F. Lee Bailey

F. Lee Bailey
Bailey in 1993
Born
Francis Lee Bailey Jr.

(1933-06-10)June 10, 1933
DiedJune 3, 2021(2021-06-03) (aged 87)
Education
Occupations
  • Attorney
  • businessman
  • author
  • actor
  • television personality
EmployerF. Lee Bailey Consulting
Known forDefense attorney for:

Attorney for:

Television
  • Host of Good Company (1967)
  • Host of Lie Detector (1983)
Spouses
Florence Gott
(m. 1960; div. 1961)
Froma Portney
(m. 1972, divorced)
Lynda Hart
(m. 1972; div. 1980)
Patricia Shiers
(m. 1985; died 1999)
Children3
Military career
Service/branch
Years of service1952–1956
RankSecond Lieutenant
UnitVMFA-334
MAG-32
Websitefleebailey.info

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. 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.[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, he was licensed in Florida and in Massachusetts, where he was disbarred in 2001 and 2003 respectively 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, though in 2013 he was denied a law license by the Maine Board of Bar Examiners, a decision Bailey appealed in 2013 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]

  1. ^ Lardner, George Jr. (Mar. 16, 1977). "Subpoena Reported For Gang Figure." Washington Post.
  2. ^ Bigart, Homer (August 26, 1971). "Army Withdraws Witness At Medina's Court-Martial". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
  3. ^ Uelmen, Gerald (January 1, 2000). "Who Is the Lawyer of the Century". Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review. 33 (2): 613. ISSN 0147-9857.
  4. ^ "Bailey v. Bd. of Bar Examiners, Docket No: Bar-12-14 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  5. ^ "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.

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