Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The "Dream Team" refers to the team of trial lawyers that represented American athlete O. J. Simpson in his 1995 trial for the murders of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman. The team included Robert Shapiro , Johnnie Cochran , Carl Douglas , Shawn Chapman Holley , Gerald Uelmen , Robert Kardashian , Alan Dershowitz , F ...
The People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson was a criminal trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court, in which former NFL player and actor O. J. Simpson was tried and acquitted for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, who were stabbed to death outside Brown's condominium in Los Angeles on June 12, 1994.
He was part of O. J. Simpson's defense team during his trial, dubbed the "Dream Team." [2] Uelmen says he devised the memorable line used by Johnnie Cochran in the closing argument, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit." [3] Uelmen is currently a professor at the Santa Clara University School of Law, where he served as dean from 1986 to 1994. [4]
He is best known for being one of the defense attorneys in the O. J. Simpson murder trial, who were collectively dubbed the "Dream Team". [1] Douglas was the managing attorney at the law office of Johnnie Cochran Jr., before leaving to establish The Douglas Law Group in 1998. The practice is now known as Douglas / Hicks Law. [2]
Robert Leslie Shapiro (born September 2, 1942) is an American attorney and entrepreneur. He is best known for being the short-term defense lawyer of Erik Menendez in 1990, and a member of the "Dream Team" of O. J. Simpson's attorneys that successfully defended him from the charges that he murdered his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ron Goldman, in 1994.
Simpson was represented by a high-profile defense team, referred to as the "Dream Team", initially led by Robert Shapiro [35] [36] and subsequently directed by Johnnie Cochran. The team included F. Lee Bailey, Alan Dershowitz, Robert Kardashian, Shawn Holley, Carl E. Douglas, and Gerald Uelmen. Simpson was also instrumental in his own defense.
This was the biggest play in what is regarded as one of the greatest football games of the 20th century, [24] and pictures of the play were published in many national magazines. [25] Another dramatic touchdown in the same game is the subject of the Arnold Friberg oil painting, O.J. Simpson Breaks for Daylight.
Simpson was represented by a high-profile defense team, referred to as the "Dream Team", initially led by Robert Shapiro [100] [101] and subsequently directed by Johnnie Cochran. The team included F. Lee Bailey, Alan Dershowitz, Robert Kardashian, Shawn Holley, Carl E. Douglas, and Gerald Uelmen. Simpson was also instrumental in his own defense.