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Perspective

Jun. 11, 2015

Cochran legacy a model for young lawyers

Johnnie Cochran, who passed away 10 years ago, was much more than O.J. Simpson's lawyer. By Dan Lawton


By Dan Lawton


Ten years ago, attorney Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., died. A brain tumor took him out at
the age of 67. The mainstream media remembered him as O.J. Simpson's lawyer, who had
gotten an improbable acquittal for his notorious client in the spectacular double-murder
trial in Los Angeles in 1995. On the 10th anniversary of Cochran's passing, young
lawyers can learn much from a short look at h...

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