The news that F. Lee Bailey died this week made headlines briefly, but only briefly because so few remember how popular he once was. But my memory of meeting him remains vivid, because he was among the most spectacular guests we had at Monmouth College in the past half-century.
A former colleague said on Thursday that the celebrity lawyer F. Lee Bailey who defended OJ Simpson, Patricia Hearst and the so-called Boston Strangler had died, but his legal career ceased after he was disqualified as a lawyer in two states Up. He is 87 years old.
On Thursday, Peter Horstman confirmed the news. He and Bailey worked in the same law firm for seven years.
In his legal career for more than forty years, Bailey was seen as arrogant, self-centered, and contemptuous of authority. But in defending his clients, he is also recognized as bold, talented, meticulous and tireless.
In an interview with U.S. News and World Report in September 1981, Bailey said: “The legal profession is an industry full of conceit. Few people who are less conceited are attracted to it.”
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