O. J. Simpson Robbery Case - Simpson's Attorneys

Simpson's Attorneys

• Yale Galanter - Attorney who previous to the robbery incident represented Simpson in Florida. According to Simpson, Galanter encouraged Simpson to go and retrieve his personal items. Galanter was with Simpson in Las Vegas prior to the robbery incident. The former star athlete said Galanter told him during a dinner discussion in Las Vegas: "you have the right to get your stuff" but cautioned he could not trespass on private property. Simpson said he told Galanter that if the suit he wore during his sensational 1990s murder trial was included among the memorabilia he planned to burn it, and Galanter responded: "You're not going to burn it, you're going to bring it to me." In Simpsons testimony, Simpson states he gave the property stolen in Las Vegas to Galanter. Simpson testified that he paid Galanter $125,000 to make a video montage for the appeal, but no video montage was ever made. It has been questioned whether Galanter was incompetent and had a conflict of interest.

• Gabriel Grasso - Galanter’s former friend and co-counsel, said the lawyer complained during the case he didn’t have money to hire investigators or an expert to analyze a critical audio recording from the night of the bungled heist.