- Was of Greek ancestry
- Was a criminal lawyer who gained fame representing many criminals are scandalous celebrities including famed televangelist Jim Bakker
- Legendary voice against capital punishment in California. He was one of the earliest lawyers who really focused on death cases and challenged the employment of the death penalty in California.
- Moved to the islands permanently in 1980 and bought a 100 acre horse and cattle ranch on the Hamakua Coast on the Big Island of Hawaii with his wife Ginger.
- He first gained fame representing a convicted bomber who was pardoned in a landmark 1930s case and later represented clients including California death row inmate Caryl Chessman and televangelist Jim Bakker.
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