F. Lee Bailey
American criminal defense attorney
Died when: 87 years 358 days (1055 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Francis Lee Bailey Jr. (June 10, 1933 – June 3, 2021) was an American criminal defense attorney.Bailey's name 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 US Army Captain Ernest Medina for the My Lai Massacre.
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.
For most of his career, he was licensed in Florida and in Massachusetts, where he was disbarred in 2001 and 2003, respectively, for misconduct while defending marijuana dealer Claude Louis DuBoc.
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, though in 2013 he was denied a law license by the Maine Board of Bar Examiners, a decision reversed by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in 2014.