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Not a really fair answer since Morgan would get 1/3 of the award settlement of a civil suit....are you saying Baez is getting 1/3 of whatever Casey makes off this case? Because that would open a whole new can of worms?
Before the national and international exposure this case has given him he was a unknown guy who iirc had some back due child support history, had done some work for Lexis Nexis (note their logo on the umbrella he uses to shield Casey from the reporters in her infamous "Get me the f outta here" photo ), had VERY LIMITED TRIAL EXPERIENCE, one murder case he lost, didn't he even have a couple tries at even passing the bar, didn't he already in this young career have bar complaints too.... his career was off to a rocky start, at best.
Now, he has FREE, CONSTANT, local exposure, he has been invited on every national and cable TV news/talk show to discuss the case, that kind of national attention one cannot buy. The case indeed is even covered internationally. Now everybody knows his name. Baez sees himself as the first important Hispanic lawyer of our time. That is not my guess. He has made public comments that indeed he takes the seriousness of his being the first Hispanic to handle a high profile case and what it means ( how he conducts himself) to all of the Hispanics that come after him. So he is getting paid and will be paid well into the future by this exposure. Indeed his business has increased times ten. Hold on to your seat, he has even been invited to teach. You see how this works? That is the parallel Mr. Hornsby is making about how Baez is getting paid being the same as how Morgan and Mitnick are being paid, the media exposure. One would not be able to put a price tag on how very, very much has gone on, for over a year now, and the trial is still likely a year away. It is perpetual and lucrative in real and imagined ways. If I am remembering his past incorrectly, please someone correct me. I could be, it is my recollection from what I read about him very early on and I remember thinking at the time, this case will change this guy's life. Indeed it has.
I remember OJ's lawyer ,Yale Galanter, calling up his lawyer buddy, Gabe ,and asking something to the effect of...... hey, I can't pay you, but do you wanna be famous. Next thing you know we see buddy Gabe at the defense table during the robbery trial. It is actually not uncommon for this to happen in high profile cases I surmise from that alone.
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