Best Lawyer

Johnnie Cochran was one of this country’s greatest lawyers. People around the world saw him as someone who fought for the rights of all and gave back to his community. As a skillful lawyer, he was a leading expert on the American criminal and civil justice system. Johnnie was born in 1937 in Shreveport, Louisiana. He moved with his family to California in the fall of 1943. At an early age, Johnnie found his love for debate. He graduated college from the University of California at Los Angeles and got his law degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. Johnnie Cochran began his legal career in 1963. He was assigned to the criminal section of the City Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles. He spent several years there before starting his own firm where he handled both civil and criminal cases.