Lawyers Who Represented OJ Simpson

The Simpson trial had an incredible impact on all involved. It was one of the highest-profile legal cases ever seen and many were shocked when OJ was found not guilty.

Lee Bailey was one of the premier members of Lee’s defense team. Specializing in undermining prosecution witness credibility and showing police misconduct, Lee became known for representing celebrities and high-profile clients such as Marilyn Monroe.

Johnnie Cochran

Johnnie Cochran was born during California’s Great Migration to Alameda Naval Shipyards as part of the Great Migration from Texas in 1943. Growing up there among working class people from different races and religions, his mother inspired him to work hard and strive to be his best.

After two years in the city attorney’s office, he established his own law firm and took up cases alleging questionable police actions, particularly against African Americans.

Reeves became a household name as one of the leading defense attorneys, representing celebrities like Michael Jackson and Sean Combs. He became widely recognized for his dramatic courtroom demeanor and flashy style; notably leading one of the highest profile trials ever seen: that of OJ Simpson.

Lee Bailey

F Lee Bailey was an aggressively self-promoted lawyer known for representing high-profile clients such as Hearst Heiress Patty Hearst and former NFL star OJ Simpson. On Thursday morning in Georgia he died at age 87.

After graduating from Kimball Union Academy, a private school in New Hampshire, Bailey joined the Marines as a legal officer before enrolling at Boston University Law School – an institution which recognized his military experience in lieu of college credentials – for legal studies.

Bailey first rose to prominence when, in 1966, he successfully convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Sam Sheppard’s murder conviction by challenging polygraph test results – something which earned him national renown and won him an acquittal. Later he used this knowledge of polygraph testing against George Edgerly who had been accused of dismembering and killing his wife – also with successful results, winning an acquittal by challenging polygraph results against Edgerly’s accuser George Edgerly’s.

Alan Dershowitz

Alan Dershowitz is an American lawyer and professor of law who has been described as the nation’s “most peripatetic civil liberties defender”, “America’s top Jewish defender”, and the world’s best-known criminal defense attorney. Known as the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard, Dershowitz graduated from Brooklyn College and Yale Law School with distinction, clerking for Judge David Bazelon and Justice Arthur Goldberg respectively en route. Additionally he wrote several books such as Reversal of Fortune: Inside von Bulow Case (1985), Chutzpah (1996), Reasonable Doubts: OJ Simpson Trial and Criminal Justice System (1996 ).

He served on OJ Simpson’s legal team during his 1995 murder trial for killing his ex-wife and her friend; it became one of the most watched trials ever conducted.

Robert Shapiro

After Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman’s deaths, Robert Shapiro replaced Howard Weitzman as OJ Simpson’s defense attorney and was instrumental in creating his Dream Team and developing their defense strategy. His cross-examination of Mark Fuhrman proved pivotal throughout the trial.

Shapiro first gained fame as a celebrity lawyer by representing athletes like Jose Canseco and Daryl Strawberry before taking on O.J. Simpson’s case. To start the investigation off right, Shapiro built rapport with LAPD officers to ensure a peaceful surrender of Simpson, instead of his arrest.

Shapiro transitioned away from criminal defense after representing O.J. Simpson, opting instead to focus on civil litigation on behalf of high-profile companies such as Rockstar Energy Drink and Diamond Resorts International as part of his partnership at Glaser, Weil, Fink, Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP.

Carl Douglas

Carl Douglas gained prominence after being included on OJ Simpson’s Dream Team of lawyers, and in particular after their successful defense at trial. Prior to that he had worked alongside Johnnie Cochran in trials. Carl is widely considered one of the finest trial attorneys today.

He is also a singer with a top 30 hit on the UK charts. More recently he has made headlines due to his lawsuit against Kanye West.

Carl Douglas has represented celebrities like Jamie Foxx, Michael Jackson and Queen Latifah. Additionally, Carl has been involved in high profile civil rights cases such as Rodney King’s wrongful death suit against LAPD officers who beat him – an issue which has garnered national media coverage as well as lead to violent protests in Los Angeles riots – Carl has spoken out numerous times about this topic.