McDowell Memo: Some Great Attorneys on both sides

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Some Great Attorneys on both sides 


Having been a life long follower of legal cases I have selected a few of my favorite attorneys from the pas to look at their lives and how the developed such skill and daring .


 Ellis Rubin was a great defender of lost causes and of gay rights , although mostly known as a Florida lawyer , he made  headlines across the country with many of his cases including suing the NFL  over the Black Out process.  Interesting fact is that he went ot Binghamton HS with Rod Serling.

  
Gerry Spence - probably the greatest trial attorney of all time has not lost any case since 1969 and has not lost a trial by jury EVER , another defender of those cases that no one thinks has  a Chance such as Karen Silkwood, Rudy Ridge , etc. 



 Barry Scheck  the person that changed the criminal justice system the most , He is the father of using DNA evidence to acquit persons after trial by proving they were not the killer with DNA or proving the DNA was so badly handled it could not be used for anything. Was a key defense attorney in the OJ Simpson Dream Team His projects at NYU Law have freed hundreds of wrongly  convicted defendants. 



 Rudy Giuliani Where would we be with out RICO statutes , convictions with only circumstantial evidence. Rudy attacked and defeated the Commission of 5  New York City Mafia crime families by tying them together in ways never before   done. 

All of these were men who took a chance and changed the way we view criminal law today. 

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