Obit F. Lee Bailey
WALTHAM, Mass. (77WABC)-Celebrity Attorney F. Lee Baily has died at the age of 87. He defended many high-profile clients including O.J. Simpson, Paricia Hurst, and the alleged Boston Strangler.
His passing was confirmed on Thursday by Kenneth Fishman, Bailey’s longtime legal partner.
Bailey had a reputation of being arrogant, egocentric, and contemptuous of authority. But he also was acknowledged as bold, brilliant, meticulous, and tireless in the defense of his clients.
Simpson once called Bailey the most valuable member of the legal team that got him acquitted of killing his wife and her friend in 1995.
Bailey was disbarred in Florida and Massachusetts in the early 2000s for mishandling $6 million worth of stock for a client. But won the right to practice law in Maine in 2013.
