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Sidney Roy Korshak (June 6, 1907 – January 20, 1996) was an American lawyer and "fixer" for businessmen in the upper echelons of power and the Chicago Outfit in the United States. His reputation as the Chicago mob's man in Los Angeles made him one of Hollywood's most fabled and influential fixers. [1]
The Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) is a voluntary bar association with more than 16,000 members throughout Los Angeles County, California, and the world. [1] Founded in 1878, LACBA has strived to meet the professional needs of lawyers, advance the administration of justice, and provide the public with access to justice.
Frank A. DeSimone (July 17, 1909 – August 4, 1967) was an American mobster who was boss of the Los Angeles crime family from 1956 to 1967. DeSimone was the son of former don Rosario DeSimone . He was sometime referred to as "One Eye" because one of his eyes drooped. [ 1 ]
Melvin Mouron Belli (July 29, 1907 – July 9, 1996) [2] was a United States lawyer and writer known as "The King of Torts" [3] and by insurance companies as "Melvin Bellicose". He had many celebrity clients, including Zsa Zsa Gabor , Errol Flynn , Chuck Berry , Muhammad Ali , The Rolling Stones , Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Bakker , Martha ...
Los Angeles Times. March 30, 1958. Robinson, David. Chaplin: His Life and Art. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1985. ISBN 0-07-053181-1; Robinson, W.W. Lawyers of Los Angeles: A History of the Los Angeles Bar Association and of the Bar of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles: Los Angeles Bar Association, 1959. "Scott Paid Tribute by Notables." Los Angeles ...
Georgia Bullock (1913): [27] [28] First female judge in Los Angeles County, California (1931) May Darlington Lahey (1914): [411] First female (who was Australian) to serve as the Presiding Judge of the Los Angeles Municipal Court (c. 1943) Mabel Walker Willebrandt (1917): [412] First female Public Defender of Los Angeles County, California (c ...
She began her career in the Los Angeles County Public Defender's office, where she worked for six years. [2] She entered private practice as a defense attorney in 1976, [6] and developed a reputation as a fierce advocate for her clients. [2] She was twice named trial lawyer of the year by the L.A. Criminal Courts Bar Association.
Caryl Whittier Chessman (May 27, 1921 – May 2, 1960) was a convicted robber, kidnapper, serial rapist, and writer who was sentenced to death for a series of crimes committed in January 1948 in the Los Angeles area.