Johnnie Cochran Net Worth

Johnnie L Cochran net worth is
$8 Million

Johnnie L Cochran Wiki Biography

Johnnie L Cochran, Jr. was born on 2 October 1937, in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA, and is a lawyer, best known for being the defense lawyer of OJ Simpson during his trial when charged with the murder of his wife. He has also represented a lot of big names in the entertainment industry, and all of his efforts helped put his net worth to where it stood when he passed away in 2005.

How rich was Johnnie Cochran? As of mid-2016, sources estimate a net worth that was at $8 million, mostly earned through a successful career as a lawyer. He worked with many high profile names, including Jim Brown, Snoop Dogg, Michael Jackson, and Geronimo Pratt. He was well known for his skills in the courtroom, and his stand against police brutality. All of these ensured the position of his wealth.

Johnnie Cochran Net Worth $8 million

Cochran attended Los Angeles High School, and in 1955 matriculated at the top of his class. He went on to attend the University of California, Los Angeles, graduating with a degree in business economics, then in 1962 he received a Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School. According to reports, Johnnie was inspired by Thurgood Marshall’s victory in “Brown v. Board of Education” and this led to him pursuing law. After passing the California bar, he took a job as a deputy city attorney focused on criminal activities. During his time there, he got his first celebrity case with Lenny Bruce, who was arrested because of obscenity. Two years later, he went into private practice and started his own firm called Cochran, Atkins & Evans. One of his first notable cases was against several police officers charged with the murder of Leonard Deadwyler. Despite losing the case, he was able to change many things concerning the black community, after which he was involved with a number of criminal and police brutality cases.

In 1978, he returned to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office to become the first black assistant district attorney. After staying there for five years, he resigned to establish the Johnnie L Cochran, Jr. law firm, but after winning $760,000 for a case involving Ron Settles, he expanded to Cochran, Mitchell & Jenna, and later Cochran, Cherry, Givens & Smith. His offices were growing in size as a result of his successes in court, and his growing net worth led to him owning a Jaguar and Rolls-Royce cars, two apartments in West Hollywood, and homes in Los Angeles.

One of his most notable cases was defending OJ Simpson accused of the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. He used the phrase “If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit” for evidence of a bloodstained glove that didn’t fit Simpson. He also brought out the issue of race which led to criticisms. He then represented Abner Louima who was sodomized with a plunger by police, and helped him get $8.75 million, making it the largest police brutality settlement in New York City. In 2001, he represented Sean ‘P. Diddy‘ Combs on stolen weapons charges and bribery, which led to an acquittal. Combs would be the last criminal case he represented.

For his personal life, it is known that Johnnie was married to Barbara Berry Cochran from 1960 to 1977. He was then married to Sylvia Dale from 1985 until his death. He had three children from his marriages. In 2003, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor that eventually led to his death in March 2005.

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Full Name	Johnnie Cochran
Net Worth	$8 Million
Date Of Birth	October 2, 1937
Died	2005-03-29 Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of Birth	Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Profession	Lawyer
Education	Loyola Marymount University, Loyola Law School, University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles High School
Nationality	American
Spouse	Sylvia Dale m. 1985–2005, Barbara Berry Cochran m. 1960–1977
Children	Melodie Cochran, Tiffany Cochran, Jonathan Cochran
Parents	Hattie Bass Cochran, Johnnie L. Cochran, Sr.
Siblings	Ralonzo Phelectron Cochran, Martha Jean Sherrard, Pearl Baker
IMDB	http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0168137/
Movies	Showtime, Showtime
TV Shows	Cochran & Grace, Cochran & Grace

#	Quote
1	[To the jury of the O.J. Simpson murder case, referring to police corruption in his closing arguments] who then "polices" the police? You police the police.
2	[on wining the OJ Simpson case] We fought all the battles, we fought by their rules and we won.
3	[Referring to the black gloves found at the crime scene] If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.

#	Fact
1	Has represented many high profile clients such as actor Todd Bridges, singer Michael Jackson, rappers Tupac Shakur, Sean Combs, Snoop Dogg, heavyweight championship boxer Riddick Bowe, and athlete Marion Jones.
2	[During the OJ Simpson murder trial] the media gave their defense team the nickname "The "Dream Team" because the team consisted of prominent lawyers such as F. Lee Bailey, Robert Shapiro, Robert Kardashian and Alan Dershowitz., all led by Johnnie L. Cochran Jr.
3	Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 87-89. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
4	Was an L.A. high school classmate of Dustin Hoffman.
5	Known in Los Angeles as a brilliant trial attorney at the start of the 1990s, Cochran reportedly received only $100,000 of the multi-million dollar fee paid by O.J. Simpson to attorney Robert Shapiro. Shapiro acted as a broker for the defense, assembling the defense team and bringing in Cochran, F. Lee Bailey and Barry Scheck, all of whom helped save Simpson from what seemed, at first, to be a sure conviction for murdering his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. Though his fee was relatively small, the publicity generated by the trial was enormous, and before the trial ended with an acquittal, Cochran was world famous.
6	He was the basis for Jackie Chiles, the flashy lawyer played by Phil Morris on the TV series Seinfeld (1990). Even the initials are the same.
7	His catchphrase in the Simpson trial, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit," became famous over the years. It derived from a dramatic moment during which Simpson tried on a pair of bloodstained "murder gloves" to show jurors they did not fit.
8	Was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.
9	Graduated from UCLA; law degree from Loyola Marymount University.

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Showtime	2002		Johnnie Cochran, ReRun's Lawyer
JAG	2000	TV Series	Johnnie L. Cochran Jr.
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	1999	TV Series	Foxy Woxy
Arli$$	1998	TV Series	Johnnie Cochran

Producer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Morning Breath	2002	Short executive producer

Miscellaneous

Title	Year	Status	Character
Woman Thou Art Loosed	2004	financier - as Johnnie Cochran

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Ebony/Jet Showcase	1987	TV Series	Himself
Access Hollywood	2004	TV Series	Himself
Larry King Live	1995-2004	TV Series	Himself
Saturday Night Live	2003	TV Series	Himself - Audience Member
Jimmy Kimmel Live!	2003	TV Series	Himself
3rd Annual BET Awards	2003	TV Special documentary	Himself
Pete Rose on Trial	2003	TV Movie documentary	Defense attorney
2003 Trumpet Awards	2003	TV Special	Himself
Last Call with Carson Daly	2002	TV Series	Himself
2nd Annual BET Awards	2002	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Jim Brown: All American	2002	TV Movie documentary	Himself (Attorney)
HBO First Look	2002	TV Series documentary	Himself
Biography	2002	TV Series documentary	Himself
First Monday	2002	TV Series	Himself
Soul Food	2001	TV Series	Himself
Journeys in Black	2001	TV Series documentary	Himself
60 Minutes	2000	TV Series documentary	Himself - Attorney (segment "Officer Young")
The Hughleys	1999-2000	TV Series	Himself
Bamboozled	2000		Himself
American Justice	2000	TV Series documentary	Himself
Absolutely 100% Guilty	1999	Video documentary	Himself (as Johnny Cochrane)
The Roseanne Show	1999	TV Series	Himself
1999 Essence Awards	1999	TV Special	Himself
CHiPs '99	1998	TV Movie	Himself
E! True Hollywood Story	1998	TV Series documentary	HImself
The Chris Rock Show	1997-1998	TV Series	Himself
Family Matters	1998	TV Series	Himself
The 1998 Soul Train Christmas Starfest	1998	TV Movie	Himself (as Johnnie Cochran)
Howard Stern	1996	TV Series	Himself
Martin	1996	TV Series	Himself
The Caleb Crump Show	1996	TV Series	Himself (1997)
The Trial of O.J. Simpson	1995	TV Movie documentary	Himself (as Johnnie Cochran)
The 9th Annual Soul Train Music Awards	1995	TV Special	Himself

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey	2016	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
Dateline NBC	2016	TV Series documentary	Himself
Kardashian: The Man Who Saved OJ Simpson	2016	TV Movie	Himself (as Johnnie Cochran)
Entertainment Tonight	2016	TV Series	Himself
20/20	2015	TV Series documentary	Himself - Lawyer
Autopsy: The Last Hours Of	2015	TV Series	Himself
Inside Edition	2014	TV Series documentary	Himself
On the Record w/ Brit Hume	2014	TV Series	Himself
Mad As Hell	2014	Documentary	Himself
The O.J. Simpson Trial: Where Are They Now?	2014	TV Movie	Himself
True Crime with Aphrodite Jones	2010	TV Series documentary	Himself
Medium	2009	TV Series	Himself
Biography	2009	TV Series documentary	Himself
The O'Reilly Factor	2008	TV Series	Himself
E! True Hollywood Story	2006-2008	TV Series documentary	Himself
4Chosen: The Documentary	2008	Documentary	Himself
California Bail Bonds	2007	Documentary short	Himself
Anything to Win	2006	TV Series documentary	Himself
Frontline	2001-2005	TV Series documentary	Himself
Michael Jackson's Boys	2005	TV Movie documentary	Himself (as Johnny Cochrane)
The N Word	2004	Documentary	Himself
60 Minutes	2001	TV Series documentary	Himself - Attorney (segment "Officer Young")
The Simpsons	2001	TV Series	Himself
The Natural History of the Chicken	2000	Documentary	Himself
The Larry Sanders Show	1995	TV Series	Himself

Known for movies

Bamboozled (2000)
as Himself

CHiPs '99 (1998)
as Himself

Pete Rose on Trial (2003)
as Defense attorney

Jim Brown: All American (2002)
as Himself (Attorney)