Bruce Cutler, who helped John Gotti win the moniker "Teflon Don," was unapologetic Monday in defending his lawyering skills in a hearing in Brooklyn federal court. Cutler's client, ex-police officer Louis Eppolito, was found guilty of seven murders for the mob, but Cutler pronounced his work on the case "the best I ever did," adding, "When I am soaring there is nobody like me." Eppolito's latest lawyer seeks to overturn his life sentence by proving that Cutler provided ineffective assistance of counsel.
June 28, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Bruce Cutler, the lawyer who helped mob boss John Gotti win the moniker “Teflon Don,” was unapologetic Monday in defending his lawyering skills in an unusual hearing in Brooklyn federal court.
Although Cutler’s client, ex-police officer Louis Eppolito, had been found guilty in April of committing seven murders for the mob, Cutler pronounced his work on the case “the best I ever did.”
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