Robert Shapiro

Robert Leslie Shapiro born September 2 1942 is an American attorney and entrepreneur He is best known for being the shortterm defense lawyer of Erik Menéndez in 1990 and a member of the Dream Team of O J Simpsons attorneys that successfully defended him from the charges that he murdered his exwife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in 1994 He later turned to civil work and cofounded ShoeDazzle LegalZoom and RightCounselcom appearing in their television commercials After his son Brents death from a drug overdose in 2005 he founded the Brent Shapiro Foundation a nonprofit organization with an aim to raise drug awareness for which he serves as chairman of the board as well as Pickford Lofts a rehabilitation facility From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia