sonofabear51 said:
Except for the fact that he is long deceased, maybe Melvin Belli would be there too?
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-04-17-mn-479-story.html
I have 4 awards to bestow posthumously on Mr. Belli:
1. Best Cameo by an Attorney in a TV Show:

Belli appeared in "And the Children Shall Lead", a 1968 episode of the original Star Trek series. In it he appears as "Gorgan, the Friendly Angel", an evil being who corrupts a group of children, one of whom was played by his son Caesar;
2. Best Law Office Presentation

3. Best Name for a Dog
Welldone Rumproast III
4. Lawyer Most Owned by Vincent Hallinan
My Dad was a lawyer that practiced in their era. He told me this story that he said came from a high placed reliable source (the trial judge?):
Courtroom titans Belli and Hallinan were battling it out in a jury trial in SF Superior Court (1950's or early 60's). Hallinan, a known scrapper, kept trying to throw Belli off his game by repeatedly mispronouncing his last name: "Mr. Belly this and Mr. Belly that." Soon enough Mel could take it no longer and asked for a meeting with the judge and counsel in chambers. Once inside with the judge:
Mel Belli: "Your Honor, I request that you instruct Mr. Hallinan to properly pronounce my last name and quit humiliating me in front of the jury. MY NAME IS BELLI NOT BELLY!"
Judge: "Mr. Hallinan?"
Vincent Hallinan: "Your Honor, with all due respect, I am married to an Italian woman…..and if I were to call her on the phone during the day and asked her,'I will buy wine for dinner, but I need to know what we are having, spaghett-eye, tortellin-eye or rigaton-eye, by the time I got home for dinner all of my worldly possessions would be tossed in a heap in the driveway.
Your Honor, Mr. Belli's name is properly pronounced Belly, and I will continue to address him as such."
[I don't know it ended, but who the F cares]


They don't make Men of Iron like him anymore.
His Obit:
Vincent Hallinan; Combative S.F. Lawyer - Los Angeles Times
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-10-03-mn-90-story.html Cancel my subscription to the Resurrection
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