Robert Shapiro
- Acting
- September 2, 1942 · Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Robert Leslie Shapiro (born September 2, 1942) is an American attorney and entrepreneur. He is best known for being the short-term defense lawyer of Erik Menéndez in 1990, and a member of the "Dream Team" of O. J. Simpson's attorneys that successfully defended him from the charges that he murdered his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ron Goldman, in 1994. He later turned to civil work and co-founded ShoeDazzle, LegalZoom, and RightCounsel.com, appearing in their television commercials. After his son Brent's 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom · Self
- O.J.: Made in America · Self
- Inside the Jury Room · Self
- Keeping Up with the Kardashians · Self
- Shark · Robert Shapiro
- Oliver Beene · Robert Shapiro
- Jackie Chan: My Story · Thanks
- An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn · Self
- Arli$ · Robert Shapiro