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In 1994, ex-NFL participant and actor O.J. Simpson used to be arrested for a double homicide. Simpson was once accused of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her good friend Ronald Goldman by stabbing them to demise. Details of the crime were ugly and bloody and DNA evidence connected Simpson to the crime scene.
However, O.J. put together a crew of lawyers who were so good at presenting their case that they spurred doubt on the proof and proved that one of the vital cops on the case were intensely racist and alleged they were setting O.J. up. Simpson was once discovered now not responsible on all counts and his lawyers earned the nickname, "The Dream Team." The Dream Team consisted of Robert Shapiro, Robert Kardashian (yes, Kim's father), F. Lee Bailey, and at the helm was once the mythical Johnny Cochran. Several of Cochran's workforce contributors also helped out with the case, as pals are commonly brought in to assist companions in high profile instances. But FYI, O.J. used to be not the one high-profile shopper these lawyers have represented.
12 Jose Conseco
Jose Conseco has had a lot of felony issues all the way through his existence and occupation. As early as 1989, the ball participant was arrested for carrying an unlawful and loaded firearm. He was once defended by Robert Shapiro within the trial, who claimed he had the weapon because he had won dying threats over the telephone. Conseco was additionally arrested for assault and battery in 2001, and in the early 2000s was the middle of the debate about performance-enhancing medication in baseball.
11 Darryl Strawberry
Shapiro additionally represented this Major League Baseball legend in contract negotiations right through the Nineteen Nineties. The relationship between the two soured and in 1998 Shapiro in fact sued his own client for more than $100,000 in unpaid fees.
10 Johnny Carson
Yet some other client of Robert Shapiro was once the Johnny Carson, the past due king of late evening from the Nineteen Sixties till his retirement in 1991. Carson lived a rather low-key existence off-screen, however he used to be arrested for DUI in 1982. Shapiro saved his client out of jail however Carson did plead guilty and was ordered to pay some hefty fines and placed on probation for 3 years.
9 The Kardashians
Robert Kardashian used to be a central part of Simpson's dream staff and a private good friend of his as smartly. Perhaps that is why his former casemate Shapiro represented Rob Jr. in his felony struggle with Blac Chyna. Kim is now making ready for a prison occupation and Shapiro said that he's willing to present Kim a job when she passes the bar.
8 Sean Combs
Johnny Cochran has been fascinated by high-profile civil rights instances and come to the defense of numerous celebrities, especially black musicians and athletes. Cochran controlled to get an acquittal for Sean Combs in 2001 after he was once arrested for gun and bribery charges following a shootout in a Manhattan club.
7 Michael Jackson
Around the same time when OJ was accused of homicide, Michael Jackson was once accused of child molestation for the primary time. Cochran used to be the man Jackson known as. The charges were dropped, and the circle of relatives settled with Jackson outside of court.
6 Tupac
Cochran got here to the defense of the rapper more than one times, maximum notable all through a sexual attack case in New York in 1993. Although to begin with sentenced to a few years in prison, Cochran's magic touch confident the rapper stayed out of prison.
5 Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg was once accused of a gang-related murder in 1996, and naturally, he called Johnny Cochran. Snoop was acquitted, however after all, it was no longer the tip of his prison issues. Snoop has been arrested for gun and marijuana possession a large number of instances.
4 Patty Hearst
The Patty Hearst theft case was one of the vital high-profile and bizarre instances of the Nineteen Seventies. After being kidnapped by a thorough staff, the heiress to the Hearst fortune joined her kidnappers in a bank robbery, the place she was caught on tape. F. Lee Bailey defended Hearst but was unsuccessful in convincing the jury his shopper had been brainwashed by her abductors.
3 Mike Tyson
Tyson has been accused of sexual attack, attack and battery, and a lot of other violent crimes. The guy he got to constitute him was Alan Dershowitz. Dershowitz is now in some legal trouble of his personal, he has admitted to being a confidant of predator Jeffrey Epstein and that he was a common flier on Epstein's private plane, now known by some as the "Lolita Express.
2 Jamie Foxx
Foxx was accused of sexual misconduct in 2018 about an incident that allegedly happened in 2002. Foxx was accused of slapping a woman with his penis. Foxx is represented by Carl E Douglas, who was an associate with the Cochran Legal Firm and was one of Cochran's hand selected staffers in the O.J. trial. Douglass has also represented Queen Latifah, several athletes, and has represented clients in civil rights and wrongful death cases.
1 Lindsey Lohan
Lohan has had several legal issues, from DUI arrests to shoplifting, and the trouble actress has hired Shawn Holley to represent her at least once. Holley, like Douglas, was also an associate at Cochran's firm and an aide in the OJ case. Holley has also represented other high profile female clients like Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie.
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