Howard Weitzman, an influential and very successful lawyer who represented some of the biggest names in Hollywood, has passed away.
He passed away this week in Pacific Palisades, CA, after battling cancer … according to his family.
Howard has spent more than 50 years reclaiming celebrities, including OJ Simpson, John DeLorean, Michael Jackson, Morgan Freeman, Magic Johnson, Marlon Brando, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sugar Ray Leonard, Justin Bieber, Ozzy Osbourne, Diddy, Ivan Reitman, Ron Meyer and numerous others.
He represented Michael Jackson’s estate from the outset, and also the singer in the civil lawsuit brought by him Jordan Chandler.
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Howard introduced OJ Simpson in the murder case, but only for a day. The video above was shot when Weitzman and Simpson left the LAPD headquarters after OJ left the day after the murders. Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Howard closed the case the next day … told his wife, Margaret, encouraged him to withdraw.
When he helped free DeLorean from a cocaine charge in 1984, Howard made the press conferences you see on the steps of the courtroom popular.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Howard played baseball as a child and attended Los Angeles City College and USC Law School before founding the law firm Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump LLP, where he was the attorney general in more than 300 criminal and civil cases. juries were. trials.
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He also served from 1995-98 as Vice President of Corporate Operations for Universal Studios and lectures at USC Law School, Harvard, Georgetown Law Center, UCLA and other law schools.
Howard regularly appeared as a guest on national television and went on ‘CBS This Morning’, ‘Good Morning America’ and ‘Dateline’.
He is survived by his wife, Margaret, and their children, Jed and Armen.
Howard was 81.
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