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During his career thus far, Branca has represented 26 members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, perhaps more than any other lawyer in Rock music history, including such legends as Michael Jackson, Carlos Sanlana, Aerosmith, the Bee Gees, The Doors, Fleetwood Mac, Don Henley, John Fogerty, the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones and the Elvis Presley Estate, among others.
However many needle marks his body may or may not have, however many drugs he may or may not have been taking, Michael Jackson sure seems to have chosen the right lawyer to handle his will and serve as executor.If lawyer John Branca's surname is familiar, that is because he is the nephew of Brooklyn Dodger pitcher Ralph Branca, who entered basebal history when he allowed the home run known as the Shot Heard 'Round the World and cost Dem Bums the 1951 pennant. Entertainment lawyer John Branca entered the history of the music business 30 years later with a pitch of another kind, one that cemented him in Jackson's regard and helped generate the very fortune he will likely administer.
Star and lawyer drifted apart at times, but the 2002 will names Branca as an executor. And, several weeks ago, Jackson rehired Branca, almost as if he sensed another turning point were coming.Wednesday, Branca filed what might be called the Will Heard 'Round the World. The fortune that he had helped Jackson build still stood at more than $200 million and could easily double.Anybody who doubted that needed only to stroll from the courthouse over to the Grammy Museum, which happened to have been taking down a Michael Jackson exhibit on the day he died.The exhibit went back up along with some video. Fans were crowding in and one artifact that got everybody's attention was the white suit that Jackson wore for the "Thriller" album. "You could say that's the suit that basically started his career,"
