Vincent J. Fuller

Vincent John Fuller (June 21, 1931 – July 26, 2006) was an American criminal defence lawyer, whose high-profile clients included John Hinckley Jr., Jimmy Hoffa and Mike Tyson.

Biography Fuller was born in Ossining, New York. His father (also called Vincent Fuller) was a municipal judge and Mayor of the town. Fuller graduated from Williams College in 1952 then served two years in the United States Navy as a communications officer on a destroyer; he served in the Pacific during the Korean War, but did not see combat. He graduated from Georgetown Law School in 1956. In 1957, he married Beatrice Carideo, and they remained married until his death in 2006.

In 1982, Fuller defended John Hinckley Jr., who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan; Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity to all his 13 charges. Fuller also successfully defended boxer Don King on income tax evasion charges in 1985. In 1988 he became the senior partner at Williams & Connolly after Williams' death.