Mickey Sherman
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Michael "Mickey" Sherman, a criminal-defense attorney who has represented some famous clients, often appears as a legal analyst on cable television talk shows.
The Greenwich, Connecticut native, who has offices in Stamford, Connecticut, represented Michael Skakel in his murder trial. After Skakel was found guilty, some members of Skakel's family blamed Sherman for losing the case and as a result, Mr. Sherman is not part of the pending Skakel appeal.
Sherman was a lawyer for Alex Kelly, a Darien, Connecticut teenager who was charged with raping two teenage girls. Kelly later became famous for skipping bail and leaving the country to live as a fugitive in Europe for more than a decade. When he eventually returned to the United States to face trial, his family hired another lawyer.
He has frequently appeared as a commentator on MSNBC, CNBC, Court TV, Fox News, and CNN, and has been employed as a legal analyst on CBS News, appearing on the CBS Early Show and CBS Evening News.[1]
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[edit] Life and early career
A graduate of Greenwich High School, Sherman received his bachelor's degree from the University of Connecticut and, in 1971, his law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law. In May 2005, Sherman was disinvited from speaking at Greenwich High School's commencement due to public outcry from many parents. Mr. Sherman served as an assistant public Defender in Stamford Superior Court and later as an assistant prosecutor, a post he held for four years.[2]
Sherman is currently a partner of the Stamford law firm of Sherman, Richichi & Hickey, founded in 1973. In 1976, he was appointed assistant town attorney for Greenwich. He is a founding member of the Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association for which he served as an officer and board member.[1]
His courtroom and trial tactics have been the subject of feature articles in the New York Times, the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, and New York Newsday. In 1986, the New York Times questioned whether he hurt the jury system by hiring a juror from a deadlocked rape jury to sit through the defendant's retrial as a consultant. After the second trial, the Connecticut Legislature passed a statute outlawing the tactic.[1]
Sherman successfully defended a Vietnam veteran in a murder trial using the post-traumatic stress disorder defense. That became the subject of half-hour productions on CBS’s Verdict, NBC’s Dateline and the BBC series, America on Trial.[1]
[edit] Celebrity
Sherman is married to Fox News legal analyst and author Lis Wiehl. Numerous celebrities were present at their marriage on June 23, 2006 at a Greenwich restaurant: singer Michael Bolton, Bolton's fiance, Nicollette Sheridan, Court TV founder Steven Brill, legal analysts Rikki Klieman and Catherine Crier, Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton, television host and journalist Dan Abrams, CBS journalist Hannah Storm, NBC Sports anchor Dan Hicks, actor Christopher Wiehl, film producer and director Barry Levinson, Fox News personality Geraldo Rivera, Fox News personality E.D. Hill, state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, filmmaker Tomaczek Bednarek, Fox News legal analyst Jonna Spilbor, and John Dearden. Judge Judy Sheinlin showed up after the ceremony.[3]
Sherman has an adult son and an adult daughter from a previous marriage. Wiehl, about 14 years younger than Sherman, has a daughter and a son from a previous marriage.
In Barry Levinson's 2006 film Man of the Year Sherman appears as a "Talking head lawyer".[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c d [1]Web site of Sherman, Richichi & Hickey, Web page titled "Mickey Sherman" accessed October 11, 2006
- ^ [2]"Fans of Feiger" Web site, Web page titled "Lawyers Hall of Fame: Mickey Sherman", accessed October 11, 2006
- ^ Costaregni, Susie, The Dish column, "Paul Simon springs a 'Surprise' visit", page A2, The Advocate of Stamford, July 1, 2006, page A2
- ^ [3]IMDB.com Web page titled "Mickey Sherman", accessed October 11, 2006
