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F. Lee Bailey | |
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| Born | Francis Lee Bailey Jr. June 10, 1933 Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | June 3, 2021 (aged 87) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
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| Employer | F. Lee Bailey Consulting |
| Known for | Defense attorney for:
Attorney for:
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| Spouses | Florence Gott
(m. 1960; div. 1961)Froma Portney
(m. 1972, divorced)Lynda Hart
(m. 1972; div. 1980)Patricia Shiers
(m. 1985; died 1999) |
| Children | 3 |
| Military career | |
| Service | |
| Years of service | 1952–1956 |
| Rank | Second Lieutenant |
| Unit | VMFA-334 MAG-32 |
| Website | fleebailey |
Francis Lee Bailey Jr. (June 10, 1933 – June 3, 2021), better known to the general public as F. Lee Bailey, was an American criminal defense attorney.
Born in Waltham, Massachusetts, Bailey first came to nationwide attention for his involvement in the second murder trial of Sam Sheppard, a surgeon accused of murdering his wife. He later served as the attorney in a number of other high-profile cases, such as Albert DeSalvo, a suspect in the "Boston Strangler" murders, heiress Patty Hearst's trial for bank robberies committed during her involvement with the Symbionese Liberation Army, and U.S. Army Captain Ernest Medina for the My Lai Massacre.[2] He was a member of the "Dream Team" in the trial of former football player O. J. Simpson, who was accused of murdering Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. He is considered one of the greatest lawyers of the 20th century.[3]
For most of his career, Bailey was licensed in Florida and in Massachusetts, where he was respectively disbarred in 2001 and 2003 for misconduct while defending Claude Louis DuBoc, who had been accused of the drug trafficking of marijuana. Following his disbarment, he moved to Maine, where he ran a consulting firm. He later sat for the bar exam in the state of Maine. In 2013, he was denied a law license by the Maine Board of Bar Examiners, a decision Bailey appealed that same year where the appellate court overturned the initial license denial. The Board of Examiners appealed the appellate court decision, and in 2014 the original denial was upheld by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.[4][5]
- ^ Lardner, George Jr. (Mar. 16, 1977). "Subpoena Reported For Gang Figure." Washington Post.
- ^ Bigart, Homer (August 26, 1971). "Army Withdraws Witness At Medina's Court-Martial". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
- ^ Uelmen, Gerald (January 1, 2000). "Who Is the Lawyer of the Century". Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review. 33 (2): 613. ISSN 0147-9857.
- ^ "Bailey v. Bd. of Bar Examiners, Docket No: Bar-12-14 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
- ^ "Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. F. Lee Bailey v. Board of Law Examiners. Docket No. Cum–13–291. Decided: April 10, 2014". findlaw.com. Retrieved July 13, 2023.