A protégé of leftist attorney William Kunstler, pony-tailed Kuby has defended some of the most notorious New Yorkers. He's also dabbled as a radio and TV commentator.

Kuby grew up in Cleveland and dropped out of college to travel before finishing up his degree at the University of Kansas. He first encountered legendary civil rights attorney William Kunstler as a student at Cornell Law in the early '80s; Kuby ended up interning for Kunstler for the summer and then joined his practice full time after passing the bar. For more than a decade, Kuby worked alongside Kunstler representing some of the most unpopular people in town. They came to the aid of Darrell Cabey, one of Bernie Goetz's shooting victims; took on the case of Qubilah Shabazz, the daughter of Malcolm X who was accused of plotting to kill Louis Farrakhan; defended two of the men involved in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; and represented El-Sayed Nosair, the Muslim radical who killed the equally radical Rabbi Meir Kahane.

Kuby remained with Kunstler until the latter's death in 1995 and Kuby has continued to take on exceedingly unpopular cases: He represented the Hells Angels on assault, weapons and drug charges; Latin Kings leader Antonio Fernandez, who was accused of running a heroin distribution business; Jesse Friedman of Capturing the Friedmans fame, who was sent to prison on child molestation charges; and Natavia Lowery, after she was accused of murdering real estate broker Linda Stein. Over the past decade though, Kuby has supplemented his legal income with gigs on the radio and TV. With Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, he hosted a radio show on WABC that was later turned into a short-lived TV show on MSNBC. In June 2008, he was tapped by Air America to host a show, filling the spot that had been previously occupied by Randi Rhodes, and he habitually pops up on Court TV and the Discovery Channel to dispense legal advice. [Image via Getty]