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What type of man becomes a legend – one who laymen and professionals alike respect and want to emulate? When did the qualities that made him great become so ingrained in him that his honesty and integrity could never be questioned?
Frank E. Haddad, Jr. became a legend in Kentucky as the most famous criminal defense trial attorney. He defended the most celebrated crime cases during the 40 years he practiced law.
His childhood experiences, plus hundreds of lively anecdotes that shaped his uncompromising skill at seeking truth and helping others, are shared in this book of his life.
Just as Haddad created magic in the courtroom, this book creates magic in our hearts, building the desire to emulate him. Written in a style that gives one the feeling of personally knowing Haddad, this book helps us celebrate the fact that quality individuals do exist, that a quality life can be built on principles of honesty and helping others.
How Haddad tackled the challenges with clients and their problems makes for better reading than any fiction detective story.

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Publié par	AuthorHouse
Date de parution	17 juillet 2008
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781456725402
Langue	English

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Louisville’s Legendary Lawyer: Frank E. Haddad, Jr.

by
Burton Milward, Jr.

AuthorHouse™
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Bloomington, IN 47403
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Phone: 1-800-839-8640

© 2008 Burton Milward, Jr.. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

First published by AuthorHouse 7/10/2008

ISBN: 978-1-4343-8687-8 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-4567-2540-2 (ebk)

Printed in the United States of America
Bloomington, Indiana

Dedication

This book is for the many, many people who remember with deep respect and admiration the times they spent with Frank Haddad. And this book is for historians who will want to know who Frank Haddad was and what he did, who will research and write about him in years to come.
Acknowledgments

The author/editor is grateful to those media entities — newspapers, magazines, and others — that have generously granted permission to quote excerpts from their publications in this book about Frank Haddad. These contemporary reports are of lasting value. Reporters and other contributors are specifically acknowledged in the text.

The author/editor is grateful to Frank Haddad associate attorney Gary R. Hillerich for the cover photograph of Mr. Haddad.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
7Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Frank Haddad’s Friends
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
My Part
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Appendix
Chapter One
Introduction
Frank Haddad, Kentucky’s most successful criminal defense trial lawyer ever, a legend, was born June 23, 1928, son of a 100% Italian mother (love) and a 100% Lebanese father (warrior).
He passed the bar examination in August 1952. He found an office. “The carpet was in complete threads, and we did the best we could with it, and I came up on a Saturday and we tacked it all down, and then I got some green carpet paint and painted it green.” He won his first three criminal cases in a row. Then he won a fourth. “A directed verdict of acquittal, and this time almost a feature article. From that point on, things started snowballing. And that was the beginning.”
Frank Haddad associated with W. Clarke Otte, a legendary prosecutor who had sent 43 people to the electric chair, then changed sides to the defense and won 17 death penalty cases in a row. “Oh, he was great. In those days there might be 300 to 400 people in the criminal courtroom to hear Otte give a final argument. He was a powerful, passionate man, good at quoting the Bible. I remember one time he talked for 90 minutes and had the jury in the palm of his hand the whole time.”
Like Otte, Frank Haddad kept on winning. He made believers in local courts, state courts; the federal judges learned to respect him. The press picked up on Frank Haddad. “He’s a very friendly type,” they wrote. “He’s friendly with the judges, the prosecutors, the bailiffs, everybody. He’s a great story-teller and a great mimic, he should have been on stage.” The press added, “And he has something else not universal among criminal lawyers — a reputation for honesty.” Haddad had a big courtroom voice. “His voice is a lawyer’s weapon: hypnotic, soothing, perfectly modulated, an almost physical force that holds you in place.”
A master story-teller, Frank Haddad entertained his friends and associates and calmed down nervous defendants with stories from the early days of his practice. In The Breathalyzer Needle , the witness exclaims, “Judge, Mr. Haddad hypnotized me! I didn’t know what I was saying on the stand!” In The Fainting Prosecutrix , the prosecutor moans, “Now I’m going to have to dismiss this case because this woman cannot look at Mr. Haddad!” In The Gypsy Curse , the defendants insist on Frank Haddad. “Siallee net gonna go to court, Meester Hedded, unless you promise her you bee there. Shee likes Bobby, bet shee’s scared, unless you der.” In Shipment of Clothes , the judge suppresses the evidence (a truckload of men’s clothing) and dismisses the case. “Judge Brooks held that diaphram up to his throat and said in that metallic monotone, ‘Frank, I wear a forty-one long!’”
Here are new details and background about seven of Frank Haddad’s biggest cases — the celebrated, high-profile cases: Henry Anderson accused of murder in Louisville; Jim Smith accused of bid-rigging in Paducah; Anita Madden and Jim Lambert accused of stealing federal property in Lexington; Tom Hall accused of conspiracy to kidnap his estranged wife in Bowling Green; Ben Rogers accused of bookmaking in Buffalo, New York; and the C.J. McNally case in which the United States Supreme Court invalidated an entire theory of mail fraud prosecution, exonerated McNally, and set free hundreds of high-profile, convicted politicians all across America, men like Mandel, Kerner, and Margiotta. The Harvard Law Review stated, “Although the full impact of McNally on prior convictions is not yet clear, prosecutors fear that many people previously convicted will be released.” Rudolf Giuliani, United States Attorney in Manhattan, complained, “A theory of prosecution is no longer available to us.”
When a courageous federal judge directed a verdict of acquittal in Frank Haddad’s last jury trial, freeing defendants James David Smith and L. Rogers Wells, a reporter described the courtroom response. “‘Yes!’ shouted someone in the audience. Wells’ wife and three daughters and Smith’s wife and three sons burst into tears of joy. And the courtroom burst into applause as Heyburn descended from the bench to return to his chambers and the defendants and their attorneys embraced.”
Frank Haddad made speeches all over the country, sharing his expertise with that of other criminal defense attorneys. “Clarity is the name of the game,” he preached. “First of all, you learn how to prepare a criminal case. You don’t just prepare it. You learn how to do that,” he admonished. Frank Haddad wrote many articles and books about the big issues facing lawyers and the legal profession — lawyer advertising, financing judicial elections, neglect of the client’s business as a basis for disciplinary action — always stating the issue, setting forth conflicting viewpoints, articulating his position on the issue, and encouraging specific action.
Frank Haddad answered the tough questions in interviews: Did you ever represent a defendant you knew was guilty? How do you handle the guilty client who wants to take the stand and testify? What is your position on the death penalty? Are criminal defense lawyers honest? Why are some lawyers unable to practice criminal defense? He gave straightforward answers.
Frank Haddad — master raconteur — told stories about the colorful characters who frequented Louisville courthouses from his earliest days of practice. In Not Out of Gas Yet! he introduces Johnny Jump. “John was a bail bondsman when I started practicing in September of 1952. John had a very colorful background. At one time, he was a riverboat captain on the Ohio and the Mississippi Rivers.” In Burgoo? What Are We Talking About? the League of Women Voters goes after Johnny Jump for vote fraud. Haddad describes Jump’s adventures in five more stories, including The Monkey and the Chimp . “Johnny Jump had a little monkey. And he had a chimpanzee.”
Then, in Keep Better Records! Haddad introduces police court lawyer Robert Hession. “Bob had gotten up in years, and he was crippled. He had one leg shorter than the other. But he was nasty as hell! He walked through that hall with that gimp leg and hollered, ‘Get outa the way, you son-of-a-bitch.’” Haddad’s stories about Hession include Corpus Delicti , where Hesh follows Frank Haddad’s advice forcing an angry judge to call Haddad, “I don’t appreciate your making a mockery of my court!” Haddad chronicles old-time police court lawyers and others, in eighteen stories presented for the first time.
Frank Haddad spoke of some of his high-profile friends, including famed trial lawyers “Racehorse” Haynes and Melvin Belli. He gave a picture of America’s top criminal defense lawyers relaxing and having some fun. And he described how he and Governor Wendell Ford appointed Kentucky’s first public defender.
Frank Haddad’s best friend was Lawrence Detroy, a.k.a. “Fox.” They were both born on June 23, enjoyed each other’s company, told stories and laughed, helped others in need. A former employee at Stouffer’s remembers them as regulars at lunch. “When they would come to the door, it was like everybody in the dining room focused on these two men. I mean, it would be waitresses, it’d be busboys, it would be bellmen, and I used to be amazed watching them.” Lawrence’s wife Beverly recalls how both Lawrence and Frank grew up in the old Haymarket section of Louisville. “Here were two men raised in the Haymarket, one Irish and one Lebanese. Lawrence came from a family with bootleggers and gamblers. His Uncle Jack was a very powerful man. … Then you had the Haddad family, which was Lebanese. Frank’s grandfather was of equal power and standing to