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.