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                           OJ
                           Simpson and Johnny Cochrane
                           
                           

                           
                           
Name:
                              Johnny Cochran
                              
                              
Born:
                              October 2, 1937
                              
                              
Died:
                              March 29, 2005, of a brain
                              tumor
                              
                              
 
                              
                              
Photo:photo
                              by Vince Bucci Johnny
                              Cochran tries on the infamous gloves at
                              the Simpson Trial in
                              1995.
                           
                           
 
                           
                           
 
                              
                              
Birthplace:
                              
                              
                              
Shreveport,
                                 Louisiana
                              
                              
Education:
                              
                              
                              
University
                                 of California at Los Angeles (B.S.
                                 in Business Administration, 1959);
                                 law degree-Loyola Marymount
                                 University (J.D., 1962)
                              
                              
 
                              
                              
Occupation:
                              
                              
                              
Attorney
                              
                              
 
                              
                              
Career
                              History:
                              
                              
                              
Cochran
                                 served as a prosecutor in Los
                                 Angeles for two years and rose to
                                 the position of Assistant District
                                 Attorney for Los Angeles County
                                 before beginning his own legal
                                 practice. His law firm specialized
                                 in personal injury and tort cases,
                                 especially those involving alleged
                                 police brutality against
                                 African-Americans. In the 1990s, he
                                 became best known as a defense
                                 attorney representing such celebrity
                                 defendants as OJ Simpson, Michael
                                 Jackson, and Sean Combs (AKA Puff
                                 Daddy; P. Diddy).
                                 
                                 
Outside
                                 of the courts, he also served as a
                                 broadcaster for CourtTV and as an
                                 expert for NBC.
                              
                              
 
                              
                              
Accomplishments:
                              
                              
                              
Johnny
                                 Cochran's famous "If it doesn't fit,
                                 you must acquit" line in the OJ
                                 Simpson trial in 1995 is considered
                                 by many to be the key moment in the
                                 acquittal of his client from murder
                                 charges.
                              
                              
  
                              
                              
Publications:
                              
                              
                              
A
                                 Lawyer's Life (Cochran, Johnny;
                                 Fisher, David. New York, NY,: St.
                                 Martin's Press, 2002)
                                 
                                 
Journey
                                 to Justice (Cochran, Johnny;
                                 Rutten, Tim. New York, NY,:
                                 Ballentine Books,
                                 1997)
                              
                              
 
                              
                              
                              
                              
Awards:
                              
                              
                              
Criminal
                                 Trial Lawyer of the Year, Los
                                 Angeles Criminal Courts Bar
                                 Association, 1977; 
                                 
                                 
Pioneer
                                 of Black Legal Leadership Award, Los
                                 Angeles Brotherhood Crusade, August,
                                 1979; 
                                 
                                 
Outstanding
                                 Law Enforcement Office of 1979,
                                 
                                 
                                 
California
                                 Trial Lawyers Association; Trial
                                 Lawyer of the Year, Hon. Loren
                                 Miller Award, John M. Langston Bar
                                 Association, 1982-1983;
                                 
                                 
                                 
Equal
                                 Justice in Law Award, Legal Defense
                                 Fund, National Association for the
                                 Advancement of Colored People;
                                 Distinguished Alumni Award, UCLA
                                 Black Alumni Association, March,
                                 1988;
                                 
                                 
Alumni
                                 Award of Excellence in Professional
                                 Achievement, UCLA, June,
                                 1988;
                                 
                                 
Outstanding
                                 Criminal Defense Attorneys, Southern
                                 California, July, 1989;
                                 
                                 
                                 
1995
                                 National Law Journal Trial Lawyer of
                                 the Year.
                                 
                                 
 
                              
                              
Worked/Collaborated
                              With:
                              Lance Ito (in the L.A. Prosecutor's
                              office), Robert Shapiro, F. Lee Bailey,
                              Alan Dershowitz, Barry Scheck (all on
                              the Simpson trial), Benjamin Brafman
                              (Combs trial)
                           
                             
                           
                           
Served
                              as the Attorney
                              For:
                              Reginald Denny, Abner Louima, Elmer
                              "Geronimo" Pratt (a former member of
                              the Black Panther Party), Todd Bridges,
                              James Brown, Angela Igwe, and Cynthia
                              Wiggins, O.J. Simpson, Michael Jackson,
                              Sean Combs, and Kadiatou Diallo, the
                              mother of Amadou Diallo, the Haitian
                              immigrant shot by four New York City
                              police officers in 1999.
                              
                              
 
                              
                              
 
                              
                              
Sources:
                              
                              
                              
The
                                 Cochran Firm-http://www.thecochranfirm.com/_national/profiles_johnniecochran.html
                                 
                                 
Johnny
                                 Cochran
                                 Biography--http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Simpson/Cochran.htm
                                 
                                 
New
                                 York Times
                                 Obituary--http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/30/national/30cochran.html?hp
                           
                           
 
                        
                     
                  
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