F. Lee Bailey
F. Lee Bailey
Francis Lee Bailey, Jr.,is an American former attorney. For most of his career, he was licensed in Massachusetts and Florida. He was a criminal defense attorney who served as the lawyer in the re-trial of osteopathic physician Sam Sheppard. He was also the supervisory attorney over attorney Mark J. Kadish in the court martial of Captain Ernest Medina for the My Lai Massacre, among other high-profile trials, and was one of the lawyers for the defense in the O. J...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth10 June 1933
CityWaltham, MA
CountryUnited States of America
In America, an acquittal doesn't mean you're innocent, it means you beat the rap. My clients lose even when they win.
I can get a firestorm going anywhere in the United States by saying 'O.J.'
If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
The memory of the American public is about six weeks.
I can get a firestorm going anywhere in the United States by saying 'O.J.'
I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be, unfortunately.
Justice Scalia is predictable. He can be counted on to come down with a conservative opinion, and generally, to bring Justice Clarence Thomas with him.
Among the rednecks of America, which there are many more than people seem to realize, it was terribly damaging. I got blamed for O.J.'s acquittal.
Those who think the information brought out at a criminal trial is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth are fools. Prosecuting or defending a case is nothing more than getting to those people who will talk for your side, who will say what you want said.
Fear is something you have to throw into a corner. Constantly. Because it never goes away.
I enjoy personal injury cases. I've tried quite a few of those. And, frankly, any kind of litigation that is trouble-shooting, whether it's equities, suits and injunctions, or whatever.
I use the rules to frustrate the law. But I didn't set up the ground rules.
The public regards lawyers with great distrust. They think lawyers are smarter than the average guy but use their intelligence deviously. Well, they're wrong. Usually they are not smarter.
I get paid for seeing that my clients have every break the law allows. I have knowingly defended a number of guilty men. But the guilty never escape unscathed. My fees are sufficient punishment for anyone.