Jose Angel Baez (born October 17, 1968) is best known as the lead attorney for Casey Anthony. Jose Baez was born in 1968 in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City.. He was raised by a single mother, growing up in the Bronx and South Florida. In the ninth grade, Baez dropped out of Homestead High School, got married and became a father at the age of 17. Having earned his GED diploma, he joined the Navy in 1986. According to his resume, he spent three years at the NATO base in Norfolk, Virginia, trained as an intelligence analyst, describing it as "Cosmic Top Secret" security clearance. On his return to civilian life, Baez attended Miami-Dade Community College and graduated from Florida State University. As a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, he competed for the Lambda Alpha Epsilon fraternity of criminology majors at Florida State University. In 1997, Baez graduated from St. Thomas University Law School and applied to become a lawyer.
Casey Anthony's old defense attorney is seeing double after the "Dark Knight" massacre in Aurora, CO -- TMZ has learned, Jose Baez has been hired by a second victim of the… READ MORE >
The man who led Casey Anthony's defense team to victory in her murder case has officially been tapped to represent the mother of one of the "Dark Knight" massacre victims ... TMZ has learned.… READ MORE >
Jose Baez, Casey Anthony's lawyer, has for the first time publicly acknowledged he was able to mount a successful defense thanks to the money he got from ABC news.Baez, who appeared on PBS's… READ MORE >
Jeff Ashton, the guy who unsuccessfully prosecuted Casey Anthony for murder and is now running for Orange-Osceola State Attorney, recently sent a mass email to solicit donations ... and one of the… READ MORE >
Casey Anthony is on her own ... 'cause the attorney who got her off murder charges has decided to REMOVE HIMSELF from Anthony's legal team. Anthony first hooked up with Jose Baez while she was in… READ MORE >
Casey Anthony's attorney Jose Baez says he plans to go after whoever leaked the private video journal entries recorded by his client -- calling the alleged invasion of privacy "criminal."Jose… READ MORE >
Casey Anthony's attorney Jose Baez tells TMZ, he didn't meet with Barbara Walters to discuss a possible Casey interview -- he and Babs simply got together to chew over a new Broadway play.You'll… READ MORE >
Casey Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, had dinner with Barbara Walters Sunday night. She was clearly trying to butter him up for an interview with his infamous client ... but when Jose… READ MORE >
Casey Anthony and Amanda Knox have a lot in common -- they were both recently freed from jail, they're both big celebrities now and they're both hot. What they don't have in common ... supportive… READ MORE >
Casey Anthony's attorney Jose Baez must love a challenge -- because he's been retained to help defend the main suspect in a Maryland woman's disappearance in Aruba.Gary Giordano remains in jail on… READ MORE >
