Brendan Sullivan is known for his combative style and several prosecutors have been fired, disbarred, or jailed for prosecutorial misconduct Sullivan had uncovered.
15 Facts About Brendan Sullivan
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Brendan Sullivan has represented former US Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros, Walter Forbes, former chairman of Cendant Corporation, and a number of states against Microsoft, and the lacrosse players in the Duke lacrosse case.
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Brendan Sullivan served as a captain in the United States Army Transportation Corps from 1968 to 1969.
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Brendan Sullivan entered the national spotlight after he helped defend soldiers charged in the Presidio mutiny in San Francisco.
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Williams and Brendan Sullivan enjoyed a father-son relationship with "real deep affection".
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Brendan Sullivan shot to national prominence in 1987, when he represented Oliver North in televised congressional hearings over the Iran-Contra scandal.
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Brendan Sullivan was defending Stevens after his federal grand jury indictment on seven counts of failing to properly report gifts.
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Brendan Sullivan sued Microsoft, on behalf of nine state attorneys general who were unhappy with the federal government's decision to drop the Microsoft antitrust case.
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Brendan Sullivan represented the four FBI agents involved in the controversial 1992 Ruby Ridge shootout.
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Brendan Sullivan defended former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros against accusations of making false statements to the FBI during a background check.
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Brendan Sullivan is the attorney for billionaire chipmaker Henry Nicholas, the founder of Broadcom, who was charged with violating securities and narcotics law in June 2008.
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Brendan Sullivan represented three of the Duke lacrosse players accused of raping a stripper in the 2006 Duke lacrosse case.
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In 2012, Brendan Sullivan explained to PBS interviewers during an investigation of overzealous prosecution that "the heat of battle" was responsible for leading honest and upstanding prosecutors to forget prosecutorial ethics.
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Brendan Sullivan said that they "see almost everyone they deal with as a law violator", something he calls the "Al Capone mentality".
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Brendan Sullivan is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Law by Georgetown University Law Center in 2011.