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January 16, 2004 - Legal Team Expansion Announcement

I am pleased to announce the expansion of the legal team that will be defending Michael Jackson. My friend Benjamin Brafman will serve with me as co-lead counsel effective immediately.

Michael and I agreed that expanding the team would best serve his interests as we work toward his acquittal on the false charges that have been leveled against him. I felt strongly about working with Ben, someone I have long respected and admired. Ben will join me tomorrow in Santa Maria at Michael’s arraignment where Michael will enter a plea of not guilty.

Ben is a principal in the law firm of Brafman & Ross based in Manhattan. He is known for most recently winning an acquittal for Sean “P. Diddy” Combs on bribery and weapons charges.

The Lawfirm of Geragos & Geragos

Mark Geragos, defense attorney, “Larry King Live” (June 26, 2009) (archived)

LARRY KING: In the middle of the trial he was dancing on SUVs. Was that troublesome?

GERAGOS: I'll never forget that day. I remember Ben Brafman was on one side of me and Pat Harris was on the other. Whatever anybody says about Michael, it takes a heck of an athlete to make that jump from the ground up to the top of the SUV. And I was using a few choice words about getting him back down.

But he knew what he was doing, and after that I ran into the judge. He had a sense of humor about it. It was not --