Mark John Geragos is an
Armenian-American criminal defense attorney. He has defended
Michael Jackson, actress
Winona Ryder,
politician
Gary Condit, and
Susan McDougal. He was also involved in the
Whitewater scandal. He also represented
Scott Peterson, in another trial that received widespread media attention.
Geragos represented suspended
NASCAR driver
Jeremy Mayfield, Paul and Kulbir Dhaliwal, two brothers injured after a tiger escaped in
San Francisco Zoo, and musician
Chris Brown, who pleaded guilty in the assault of his then girlfriend
Rihanna. In addition, he assisted the family of
David Carradine during the investigation of his accidental
auto-erotica induced death.
He is considered a "celebrity lawyer".