{"id":104876,"date":"2016-08-30T06:33:26","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T14:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=104876"},"modified":"2025-03-23T16:34:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T00:34:14","slug":"legendary-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=104876","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.unz.com\/isteve\/jeffrey-toobin-reveals-patty-hearsts-real-crime\/#comment-1547725\">Steve Sailer writes<\/a>: It\u2019s hard to be a legendary lawyer outside your state boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>Racehorse Haynes of Houston had a couple of national network miniseries made about his biggest cases in Texas, but he stuck to Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles has had famous lawyers like Johnnie Cochran, Gloria Allred, and Mark Geragos, but they stick to L.A.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Sailer writes: It\u2019s hard to be a legendary lawyer outside your state boundaries. 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