F. Lee Bailey, 87, well-known trial lawyer with a Maine connection, dies
8 hours ago F. Lee Bailey, 87, well-known trial lawyer with a Maine connection, dies By Peter Van Allen F.Lee Bailey, an attorney who had been disbarred in two states and had gained widespread notice while representing heiress Patty Hearst and former NFL star O.J. Simpson, died Thursday. COURTESY / F. LEE BAILEY CONSULTING F. Lee Bailey Bailey, who was 87, had a law career that spanned more than six decades, but more recently maintained F. Lee Bailey Consulting at 325 Main St. in Yarmouth. His office was above his girlfriend’s hair salon, although the “shingle” no longer hangs outside the building. He also had a home in Yarmouth. Bailey died Thursday in Atlanta, where he’d been in hospice care and moved to be near a son, according to various news accounts . Sign up for Enews The Washington Post called him “the defense lawyer for the famous and the infamous.” “Mr. Bailey flew warplanes, sailed yachts, dropped out of Harvard, wrote books, touted himse...