In 1981, he went back to private practice and got big verdicts for victims of negligence and civil rights violations. As his success grew, he used the law to create change in many landmark and high-profile cases.
He is most famous for his role as lead counsel for the O.J. Simpson case in 1995. That year he was selected America’s Trial Lawyer of the Year by The National Law Journal and one of the Headliners of the Year by Time magazine. Johnnie is the only attorney to be named criminal defense lawyer of the year and civil trial lawyer of the year by the Los Angeles Bar.
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