But he said that many such rich and famous defendants are spared many of the humiliations of the city's judicial system.
"I was the famous 'other guy,' the famous 'other defendant,' " he said.
So too, it seems, for the industry's most famous defendant, the Microsoft Corporation, in its pretrial preparations.
Most people forget that brainwashing's most famous defendant, Patty Hearst, was found guilty and sent to prison.
Attorney Clarence Darrow made a famous career in successfully defending several famous and disadvantaged criminal defendants in court.
Rich and famous defendants get longer trials, if they want to pay for them.
The famous defendant has become less familiar over time.
That raises an interesting question: What would abused women tell the country's most famous former defendant?
But the most famous defendant who ever lived is still with us.
Since start of the Second Intifada in 2001, many famous defendants have found themselves on the dock in Israeli courts.