Johnnie L Cochran, Jr. was a well-known American lawyer renowned for dealing high profile as well as highly publicised police brutality cases associated with the African-American community. He represented several high profile clients like Michael Jackson, Sean Combs, Snoop Dogg, Tupac Shakur, Riddick Bowe and Todd Bridges among many others. He was reputed for his legal acumen, courtroom skills and trial tactics whether for cases involving celebrities and superstars or for those of common men shoved into unusual situations. However the one case that led him to the spotlight garnering international prominence and making him arguably one of the most reputed trial lawyers of the world apart from becoming a celebrity himself was that of former American footballer O.J. Simpson who was charged of double murder. Cochran played a leadership role in the defence team of lawyers of Simpson and successfully defended the latter in a highly publicised and televised trial that became somewhat of a “trial of the century”. His trial tactics and demonstrating skills put the police and prosecution on the defensive leading Simpson’s defense team to suggest racist behaviour of police department and framing of charges against the footballer thus leading to the acquittal of Simpson. He served as Chairman of the ‘Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone’, whose objective is to revitalize economically deprived communities. He set up the ‘Johnnie L. Cochran, Sr. scholarship’ at University of California, Los Angeles for African-American men.