Geoffrey Fieger biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Geoffrey Fieger

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Geoffrey Fieger

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Geoffrey Fieger

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Undertook the representation of Dr. Jack Kevorkian in the first of several doctor-assisted suicide trials. Dr. Kevorkian was acquitted in that trial and all subsequent trials where Fieger represented him.

Dr. Kevorkian was convicted when he decided to represent himself in his last assisted suicide trial, in 1999.

Fieger also represented the family of Scott Amedure, in a 1999 wrongful death and negligence suit against The Jenny Jones Show. Other clients and cases include:

The family of Isaiah Shoels, who was killed in the Columbine High School massacre.
Ralf Panitz, accused of killing his ex-wife Nancy Campbell-Panitz in July 2000, following their appearance along with Panitz's new wife, on a segment of The Jerry Springer Show. Panitz was convicted in 2002.
Robert Turner, a 6 year old boy, whose 911 call to the City of Detroit was allegedly not taken seriously, resulting in the death of Turner's mother, Sherrill.
Lorraine Hayes, shot in the head and chest by her boyfriend and whose call to 911 on January 12, 2005, was ignored, resulting in her paralysis from the waist down.