"Johnnie Cochran has been a lawyer for almost forty years. In that time, he has taken on dozens of groundbreaking cases and emerged as a pivotal figure in race relations in America. Cochran gained international recognition as one of America's best - and most controversial - lawyers for leading the "Dream Team" defense of accused killer O. J. Simpson in the Trial of the Century. Many people formed their perception of Cochran based on his work in that trial.

But long before the Simpson trial and since, Johnnie Cochran has been a leader in the fight for justice for all Americans. This is his story." "Drawing on Cochran's most intriguing and difficult cases, A Lawyer's Life shows how he's fought his critics, won for his clients, and effected real change within the system. This is an intimate and compelling memoir of one lawyer's attempt to make us all truly equal in the eyes of the law."--BOOK JACKET.