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"Harland Braun is extremely tenacious and will go the extra mile for his client. He's enthusiastic about the practice of law, and he's experienced. I don't think there's a more lethal combination.1"

"He's a guy who very much attaches himself to his client's cause, and I respect his resourcefulness, and I respect his diligence and creativity.2"

Patricia Glaser
Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro in Los Angeles

"He's had a great deal of experience with complex issues and he functions well under a great deal of pressure.1"

"Harland Braun is an excellent attorney.3"

Gloria Allred
Allred, Maroko & Goldberg in Los Angeles

Rodney King Federal Trial

"He loved to try to get under our skin... But during his closing argument his explanation of reasonable doubt was probably the most creative and thought-provoking and funny of any I have ever heard.4"

Steven D. Clymer
Associate Professor, Cornell Law School
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney
Former Trial Opponent

"He [is] at once intuitive and analytical in courtroom arguments and a creative legal strategist with the ability to focus on essentials and see a case through the eyes of a jury.5"

Lou Cannon, Author, Biographer

Twilight Zone Trial

"I certainly know Harland Braun very well, and he's a very, very, very bright man and a brilliant attorney, and if I were in trouble I'd certainly want someone like Braun on my side. Harland really is an excellent attorney. He truly is.3"

Lea Purwin D'Agostino
Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles
Prosecutor, Twilight Zone trial

“He can make a prosecutor’s life hell… I think Harland is one of the smartest lawyers in town. He fights really hard for his clients. And he’s bolder in his tactics than other lawyers.4”

Laurie Levenson
Professor, Loyola Law School
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney
Former Trial Opponent

Sheriffs Trial

"I am so impressed not only with your outstanding legal talents and abilities, but with your professionalism as an attorney at law. Your approach to law is in the highest traditions of the legal profession. It is very reassuring to know that there are lawyers like you still around. I might add that with your trial abilities, if you had represented Manson, this book may never have been written.6"

Vincent Bugliosi, Attorney and Author
Prosecutor, Charles Manson Trial

“Harland gives 105 percent. And he is brilliantly innovative.7"

Stephen Trott
US Attorney, Los Angeles

Rodney King Federal Trial

“I don’t know any DA who wants to try a case against … Harland because [he] will make you pay a price for doing it.2”

Charles Lindner
Attorney, Santa Monica

“Braun's an excellent lawyer.3”

Johnnie Cochran
Attorney, Los Angeles

"The knowledgeable writer Dominick Dunne, an authority in such matters, says [Harland Braun] is one of the best attorneys anywhere.8”

Liz Smith, Writer and Author

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1 Benjamin Howell, Jeanna Steele, and Janet Weeks, “The Lawyers Lawyers Would Hire If They Got Busted.” California Lawyer (2001): 34-42.

2 Anne La Jeunesse, “The Best Offense … Braun, Attorney for Blake, Thrives in Limelight for Celebrity Clients.” Los Angeles Daily Journal 23 May, 2001: 1.

3 King Kaufman, “Blue horse, dirty victim.” Salon.com. 30 May. 2001 <http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/05/30/bakley/index2.html>.

4 B. J. Palermo, “Not A Shy Guy, L.A. defense lawyer Harland Braun is in the public eye again.” The National Law Journal 24.37 (2002) : 1,10

5 Lou Cannon, Official Negligence: How Rodney King and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD. (New York: Random House, 1997) 388.

6 Vincent Bugliosi, autograph, Curt Gentry and Vincent Bugliosi,
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders. (New York: W.W. Norton, 1974)

7 Gail Diane Cox, “Profile.” The Los Angeles Daily Journal, 13 June, 1983: 15.

8 Liz Smith, “One Sharp Legal Eagle.” Los Angeles Times 30 May, 2001: A15