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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I'd use it tomorrow in virtually every criminal and civil case on my desk.
Criminal cases require strategy, and prosecutors should attempt to prove only what can be proved.
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.
the best evidence in this entire case of credibility of a witness.
Race is not, and will not be an issue in this case.
I think that one of the motivating factors was in my last year of law school: we had a competition, and I won the competition; it was judged by several of the federal judges at the time. I got a tremendous amount of encouragement to pursue litigation from them at the time.
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.
I was interested in getting courtroom experience. When I was a young lawyer, the only way I could get real courtroom experience was in the criminal law field.
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.
To me, the Holocaust stands alone as the most horrible human event in modern civilization.
I'm a lawyer who, on occasion, represents celebrities.
He had too much to live for to honestly want to kill,
I believe there are certainly racial problems in this country, and I believe that peaceful solutions can help bring the races together.
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