the Zealous

As a solo attorney you can’t be all things to all people. You are just one person and only can cover so many areas of law in your practice. What happens when a client comes to you with something outside your area of expertise?

The one thing that you don’t want to do is say, “Sorry, I don’t do that. Good luck in finding someone else.”

You want to keep the client, so you do your best to refer the case to someone else. But how do you find someone who can take care of your client’s needs? And how do you know if that lawyer is any good?
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At this time 23 years ago, OJ Simpson was on trial in Los Angeles Superior Court for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.

Simpson’s defense team, which would come to be known as the “dream team”, included F. Lee Bailey. Bailey conducted the cross-examination of Mark Furhman, a detective with the LAPD who had discovered a right-handed blood-covered glove at Simpson’s residence that matched a bloody glove found at the scene of the double-homicide. The blood from both gloves was identical, and DNA evidence from the left glove revealed a mix of Simpson’s blood and that of the two victims.

The theory of the defense was that Mark Fuhrman was a racist and had planted the glove at Simpson's residence in order to frame Simpson, or at least, to pump up the case against him.