Brian Steele
Appearances
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The reason Americans aren’t having more babies
He's something of a Boy Scout. He won't curse, even when reading from court transcripts. He's remarkably kind and generous in the course of his daily life. I witnessed him stopping to pick up trash while jogging, offering food to homeless people outside the grocery store.
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The reason Americans aren’t having more babies
I kept trying to find skeletons in his closet during my reporting, but I didn't find anything more scandalous than a parking ticket.
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The reason Americans aren’t having more babies
Steele's polite, principled, even formal approach to defense may help a jury see Combs in a better light than a more sort of classic, slick, pugnacious defense attorney would. He might also cross-examine some of Combs' accusers with his kind of gentle and sympathetic touch, which I witnessed during another recent trial of his
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The reason Americans aren’t having more babies
He told me that he likes to take on the most challenging cases possible.
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The reason Americans aren’t having more babies
He also doesn't seem interested in the money and the sort of toys that come with the millions of dollars he's paid to do this work. His work ethic is legendary. I mean, I talked to dozens of attorneys, including rivals, who ultimately admitted that he works harder than anyone they've ever encountered in the practice of law.