[1] He is known for his gaining an acquittal in 1991 of William Kennedy Smith on charges of rape and for his representation of conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh.
[2] Among the other celebrities whom Black has represented include actor Kelsey Grammer, Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Francis, artist Peter Max,[3] financier Jeffrey Epstein[4] and pop musician Justin Bieber.
[6] His parents divorced soon after his birth and his mother remarried in 1951 to a British automotive executive who moved the family to Connecticut and then to Jamaica.
[8] In 1992, Black represented police officer William Lozano, whose killing of Clement Lloyd sparked the 1989 Miami riots, he was convicted.
[14] They have a son, RJ,[15] who like his father, occasionally appeared on the show (e.g., in episode 2.7, "Bras and Brawls, Part I", in which the three discuss one of Black's cases).