I have tried many cases over a 50-year period, but the one which received the most worldwide attention was “The Elephant Case”.
The case arose in August, 2001, at the San Jose Arena, where Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey...more
The Judge was a lovely old fellow, a relic from a time before the birth of Silicon Valley, when Santa Clara County was covered with orchards instead of start-ups, and was known as the Valley of the Heart’s Delight. As a...more
Always a champion of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the news media unfortunately often give little weight to another important right: the right against self-incrimination. Recent reporting on a criminal...more
Committed to establishing the Rule of Law, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL) sent lawyers to numerous former Iron Curtain countries in Asia and Eastern Europe in the early ‘90s. After the trip, the group...more