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  1. Harold Lee Giesler, known professionally as Jerry Giesler (November 2, 1886 – January 1, 1962) was an American trial attorney. Giesler was the defense attorney of record for many of the highest-profile litigations, both criminal and civil, in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century.

  2. LOS ANGELES; Jan. 1-- Jerry Giesler, the criminal law yer who won fame and wealth defending Hollywood celebrities, died today of a heart attack in his Beverly Hills home. He was 75 years old.

  3. Jan 4, 1998 · After more than half a century of law practice, Jerry Giesler, Rogers’ great pupil and master of every courtroom he ever entered, died of a heart attack on New Year’s Day 1962.

  4. Born Harold Lee Giesler in Wilton, Iowa, he was admitted to the bar in 1910 and opened a law practice Los Angeles, California. By the 1920s, he was acclaimed as one of the top high profile criminal attorneys for defending Hollywood directors, actors, actresses and gangster figures.

  5. May 23, 2013 · From the 1920s until his death in 1962, Jerry Giesler was the best known criminal defense attorney in the U.S. Whenever people with money found themselves on the wrong side of the law they knew to “Get Giesler”.

  6. Jan 14, 2013 · Photo: Walter Wanger, left, and Jerry Giesler. Courtesy of Mary Mallory. Long before Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., Richard “Racehorse” Haynes, or F. Lee Bailey hit the scene, soft-spoken, circumspect Jerry Giesler iced his competition as Los Angeles’ top criminal defense lawyer.

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  8. Harold Lee Giesler, known professionally as Jerry Giesler (November 2, 1886 – January 1, 1962) was an American trial attorney. Giesler was the defense attorney of record for many of the highest-profile litigations, both criminal and civil, in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century.

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