Hamid Towfigh
Hamid Towfigh is a criminal defense attorney, television legal analyst, and former gang murder prosecutor with the elite Hardcore Gang Division of the Bureau of Specialized Prosecutions in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.[1]. He was hired by District Attorney Gil Garcetti in July 1999 as a Deputy D.A. He was the lead attorney in numerous celebrity-related cases, including those of Rose McGowan, Ricky Manning[2], Dr. Dre[3], G Unit (Young Buck)[4], Master P.[5], Adriana Lima, RuPaul Charles, Catherine Oxenberg, Silk the Shocker, and Chris Douridas.[6]
He has appeared on numerous television and radio programs as a legal commentator, including CNN, Associated Press, Reuters, MTV, VH1, Court TV, Extra, Entertainment Tonight, ESPN, ABC, CBS, NBC, KTLA, Headline News, The Daily Journal, Los Angeles Times, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, The Daily Bruin, and Examiner. He gained prominence when he appeared on CNN with O.J. Simpson prosecutor Marcia Clark and opined that Conrad Murray, the physician charged with the death of singer Michael Jackson, should have been charged with second-degree murder under an implied malice murder theory, instead of with manslaughter, which Murray was charged with and eventually convicted of.[7]
Towfigh was the primary legal analyst in the televised Aurora, Colorado theatre shooting murder case of James Holmes. Specifically, he discussed the challenges in that case of finding a panel of fair and impartial jurors, noting that the goal was not to find jurors ignorant of the murder case but rather jurors "who can be impartial."[8]
Early Life
Towfigh is a native of Southern California, raised in Santa Monica by parents who immigrated to Los Angeles from Iran. His father, Hossein Towfigh, was Editor in Chief of the political satire magazine Towfigh, the highest-circulating weekly of its time under the Shah of Iran, and the only magazine to openly criticize the Shah's government and advocate for democracy and people's rights. His mother, Faranguis, is the great-granddaughter of Mohammad Vali Khan Tonekaboni, 4-time Prime Minister of Iran. He has one sister, Dr. Shirin Towfigh, a general surgeon in Beverly Hills.[9]
Education
Towfigh grew up in Santa Monica, California. He attended private elementary school in Brentwood and graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1990. In 1994, he received his B.A. degree with honors from UCLA, becoming the school's youngest graduate at age 19. In 1997, he received his Juris Doctor degree in Law from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, again becoming the youngest lawyer at age 22.
References
- ↑ "Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office". da.co.la.ca.us. Archived from the original on 2010-02-21. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ↑ "Assault charges dropped against Drew". dailybruin.com.
- ↑ "RAP'S 5G 'HIT' MAN; 'SUGE' PAID ME TO CLOCK DRE AT VIBE BASH: THUG". 15 January 2005.
- ↑ "Young Buck Charged With Assault With A Deadly Weapon".
- ↑ "Master P Pleads No Contest on Gun Charge". 14 March 2006.
- ↑ "Man Who Punched Dr. Dre Gets Year In Jail".
- ↑ "RADAR LIVE: Michael Jackson Death Trial: Talkback, News & Opinion Live". 30 September 2011.
- ↑ https://www.scpr.org/programs/take-two/2015/01/23/41204/will-images-of-accused-sway-potential-aurora-juror/
- ↑ Gulley, Hillary. "Women get hernias, too, but they're often 'hidden'".
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