Melvin Belli
Lawyer, Author
1907 – 1996
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Who was Melvin Belli?
Melvin Mouron Belli was a prominent American lawyer known as "The King of Torts" and by detractors as 'Melvin Bellicose'. He had many celebrity clients, including Zsa Zsa Gabor, Errol Flynn, Chuck Berry, Muhammad Ali, the Rolling Stones, Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Bakker, Martha Mitchell, Lana Turner, Tony Curtis, and Mae West. He won over USD $600,000,000 in judgments during his legal career. He was also the attorney of Jack Ruby who shot Lee Harvey Oswald for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Famous Quotes:
- There may be better lawyers than I, but so far I haven't come across any of them in court.
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- Born
- Jul 29, 1907
Sonora - Also known as
- Melvin M. Belli
- Spouses
- Nancy Ho
(1996/03/29 - 1996/07/09) - Lia Triff
(1972/06/03 - 1988) - Pat Montandon
(1966 - 1966) - Betty Ballantine
(1933 - 1951) - Toni Nichols
- Joy Turney
- Nancy Ho
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Law degree, University of California, Berkeley
( - 1933)
- Law degree, University of California, Berkeley
- Died
- Jul 9, 1996
San Francisco
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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