Robert Shapiro
Robert Shapiro
Robert Leslie Shapirois an American civil litigator and senior partner in the Los Angeles-based law firm Glaser Weil Fink Jacobs Howard Avchen & Shapiro, LLP. Shapiro is most recognized for being part of the "dream team" legal team which successfully defended O. J. Simpson in 1995, from the charges that he murdered his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman, in 1994. Shortly after the O. J. Simpson murder case, Shapiro steered his practice away from criminal defense toward...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth2 September 1942
CityPlainfield, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
The Vietnam War was causing people to get drafted; I had received a deferment to finish my undergraduate education, and in order to continue to get a deferment, you had to go to graduate school.
If you look at the earnings prospects for the combined company, those prospects continue to grow, even in the short term,
Criminal cases require strategy, and prosecutors should attempt to prove only what can be proved.
F. Lee Bailey had been an inspiration to me. It was my desire to have him behind the scenes, to rely on his great wisdom and his brainpower, but I did not feel he should be in the courtroom.
Our constitutionally-based criminal justice system places a high value on protecting the innocent. Among its central tenets is the idea that it is better to let a guilty person go free than to convict someone without evidence beyond a reasonable doubt.
Even though the name Monsanto isn't new, the concept of a life sciences industry is, ... We hope to capture the essence of our role in this emerging industry in our new positioning.
I've always kept my word, and my clients have always kept their word.
(D)id you tell Larry Fiato that ... that you went to Rockingham because O.J. was a suspect, the husband is always a suspect, on the 18th floor of the balcony while smoking a cigarette in February of this year?
I'm sure all jurors have tremendous hardships that would greatly be alleviated with the largess of this court and by any type of compensation.
The 5th Amendment guarantees that defendants can't face 'double jeopardy,' which means the government can't prosecute a person a second time for the same crime if the jury returns a verdict. Only if the jury doesn't reach a decision can prosecutors elect to retry the case.
I'd use it tomorrow in virtually every criminal and civil case on my desk.
I believe there are certainly racial problems in this country, and I believe that peaceful solutions can help bring the races together.
I'm a lawyer who, on occasion, represents celebrities.
To me, the Holocaust stands alone as the most horrible human event in modern civilization.