Melvin Belli

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Melvin Belli
Belli in 1967
Born	Melvin Mouron Belli (1907-07-29)July 29, 1907 Sonora, California, U.S.
Died	July 9, 1996(1996-07-09) (aged 88) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Lawyer, author
Spouses	Elizabeth Ballantine ​ ​ (m. 1933; div. 1951)​ Toni Nichols ​ ​ (m. 1951; div. 1954)​ Joy Maybelle Turney ​ ​ (m. 1956; div. 1965)​ Patricia Montandon ​ ​ (m. 1966; div. 1966)​ Lia Georgia Triff ​ ​ (m. 1972; div. 1991)​ Nancy Ho ​ (m. 1996)​ [1]
Children	6

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 Mitchell, Maureen Connolly, Lana Turner, Tony Curtis, and Mae West. During his legal career, he won over $600 million in damages for his clients.^{[4][better source needed]} He was also the attorney for Jack Ruby, who shot Lee Harvey Oswald days after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.