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
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During my undergraduate training at UCLA, I was studying finance and securities; my particular interest was with mutual funds. Wanting to get into a high position at some of the companies that were doing that, I knew that law would be useful.
This combination could create a company that could operate even more successfully in this exciting era than either of us could separately, taking full advantage of the opportunities ahead of us...,
I have no better way of judging guilt or innocence than anyone else.
In court, jurors are admonished by the judge at every recess not to discuss the case or form any opinions until the case is given to them for deliberations. Of course, there is no such limitation on the public.
It's true that if you advise politicians on economic policy in the U.S. today, you spend your time in a cross between inquiry and combat. You are always on the periphery of harsh partisan warfare that has nothing to do with substance.
Not only did we play the race card, we dealt it from the bottom of the deck.
It's not uncommon, and they are exercising their right to protest.
The internalization of order flow is essentially a kind of bulge-bracket dark book that allows order matching to occur at the NBBO.
If you look at the earnings prospects for the combined company, those prospects continue to grow, even in the short term,
Our tradition in this country has not been to deny health information to interested individuals when they claim that they can handle it and are willing to pay for the cost of getting it.
You must understand that if you indulge in revenge exclusively, it will come back to you, because those who are revenged upon - even if the whole world believes they deserve it - will in some way express exactly what was expressed towards them. Why perpetuate suffering, no matter how justified it may seem to be, if it only perpetuates suffering in the future for future generations?
Race is not, and will not be an issue in this case.
Earth has provided a stable platform for the evolution of life over 4 billion years. But that lease is limited; we know for sure that it will expire after a few billion more. . . . If we are wise, we will have furnished our new apartments long before that time.
We have reached a situation where a theory has been accepted as fact by some, and possible contrary evidence is shunted aside. [This is] mythology rather than science.