The attorney also previously worked as Kevin Spacey‘s defense in his Massachusetts groping case. (The case was dismissed after the actor’s accuser dropped the civil complaint in 2019.)
The 60-year-old—who began his career at the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office as Assistant Head Deputy of the Major Crimes Division for nearly 20 years before transitioning to private practice in 2013—learned very quickly that he was meant to be in the courtroom.
Exhibit A: his love for cross-examination.
“I want the jurors looking at me, to see the look on my face, my body language, I want them to listen to the tone of my voice and then turn back around and watch how the witness reacts,” he told Vanity Fair in July. “That is the fun of a trial, a good, solid cross-examination. And it requires an enormous amount of preparation.”
“Every single question I ask is highly scripted because I’m building to something else,” he continued. “It’s like a symphony. It’s a beautiful thing to execute.”
Now, as we await to see more of Jackson in Reiner’s case, keep reading for a closer look at a timeline of the tragic events.
