Although he has been well known in west coast law circles for many years, Johnnie Cochran (born 1937) entered the national spotlight as a member of O. J. Simpson's defense team.Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr....
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Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., an attorney who repeatedly captured media attention by representing well-known clients, such as singer Michael Jackson, and undertaking highly controversial cases, grew up in ...
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Johnnie Cochran had finished his speech and returned to his seat next to the Haitian immigrant Abner Louima when the Rev. Al Sharpton began one of the call-and-response routines that he often uses ...
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Police have tracked cell phone signals and examined abandoned cars, yet there's no trace of a woman who vanished last month after going to a Florida night club.Miami-Dade County police have said th...
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Yale Galanter toiled in South Florida courtrooms for decades in relative anonymity before a single client in a road rage case made him a celebrity.The defendant was O.J. Simpson, and Galanter's rep...
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Man. This week's been like an avalanche of bad entertainment news. Can black folks in the industry, scratch that, can black folks everywhere, please stay out of trouble? If you need an incentive to...
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Several years ago, when he was the chairman of Court TV, Henry Schleiff approached one of his bosses, Time Warner CEO Dick Parsons, with an idea for a show.
“He was going to have Jeffrey Dahm...
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The people who pushed the NFL into a successful minority hiring effort are now turning their attention to the NCAA.Leaders of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, formed in 2002 to promote racial hiring in ...
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The lack of black head coaches in college football was lamented in powerful language Wednesday by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, NCAA president Myles Brand and congressmen from both parties."When African-...
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Just when we thought we'd seen it all in celebrity trials, Phil Spector's bombastic lead attorney has decided the record producer's murder case can continue just fine without jurors seeing one key ...
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