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Thurgood Marshall

2009 Inductees, Inductees, Legal Legacies

Year of Induction: 2009 Major Highlights: 1940 Wins first of 29 Supreme Court victories (Chambers v. Florida) 1944 Successfully argues Smith v. Allwright overthrowing the South’s “white primary” 1948 Wins Shelley v. Kraemer, in which Supreme Court strikes down legality of racially restrictive covenants 1950 Wins Supremem Court victories in two graduate-school integration [...]

Clarence Darrow

2009 Inductees, Inductees, Legal Legacies

Year of Induction: 2009 Major Highlights:

John Adams

2009 Inductees, Inductees, Legal Legacies

Phone: - Year of Induction: 2009 Major Highlights: “The Part I took in Defense of Captain Preston [captain of the British Army] and the Soldiers [of British Army], procured me Anxiety, and Obloquy enough. It was, however, one of the most gallant, generous, manly and disinterested Actions of my whole Life, and one of [...]

Melvin Belli

2009 Inductees, Inductees, Legal Legacies

Year of Induction: 2009 Misc.: EDUCATION U.C. Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D., 1933 HONORS AND AWARDS “Father of Modern Personal Injury Law” Nicknamed the “King of Torts” by Life magazine in 1954 Founder of The Belli Society CAREER Represented many high-profile clients including Mae West, Errol Flynn, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Jack Ruby PUBLICATIONS: Author: [...]

Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr.

2009 Inductees, Inductees, Legal Legacies

Year of Induction: 2009 Major Highlights: • Widely known as a lead counsel for the O.J. Simpson case that brought him international recognition. • The only attorney in Los Angeles ever to receive both the “Civil Trial Lawyer of the Year” Award and the “Criminal Trial Lawyer of the Year” Award. • Inducted in the American College of Trial lawyers, [...]

Belva Lockwood

2010 Inductees, Inductees, Legal Legacies

Year of Induction: 2010 Major Highlights: 1872 – lobbied Congress on behalf of a bill for equal pay for Federal government employees 1873 – drafted an anti-discrimination bill that would allow women the same access to the bar as their male colleagues; Congress passed bill and President Rutherford B. Hayes signed it into law in 1879 1879 – sworn [...]

William Kunstler

2010 Inductees, Inductees, Legal Legacies

Year of Induction: 2010 Major Highlights: Misc.: Status:

Earl Rogers

2011 Inductees, Inductees, Legal Legacies

Year of Induction: 2011 Major Highlights: Misc.: - Status: [tab name="Bio"] Biography: One of the most famous criminal defense lawyers of his day, Earl Rogers was known for his melodramatic courtroom antics and his astounding memory for detail. Although he wanted to be a surgeon, he decided to study law and [...]

Edward William Bennett

2011 Inductees, Inductees, Legal Legacies

Phone: Year of Induction: 2011 Major Highlights: Address: - Misc.: - Status: [tab name="Bio"] Biography: Colorful and controversial, Edward Bennett Williams was one of the most successful trial lawyers in his day. A high-profile, defense lawyer, his clients included Jimmy Hoffa, Joseph McCarthy, Frank Costello, Frank Sinatra, John Connally, and the Reverend [...]

Moe Levine

2011 Inductees, Inductees, Legal Legacies

Year of Induction: 2011 Major Highlights: 1929 – admitted into the New York State Bar Status:

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