still convicted. Hearst called Bailey an âineffective counselâ who reduced the trial to âa mockery, a farce, and a shamâ, in a declaration she signed with a motion to reduce her sentence.
Sheppard spent more than a decade behind bars before the supreme court ruled in a landmark 1966 decision that âmassive, pervasive, prejudicial publicityâ had violated his rights. Bailey helped win an acquittal at a second trial.
Bailey also defended Patty Hearst and Sam Sheppard but his legal career was halted when he was disbarred in two states. F Lee Bailey at the OJ Simpson murder trial in 1995. Bailey was the most valuable member of his defense team, Simpson said. Photograph: Reed Saxon/AP.
Despite doubts thrown on DeSalvoâs claim, Bailey always maintained that DeSalvo was the strangler. Throughout his career, Bailey antagonized authorities with his sometimes abrasive style and his quest for publicity.
Bailey also defended Albert DeSalvo, the man who claimed responsibility for the Boston Strangler murders between 1962 and 1964. DeSalvo confessed to the slayings, but was never tried or convicted, and later recanted. Despite doubts thrown on DeSalvoâs claim, Bailey always maintained that DeSalvo was the strangler.
You will be missed by me.". Bailey in the 1960s secured a reversal of Dr. Sam Sheppardâs conviction in the murder of his pregnant wife and an acquittal at his second trial. He also represented Albert DeSalvo, who claimed to be the Boston Strangler, and Patricia Hearst.
Simpson called Bailey 'a great friend' and 'one of the great lawyers of our time'. By Stephanie Pagones | Fox News. Facebook.
Bailey earned a law degree from Boston University in 1960, where he had a 90.5 average, but he graduated without honors because he refused to join the Law Review. He said the university waived the requirement for an undergraduate degree because of his military legal experience.
He also represented Albert DeSalvo, who claimed to be the Boston Strangler, and Patricia Hearst. In a legal career that lasted more than four decades, Bailey was seen as arrogant, egocentric and contemptuous of authority.
He helped prosecute Catherine Thompson, convicted of killing her husband for his insurance money and sentenced to death in 1992. Goldberg also prosecuted Jose Guerra for the murder of as registered nurse who was attacked in her home. Goldberg is a graduate of UCLA and the Loyola Law School.
Bailey has been involved in numerous high-profile cases. He defended Albert De Salvo, the Boston Strangler, and worked on an unsuccessful defense of Patricia Hearst. He was successful in overturning the conviction of Sam Sheppard, a Cleveland doctor accused of murdering his wife.
He has taken more than 19 homicide cases to jury since becoming a Los Angeles County prosecutor in 1980. Darden became a deputy district attorney in 1981 and completed a six-and-a-half year assignment with the Special Investigations Division before joining the prosecution team.
As a deputy district attorney, he has prosecuted about 30 felony trials including eight murder trials.
Barry Scheck, born 9-19-49, is a law professor and director of clinical education at the Cardoza Law School in New York City. He is a graduate of Yale University and the University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law.
Alan Dershowitz, born 9-1-38, a Harvard Law School professor and author, won a reversal of the conviction of Claus Von Bulow, who was charged with trying to murder his socialite wife.
William Hodgman, born 12-14-52, is director of the Bureau of Central Operations, which includes the Special Trials Division. He joined the District Attorney's Office in 1978 and has prosecuted about 130 trials, including 40 murder cases. He helped win the 1992 conviction of Charles Keating for securities fraud.
After prosecutor Darden made the mistake of demanding Simpson try on the ill-fitted bloody gloves, Cochran uttered the famous phrase: "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.".
After losing the Simpson case, Clark resigned from the L.A. District Attorney's office.
However, the blow that removed Shapiro from his lead status was when Cochran won Simpson's favor by visiting him in jail â something Shapiro preferred not to do with any of his clients. Once Cochran took over as lead counsel, Shapiro was vocally critical and attempted to distance himself from his team's chosen strategies. He would later tell Barbara Walters that "not only did we play the race card, we dealt it from the bottom of the deck."
Due to Kaelin's shiftiness on the stand , prosecutor Clark turned against him and treated him as a hostile witness. Regardless, Kaelin â with his thick tufts of blond hair and surfer dude ways â gained considerable popularity in the media as a likable and comedic character of the trial.
Reportedly, one juror wholly dismissed Park's testimony because he was unable to recall the number of cars parked at the Rockingham mansion.
Aspiring actor and houseguest of Simpson, Brian "Kato" Kaelin was a star witness for the prosecution. Present at Simpson 's Rockingham mansion at the time of the murders, Kaelin claimed that he ate dinner with Simpson that night but could not account for the star athlete's whereabouts between the hours of 9:36 p.m. and 11 p.m. (the prosecution theorized that Simpson murdered his ex-wife and Goldman between 10 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.).
Although Darden floundered at the start of the trial and was purportedly intimidated by Cochran, he gained momentum as events progressed. However, he made a consequential mistake when he demanded that Simpson try on the infamous bloody gloves, which ended up being too small for the accused's hands.